Amm5890
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- First Name
- Andrew
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2024
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- Philadelphia GO BIRDS
- Vehicle(s)
- 2024 CW CIVIC TYPE R - #17038
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Hey dudes!
Picked up my CW CTR back in mid February. It’s incredible. It is my first manual car I’ve owned but have driven some manual cars in the past. I just hit 900 miles on it and took it real easy for the first 600. I did notice a brake pad or clutch smell from the rear. After I got home from a long drive today I opened up the hood and stuck my nose down by the trans and couldn’t smell anything. Then I knelt down near the exhaust and it was pretty pungent. It smelled exactly like brakes after you bed them in. This has been going on since day 1 but is a bit less apparent 900 miles in.
praying it’s not the clutch and maybe it still breaking in or the pads aren’t fully bedded from the factory. When I take off in 1st gear I usually give it about 1500 rpms and lift to the bite point or if I need to go slow I’ll just lift to the bite until I move, release clutch fully, and then crawl in 1st.
anyone else get that smell even 900 miles in? Am I driving completely wrong or am I freaking out over nothing?
Thanks
Picked up my CW CTR back in mid February. It’s incredible. It is my first manual car I’ve owned but have driven some manual cars in the past. I just hit 900 miles on it and took it real easy for the first 600. I did notice a brake pad or clutch smell from the rear. After I got home from a long drive today I opened up the hood and stuck my nose down by the trans and couldn’t smell anything. Then I knelt down near the exhaust and it was pretty pungent. It smelled exactly like brakes after you bed them in. This has been going on since day 1 but is a bit less apparent 900 miles in.
praying it’s not the clutch and maybe it still breaking in or the pads aren’t fully bedded from the factory. When I take off in 1st gear I usually give it about 1500 rpms and lift to the bite point or if I need to go slow I’ll just lift to the bite until I move, release clutch fully, and then crawl in 1st.
anyone else get that smell even 900 miles in? Am I driving completely wrong or am I freaking out over nothing?
Thanks
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