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around 120k is the number i have found.
feel the biting point, it is very possible its the original clutch.
feel the biting point, it is very possible its the original clutch.
The clutch in the missus's car is on its way out @ 109k, I want to get rid and get a newer car but she's in denial, saying there's nothing wrong with it. I don't want us to reach the point where it's slipping and we'll either need to get it fixed quickly or buy another car to stay mobile.
How do you know it's on the way out if it isn't slipping ?
How do you know it's on the way out if it isn't slipping ?
This is the wear level on my 2017 280k mile HGV, ok a trucks clutch is far beefier than that on a car but it gives you an idea as to a clutches life with an automated shift mechanism as an hgv uses, ie it’s computer controlled and optimised for maximum life.
Equally I’ve known drivers destroy a truck clutch during a single shift (driving shift not gear shift ) , as said it depends entirely on who’s driven it and how….
The clutch on my 306 GTI-6 got so bad you couldn’t get it into first with the engine running and you had to Rev match up and downshifts to get it into gear. That had around 120k miles. I’m pretty sure that is the only clutch I’ve had to replace. My old focus had 72k miles and nearly ten years on its original.How do you know it's on the way out if it isn't slipping ?
Surely at 116k it couldn't be on it's first clutch? It's a 2010 Hyundai i20
just to note, a large portion was motoroway miles early in it's life.
Thanks guys,
Mart
Wow that is encouraging, thanks mate.More food for thought, have a 59 plate alfa mito, 111k miles, had it since 34k miles in 2015, as far as I know it hadn't had a new clutch and in the 77k miles I've driven it, it hasn't needed to be changed.
At this age and price always buy on condition and service history. Forget the Mazda, get the i20 would be my advice. Have you checked the MOT history on both? Also done a VCheck to make sure they weren't written off or repaired without being written off?Thanks a lot for the info guys really appreciate. Just heading out to see this car now.
It's a tossup between the i20 2010 with high miles but Full service history and an MOT until Feb 2022 which is perfect for me.
Or a Mazda 2 2010 with only 79k but zero service history and no MOT, which I would have to sort myself.
Will report back!