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It really depends on your driving habits. While my mom and dad were cool, they were always busy and I ended up pretty much teaching myself to drive, so I learned the hard way about proper shifting techniques...My first seven cars were manual transmission, and I averaged about a clutch a year for the first 4 cars, until I was in my mid-twenties...
With the next two manual-transmission-cars, I learned that the less you "revv" the motor while releasing the clutch in 1st or reverse lengthens the life of your clutch dramatically.Also----while you have the tranny off replacing the clutch, you should always replace the throw-out bearing, as well. It's a cheap part, and is right there on the input shaft, and requires no tools to replace...
The reason I figured this out was because on car #7, I was always using my gears to slow down, even downshifting into first and letting the clutch out and "barking" the tires...Turns out this is Very hard on the throw-out bearing. Also, it is extremely hard on the transmission's countershaft-bearing, and can fry it. While the throw-out bearing is cheap, the countershaft-bearing is NOT.
Bottom line, use as low of a revolution of the motor as possible to release the clutch. Use your brakes to slow down, NOT the clutch, as brakes are MUCH cheaper than clutches/tranny repairs. If you are the primary-driver of the car and you do these two simple things, you may get up to 5 years out of your next clutch. (And throw-out-bearing).
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