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I have 110,000 miles on the original clutch in my '95 SE. I'm being as carefull as I can with it since I don't want to change it. I am planning on keeping the car for another 3 years. Is it reasonable to expect to get 150,000 miles out of it in mixed driving?
What is the most miles anyone has put on theirs?
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My parents had a 95 mystique MTX that they taught 5 kids to drive stick in and it was still on the orginal clutch at about 160,000 miles when my brother wrecked it.
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depends on you. Lead footing & hot starts will wear it out faster than careful launches & steady driving. You can get 150K I'm sure. But don't be suprised if you don't 110K is a lot. I'm at 87 and I push it too hard I admit.... 
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one of my tours has 185,000 on the original clutches
95 V6 5SPD.
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Originally posted by Nate'sTour:
depends on you. Lead footing & hot starts will wear it out faster than careful launches & steady driving.
You can get 150K I'm sure. But don't be suprised if you don't 110K is a lot.
I'm at 87 and I push it too hard I admit....
My trick to extend clutch life is when I come to one of the many stop signs around here, I try not to stop completely. I keep the car rolling just enough so that I don't have to use any clutch slippage to get going again. 
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i had a stock clutch in my old probe, had 180,000 miles on the stock unit. my brother had a mustang (1986 go fig.) 170,000 miles or so o the stock clutch and believe me both of those cars were beat and cluthces felt just fine. but as far as the tour, i dunno, i still ridin strong
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I have about 88 on mine with a lot of drag racing, but she won't hold anymore after one hard launch. 150 isn't an unreasonable amount.
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95 SE - Still going strong on the original clutch at 235,000 miles. That's with 3 high school kids taking a crack at it over the years.
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I'm up to 178k, and I believe that's the original clutch. I bought the car with about 80k on it, so if it isn't the original, I've at least put 100k hard miles on it.
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I'm at 161k, original clutch, '97 Zetec.
The clutch is fine, but for some stupid reason I have to
bleed it about once a month, otherwise it wouldn't
release properly. I guess this certainly accelerates wear...
It's been like that for a long time.
T.
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