'01 A4 clutch question

[Kneale Brownson]

I, too, am a foot-off-the-clutch stoplight sitter who's never replaced a 
clutch or tranny in any of the cars I've bought since several years before 
Jon started driving.  The only tranny I've ever had trouble with is the 
slushbox in my bride's '79 Suburban 3/4-ton 4X4.  We had to have that 
replaced several years ago.  That piece of trash has had a new engine, new 
transfer case, new front drive shaft, half the body replaced because of 
rust-through (and it's all rusting through again), as well as the 
replacement tranny.  It has less than half the mileage as any of my 
Audis,  all of which show more than 160K miles.


At 10:15 AM 09/26/2000 -0700, Jon Blake wrote:

>I'll be giving away my age here and probably just furthering outdated
>practices, but then they work. From my first days with "T" series MGs,
>through Jag 120's, I've always waited at stop lights with clutch out and
>tranny in neutral.  I've never had to have a clutch replaced and I've been
>driving, legally, since 1958. Two years ago I sold my '84 Jetta GLI, 125K
>miles on original clutch (also endured my teenage son learning to
>drive). I do expect someday to replace the clutch on my '86 4kcsq, but at
>161K miles, it's still doing just fine. Oh, also showing my British sports
>car history, I always double de-clutch when downshifting, which I almost
>always do when slowing from, say, 40 mph and higher. Don't know if this
>also contributes to clutch life, but I'd guess yes, certainly helps with
>syncros in the tranny, and, no, I've never had a transmission problem in
>any of my cars, all of which have been manuals.
>
>HTH, or at least prompts others to pontificate as I have.
>
>         - jon
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Bob Trevithick wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Just wondering something.. I've heard in the past that holding the clutch
> > pedal down while waiting for a traffic light is a bad idea.  They said it
> > was putting wear on some bearing or something.  Is this a problem for new
> > Audi A4s?  Is it best to shift to neutral and leave the clutch out?
> >
> > Any thoughts appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
> >
> >
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