Rivergoat <goat@goathead.com> wrote in message news:<t33vk0pn20gisqcnm3fqhrctl94ok5v1j6@4ax.com>. ..
> While talking to a friend at work over the many things I've had to do
> to my '90 Prelude over the last year (143K miles now), it was asked
> whether I'd done a clutch. Well, no, nothing showing a sign of wear,
> though I'm told, "...oh, that'll be next."
>
> So how many miles have YOU gotten out of a clutch? (I've had the 'Lude
> since new BTW).

I have a 1985 Toyota Celica ST that had about 100K when I bought it in
1990. A local machanic sold it to me and he had rebuilt the engine and
replaced the clutch. I put another 285K before the oddometer quit. I
drove it for another 3+ years before retiring her. The body looks like
like it has been in a war zone, but the engine, tranny and clutch are in
great shape. I have hopes of restoring the car.
The 1985 Celica ST has rear wheel drive, and I think, with little proof,
that RWD vehicals are easier on the clutch the FWD.
I drove VW bugs a lifetime ago and always got over 100K on the clutch.
The enignes always failed before the clutch. The main weaknes for air
cooled VW engines was number three cyl got hot air from the oil cooler
and this was a bad idea. My last BUG is still running, the kid I sold it
to in 1981, is no longer a kid, and still driving it. The trick was adding
an external oil cooler.
Terry