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Originally Posted by paulca

I didn't say we were better drivers. I said we would have more experience with clutches.

There are many articles on uptake rates if you google "how many automatic cars in uk"

The 20 year old boxer might well have an old cable pulled clutch. Making it a heavy clutch. Was the focus relatively new? Clutch pedals in new cars (or with new clutches) tend to be very light feeling. When I got the clutch changed in a 2002 Clio with 65k miles my foot nearly went through the floor when I got back into it. A year later and it was back to being pretty heavy. The brand new GT86 my foot hit the bulkhead pretty fast and I actually remarked, "MMmm, new clutch!", I don't know what causes this, clutch cable wear on a cabled clutch? The metal of the clutch finger springs hardening?

Some cars have heavy clutches, some light, some long, some short. Some have very narrow bite points, others are wide. Older cars tend to have heavier clutches, younger ones light. Larger cars and engines tend to have heavier clutches, though this is lessening with hydraulic clutches becoming pretty much standard. In the UK most people just accept this and deal with it. It's just a clutch.

If you think removing the spring makes the clutch feel better to you, go ahead and remove/change it, but there is nothing wrong with the GT86 clutch and if it's jerky that's the driver. If you have trained your foot to use one type of clutch and want to make every other clutch feel the same, good luck with that.

This is all still assuming you guys don't get a different clutch setup. I could come over and drive one of your cars and suddenly agree with you. Unlikely but possible. I have heard one or two people in the UK group changing the clutch height and possibly one changing/removing the spring.

Take Elsa's advice and "Let it go".