It does put a lot of extra strain on the clutch. The later Euro 4 cars have a larger clutch plate and are less known for clutch problems but when I had my C70 D5 remapped at about 57K I started seeing clutch slip within about 3000 miles. I paid for a new clutch with a smile though, the performance improvement is very pronounced. I went from 180bhp -> 225bhp (claimed) and it feels it too. I think the Euro 3 cars go from 163bhp to 200bhp ish.
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