Four months ago we bought a Citroen C3 Picasso 1.2 PureTech. At 1400 miles, it had a burnt out clutch on a very busy road. The dealer blames our driving style as there's no manufacturing defect detected. The engine does get very hot, but that's normal according to their manual. Are there new gear changing techniques to learn with the latest car models? First and Reverse are quite fierce on engaging the clutch and I don’t consider second gear a smooth transition. I was taught to put the handbrake on but you could bring the clutch up to the ‘point of pull’ when at traffic lights or about to move out of a junction. I believe younger drivers skip gears – is this what they are now taught?