Stiff Clutch

[carday]

does anyone find the clutch pedal a tad "stiff" I've got muscles on my muscles on my left leg

[Iain l]

Yes, it was the first thing I noticed on the test drive. Got used to it now though but I do tend to stick it in neutral and put the handbrake on rather than sit with the pedal down in traffic jams these days unlike past cars.

[carday]

I have taken to doing that, its maybe a ploy on toyota's behalf to extend clutch life

[65special]

does anyone find the clutch pedal a tad "stiff" I've got muscles on my muscles on my left leg

I found that as well when I changed to a '53 Avensis from a Vectra. You do get use to it, although it can be quite tiring in a traffic jam or slow moving traffic.

I think that the throttle pedal is quite heavy too.

[Mike W]

Hi know this is Avensis not Corrola group... (Got my Avensis at the weekend.) But I used to drive a 2.0 D4D 114PSI turbo one.

The clutch was really heavy!! I also took the option to not sit holding it in in queus!!!

I assumed it was heavey due to the fact the enigin kicked in lots of power just on 2000 revs therefor a heavy clutch to make sure all the power got to the wheels!