Screw San Francisco--$250 clutch burn...

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demoe

Discussion Starter · Apr 28, 2006

If you ever visit San Francisco take my advice and avoid Pacific Heights. I decided like an idiot to take Filmore St past Broadway. There is a massive hill....there was a Lexus in front of me whom I let get as far ahead of me as I could so I could hit the Stop Sign and roll over the top of the hill.....Mr Lexus decides to sightsee and take his time so get stuck 2 cars back from the Stop sign at an extreme angle. In first, I moved forward, the car sputtered, the wheels slipped, I heard the Clutch howl, and buck back and forth.....for the next 5 minutes all I could smell was CambioCorsa clutch burn....

I figure I took off about 500 miles of life in the clutch with that hill

Live and learn..

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Rachane

· #3 · Apr 28, 2006

San Francisco Hills

If you spend much time in the City, you learn to either (a) find routes to your destination that do not include the steep hills [this is possible] or (b) wait until you have a 100% clear shot at the top before starting up a block. This is usually possible in sparse-traffic situations.

One visitor asked me [at the top of the Jones Street "cliff"], "What do you do when it snows here?" I said, "Close your eyes and stay on the horn all the way down the hill, of course."

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