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Old 08-17-2011, 10:30 AM
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****Clutch Life****

I thought I would start a thread to see how many miles people are getting out of there clutch.

Please post your cars:
YEAR, TRANSMISSION TYPE and MILES or KM

I will start.

I have a 2009 SportShift Vantage with 18,000 MILES and I'm still on the same clutch!!
 
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Old 08-17-2011, 11:32 AM
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2007 SportShift and just hit 16K on the original clutch
 
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2009 Sportshift, 8K miles. I am very careful when reversing and hope I can get a long useful life out of my clutch. This may be a better question for the Aston fourm on pistonheads as the Brits seem to put a lot more life on their cars then us Yanks.
 
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Old 08-17-2011, 12:47 PM
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Original clutch and hoping to get at least 30k out of it.
 
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Old 08-17-2011, 01:29 PM
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I replaced mine at 41000 miles. It started sliping at 39000 and the biting point was longer.

06 Vantage 6 speed manual

If you know how to drive it should last at least 40k. ( im not a slow driver at all )
 
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Old 08-17-2011, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RPVantage
I replaced mine at 41000 miles. It started sliping at 39000 and the biting point was longer.

06 Vantage 6 speed manual

If you know how to drive it should last at least 40k. ( im not a slow driver at all )
What do you mean 'biting point was longer', could you please educate me on this?
2007 manual, 25k miles, original clutch. No slippage, but the clutch engages fairly high on the release.
 
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Old 08-17-2011, 03:57 PM
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I guess the only way I could explain is that when you release the clutch pedal you feel like the clutch engagement takes longer to move the car.

Now that I have a new clutch the engagement is really quick.

I hope that was a good explanation.
( English isn't my first language )
 
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2007 sportshift 40,000 miles today original clutch still going on
 
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Originally Posted by RHYNO
I thought I would start a thread to see how many miles people are getting out of there clutch.

Please post your cars:
YEAR, TRANSMISSION TYPE and MILES or KM

I will start.

I have a 2009 SportShift Vantage with 18,000 MILES and I'm still on the same clutch!!
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Hey Ryan, am going to be in your neck of the woods from the 28th for a week. You should stop down and sample some of the '09 releases!
 
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Old 08-18-2011, 12:01 AM
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Stuart, I think I would be able to do that. Give me a call or text when you are here and I will try and set something up with you. I always love trying new wines lol
 
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2007 manual with 20K miles-- about 1/2 on the track--original clutch with no issues.
 
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2009 SS Vantage: Clutch was replaced at 14000 miles due to a failure. At that time it showed about 50% wear.
 


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