Wtf!
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Joined: Mar 2005
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From: salem OR
Got it - I was just yanking your chain. You will get used to it over time. It seemed pretty intrusive to me initially and now I don't notice it. It only holds for a few seconds and then releases - I've learned to just kind of drive "over it" and things seem fine. I was pseudo-crucified in a thread a few weeks ago when I provided my opinion that people that need this / hand brake to hold the car on a hill really should polish up their manual transmission driving skills (I still hold that opinion). The combination of the clutch and low end torque of this car make it about the easiest / smoothest manual transmission car I have ever driven. Cars that need RPM to make torque are MUCH more difficult to drive with a manual (over-rev vs stalling vs looking like a fool!).
It's all good and good chain pull! 
Least we agree GM shoulda left it off!
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Joined: Mar 2014
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Disagree. My previous car was likely the low torque king (S2000) but everything was so light it was very easy to drive smoothly. I think it has a lot more to do with clutch action (and silly driver aids like hill start assist) that make stick driving easy or hard. Porsche clutches are notoriously heavy, and if you are not used to it, its very easy to look like you have never driven stick before!
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From: Retired Suffolk County Police Dept NY South Carolina
I had problems with the clutch when I first got the car last Friday but I do not consider it to be sensitive. I have not driven stick in a long time but most car I drove seemed to engage at about 5 or 6 inched off the floor and the C7 seems to engage about 1 or 2 inches of the floor. I stalled the car a lot in the first to days, on Sunday the 3rd day no stalls but I was afraid to enter traffic from a parking lot. I was worried that if there was any oncoming traffic I might move a few feet into the road and stall and wind up getting hit. When I took out the car today I had no fear of stalling but I still had to really pay close attention when up or down shifting to 5th or 6th. I like rev matching but for normal driving around town I leave it off.
