Hey guys,

I have recently purchased a 2002 GTI Golf 1.8 turbo and am experiencing some minor clutch slipping (I think) If i down change quickly and get on the loud pedal straight away it will increase RPMs to 6k onwards if i let it without speed increasing that much at all and also if im full throttle up a hill in 5th gear putting a lot of torque through it. The car has only done 148k and the previous owner was actually a very honest bloke with everything but is very confident that he never had clutch issues.
Is there some sort of electronic disengagement or something weird and magical that could be causing this or is it safe to say that my clutch is on its way out / already done for?
I have purchased a OBDII reader and got some software already on my laptop to see if anything else weird pops up but hoping its not a clutch, if so then I guess I'll be getting a new one for the Stage 1 upgrade in the new future.

Thanks fellas!