Oh by the way.... my clutch was murdered after all.

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As I posted a few weeks ago, my clutch seemed really bad after picking it back up after some minor paintwork at a body shop over in brooklyn with a good reputation link here. I didn't remember it feeling so hard but wrote it off to getting too used to my daily driver Mini Cooper. I started to suspect something after my mechanical guru told me he thought my pressure plate felt fried after driving it.

Today, we removed the clutch to replace and do the IMS. It was completely burnt, but there was plenty of friction material remaining on the flywheel side. There was shiny on the outer circumference but burnt brown inside (photos tomorrow if you want). I am a hard driver, but not a clutch killer. My dude told me he thought someone had tried doing burnouts.

I have a good relationship with the paint shop owner and have had him touch up some other cars for me and I really don't like confrontation but this irks me and I suppose all I can do is vent about it here....