My car is at the dealer for a failed CambioCorsa F1 pump. The dealer told me my clutch was 70% worn and is coming up with option for me to replace it now while the system is dismantled to save on future labor costs.
My jaw almost dropped when I was told the clutch was 70% worn. I expected maybe worst case 50%...I pulled out my prior records and the clutch was last replaced in June of 2005 @ 18,000 miles. The car now is a tad over 26,000 miles, so in 8000 miles the clutch is 70% worn.
We have discussed clutch life before, but never touched on where you may live and the type of driving you do. Ok, granted, I live in a the Bay Area which has fairly heavy traffic, however I do not commute in the traditional sense for work.
I would say I use the car mostly for around town driving, and do 70% city, 30% highway driving. I do not drive the car hard. I may have smelled burned clutch when backing up 8 times in the 10 months after the clutch was replaced. The odd thing is the prior owner who got 15,000 off the original clutch, drove the car like a madman. I still recall our test drive, he smoked the tires, and almost made me shat in my pants, after our drive, I asked him, "do you always drive like this?", he said, not always, but he liked to drive the car like it was intended. I have never pushed the car anywhere near the limit he took it.
So, my questions:
1. % of City/Highway
2. miles out of your clutch
3. where do you live, do you have heavy stop and go traffic where you live?
4. how do you drive the car?
My jaw almost dropped when I was told the clutch was 70% worn. I expected maybe worst case 50%...I pulled out my prior records and the clutch was last replaced in June of 2005 @ 18,000 miles. The car now is a tad over 26,000 miles, so in 8000 miles the clutch is 70% worn.
We have discussed clutch life before, but never touched on where you may live and the type of driving you do. Ok, granted, I live in a the Bay Area which has fairly heavy traffic, however I do not commute in the traditional sense for work.
I would say I use the car mostly for around town driving, and do 70% city, 30% highway driving. I do not drive the car hard. I may have smelled burned clutch when backing up 8 times in the 10 months after the clutch was replaced. The odd thing is the prior owner who got 15,000 off the original clutch, drove the car like a madman. I still recall our test drive, he smoked the tires, and almost made me shat in my pants, after our drive, I asked him, "do you always drive like this?", he said, not always, but he liked to drive the car like it was intended. I have never pushed the car anywhere near the limit he took it.
So, my questions:
1. % of City/Highway
2. miles out of your clutch
3. where do you live, do you have heavy stop and go traffic where you live?
4. how do you drive the car?