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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by viraptor on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:51AM (#12975632)
> a clutch wearing out during the working life of a modern manual car is a joke

Could use a reference. The wear will depend a lot on your area - mountain roads will kill it faster than suburban commute. But either way, I tried to find anything more authoritative than a forum post (which say anything between 100k and 300k), and it's pretty hard to do. Have you got a link with an actual survey or producer stats?

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by jfitbsidbfb on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:13AM (#12975771)
I can't find anything official either. Most of the guys I know also drive stick and none of them have worn out a clutch unless they take their car to the track. Seems to be a pretty well known among stick drivers that manufacturers build them to last the life of the car these days. Can anyone from Europe chime in on this?
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by ollie87 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:45AM (#12975951)
European here, only ever owned manual cars, had about eight cars in my lifetime. Never needed to replace a clutch, mostly a mix of urban and rural driving. My yearly mileage has varied from 25,000 miles a year to around 8,000 now.

It helps that I actually know how to drive and not burn the fuck out of a clutch too I'd imagine. You see very dumb people in my country using their clutch to hold their car stationary on a hill, what the hell that is all about I'll never know.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by fnj on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:51PM (#12980817)
Correct. It is very possible to burn out a clutch in less than 3000 miles if you are clueless, but if you are a good driver, 300,000+ miles is not unusual.
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by jfitbsidbfb on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:13AM (#12975774)
I can't find anything official either. Most of the guys I know also drive stick and none of them have worn out a clutch unless they take their car to the track. Seems to be a pretty well known among stick drivers that manufacturers build them to last the life of the car these days. Can anyone from Europe chime in on this?
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