Re: Clutch Cargo WAS: Object

Blinky the Shark <no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>HVS wrote:

>>> And how long you keep the car.  Trade every four years?  No
>>> clutch replacement necessary.
>> 
>> Assuming you buy new, yes;  not everyone does.
>
>New or relatively new.

History of my clutches:
No problems with any prior to 89.
1989: 9 Years.  Clutch on 1980 Colt was in sad shape.  Car needed
carburetor and clutch replacements when I got rear-ended and totalled.
Car was 9 years old with 212000 Km.

1991: 15 years.  Friend replaced the clutch on my 1977 Toy pickup at
something like 190k Km.

2000: 16 years.  Clutch on 1984 Sentra suddenly started slipping about
the same time that the transmission started losing fluid.  I suspect
that those were related.  Car was sold as a junker with 210K Km.

2007:  14 years.  1993 Metro started having transmission problems.  A
few months later the clutch started slipping.  Car was 14 years old
with 190K Km.

2007:  Traffic backlog on fresh snow polished to smooth ice on severe
up grade (near the snowshed on the Coq -- ask Bill Van) probably
burned three or four years worth of wear off the clutch on my Honda.
No problems yet.
-- 
Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27