shing...I don't know about the clutch?....i kinda know what it feels when it's slipping, had to change it on my last car (91 eagle talon tsi fwd...mmmmm god did i love that car!!!!). but than again it had the turbo which helped out the cluch so maybe that's what it can be..hmm but my car only has 130k km on the dash! for a 9 year old car it ain't too bad..maybe vtec was right, it's just the 1.5L..hmm..