Are you satisfied with your Logan

martin245 · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 1:44 am

Do you realy think that a firm as big as Renault would let Mahindra rip off its customers this way .It is more than the few pounds it saves is worth

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tomlai · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 3:42 am

I don't find the clutch that hard, although I do find its motion a little different from the MarutiSuzuki ones I had driven, and the whole foot needs to be used to press the clutch rather than using the tip of the foot only.

The depression in the carpet around the clutch pedal makes it necessary to press down with the tip of the foot in a straight line rather than being able to pivot the left foot keeping heel fixed in one place, which is possible to do so with the brake and accelerator pedals on Logan.

Also I find that due to my foot size (10), if I don't keep adjusting my left foot, the tip of my shoe will touch the nut-bolt of the steering column joint which is just above the clutch pedal.

BTW the Scorpio clutch was a bit lighter than Logan and steering much lighter

vsuprak · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 1:02 pm

tomlai wrote:

...Also I find that due to my foot size (10), if I don't keep adjusting my left foot, the tip of my shoe will touch the nut-bolt of the steering column joint which is just above the clutch pedal...

Yup. Need to keep shifting the foot position on the clutch pedal (size 10) to prevent gradual movement (read slipping) towards the steering nut/bolt column.Not much of a problem. Got used to it now.

martin245 · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 1:28 pm

I dont have my foot on the clutch long enough to have to adjust my foots position

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vsuprak · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 1:35 pm

Darn! Indian traffic conditions. Gotta fall in love with the clutch. Else difficult to survive Smile

martin245 · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 1:37 pm

I have a little trick for you guys that live in a congested area .Its so easy and good for your legs .......Get a bike lol!

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RajeshNamb · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 7:13 pm

Nilanjan, I don't agree that they'll put in superior components/parts in the test drive vehicle. Yes, I do agree that the clutch is much 'softer' in most of the other vehicles. Also I have never had any problems with regard to getting a test drive. I have lost count of the number of vehicles I have test driven.
Ezee, have you driven another Logan and felt the same (hard clutch) in comparison to your car?

RajeshNamb · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 7:18 pm

Yes, the clutch has a long 'travel' when compared to other cars in the same segment. Its very obvious when one drives a small car after driving the Logan for sometime.

adamkathy23 · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 8:35 pm

Has anyone realised that it is a mobile Gym. Roll up/down the manual windows and get muscular arms..... use the clutch and have great calves......AC is just ok, So you sweat none the less and burn calories....Extensive use of power steering helps build upper Lats and Delts....... afro

voila, I am loving it... cheers

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vsuprak · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Mon May 11, 2009 11:17 pm

martin245 wrote:

I have a little trick for you guys that live in a congested area .Its so easy and good for your legs .......Get a bike lol!

Already have one. Still use it occassionaly. More addicted to the LOGAN I love you

nilanjan · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Tue May 12, 2009 12:52 am

Nilanjan, I don't agree that they'll put in superior components/parts in the test drive vehicle.

no what i meant was, they will make the demo car more handy than the rest and the performance mark of the demo car will also be higher than the lot in order to impress the customer....
well this is marketing..........

tomlai · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Tue May 12, 2009 2:38 am

Stu: You wouldnt face the problem we are, since you drive a Left Hand Drive Logan ... steering-column is not in the same relative position.

Does steering column joint interfere with your braking/acceleration pedals?

rdr · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Tue May 12, 2009 10:24 am

nilanjan wrote:

no what i meant was, they will make the demo car more handy than the rest and the performance mark of the demo car will also be higher than the lot in order to impress the customer....
well this is marketing..........

My demo car's clutch was horribly hard. Very Happy

I assumed a hard clutch was a feature...!

My Logan's clutch feels just like my Maruti 800's clutch used to feel (soft enough and manageable travel). Never felt it was hard. No pain with the Logan had lots of pain with the 800.

martin245 · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Tue May 12, 2009 11:07 am

@tomlai
Do you think I sit on one side with a steering wheel and on the other side by the passenger are the pedals What a Face

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Loganromeo · Subject: Re: Are you satisfied with your Logan Tue May 12, 2009 11:26 am

If I may add my experiences, I would go along with rdr..

I find the clutch of my car just fine. It is as good or otherwise as my Zen.

I do admit I do not drive 80-100 km daily. Have had a few longish trips though - 200 kms and more (the max being about 1000 kms over 03 days), but I do not recollect any maj issues with the clutch. Maybe comparatively limited use of clutch in highway driving does not bring out the issue as much as more frequent driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic.