Today, my car hit a wall of traffic — there was a five car pile-up that spread across two of the three lanes of highway 880. I thought that this would be a nightmare for me, since the clutch on this car is extremely heavy and going slow is something this car doesn’t like to do. I was wrong, it was actually OK. Sure, the clutch remained hard, but I discovered that once in gear, this car can purr along at 5MPH with no difficulty and no stalling (thanks to the replacement of all those O2 parts). It also doesn’t jerk around like my Honda — I don’t have to ride the clutch!
Recently, I have discovered that this car has some sort of hill assist on the clutch. Fantastic! It sure came into play this morning, as 880 turns out to be quite hilly — something you simply don’t notice at highway speeds.