Hi all, I picked up a Series 3 Aero 8 at the weekend, and whilst I absolutely adore the car, the transmission has me worried.
There is considerable noise when engaging first gear (and occasionally second) - a real mechanical clank from the front left. In addition, the clutch is exceptionally heavy, although I don't know if this is a feature of the car.
The car is on a 57 plate, and had only driven 1000 miles when I picked her up - I've so far driven 500, and the noise appears to be getting louder (could be paranoia though) and I'm sure I could smell clutch when parking her up this evening.
Is this at all normal, am I doing something wrong (I've tried just about everything including double de-clutching with similar results), or do I just have new car paranoia?
Having read other posts on here, people have commented about transmission noise, but I fear (or rather my warranty company fear) this could be something else.
