Good Day 6speed members,

I drive a CPO 997 Carrera with 21K miles and have noticed that whenever I arrive at my destination, I can always smell the clutch as I exit the vehicle. The smell is not like a burning clutch smell but rather just a hot smell (sorry if that is not making much sense). My commute is 1 mile and includes a few stops. My typical driving is starting off in 1st and keeping the revs above 1,000. Can someone chime in and let me know if this is common or am I doing something wrong? I have a lot of experience driving manuals but I can admit that when it comes to rev matching/blipping the throttle, I could use some practice. With that said, some might dub me Captain Slow for driving sports cars within the speed limit.

If Jeremy Clarkson were to desribe my driving, I believe he would say "some say he drives miss daisy".

Thanks in advance for the input and/or advice.

 

Its the coating thats on your mufflers smells great. I can never spell the word right cosomell or somthing lol

 

Cosmoline...and I'm surprised the engine can get hot enough with a 1 mile drive.

 

I get the same thing. Been driving manual since I was 16 and on my last car the clutch didn't show any signs of wear after 85,000 miles, but with my '05 C2S I smell what smells like rubber burning after a 5-6 mile drive. I've tried going for a long drive keeping it in one gear then coasting to a stop in neutral, and I still get the smell so I'm confident it's not clutch.

 

Totally normal.

 

Hmmm...my '06 Carrera S never smelled like that. And my '02 M3 had cosmoline on it's underside as well and it never smelled like that. Since it's a CPO car, I'd drop by the dealer some day have them smell it.

Good luck,
cdw

 

Mmmmmm, smells like PORSCHE!!!

 

Thanks for the responses. I'm gonna swing by the dealership sometime tomorrow and check things out.

 

my 2011 GTS with PDK will put off a burn odor after driving in Sport Plus for a short time. Was told that the burning smell was normal when in the higher revs. Done this from day one- 6,400 miles on it now....

 

that is one awesome *** car in your sig

 

Please update with results when you find out

 

Its Perfectly normal. 21k miles on mine and love the stink. I will worry when it doesn't smell that way.
I would save the trip to the dealer

 

I've had the same smell every time I drive the car. It is a combination of the clutch and the brakes... depending on how you drive the car of course. I like to push the loud pedal, so consequently I am usually mashing the brake pedal just as much.


I also installed a set of Fister D mufflers, which were ceramic coated and painted black, so now I have that aroma as well. I don't mind.

 

Same here...got a CPO 07 C2 and i get the same smells...i took it the dealer and they said it was normal.

 

Yep...normal, i have the same on my '08 C2