At 18:34 6/29/99 -0700, Austin wrote:
>This is my entry for longest clutch life on the list;  '77 Rabbit that
>taught 5 (five!) teenagers to drive in 135K miles.  At that point rebuilt
>the engine so clutch was replaced while the engine was out - Friction
>Materials told me the clutch disc wasn't even half gone!
>
>Austin
>

I can top that!  78 Scirocco with 178000 miles and original clutch (still
going strong, I might add), apparently abused because I usually remember to
take it out of gear only at reaaaally long lights  ;^)

Joachim

Joachim and Belinda and Hobi and Griffin in Houston, TX
...and now Lucky, the rescue kitten, too!
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