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My granddaughter (a vet) asked me when she could expect to have to renew the clutch on her car as it was still on the original - her 1996 Peugeot 306 DT, previously owned by her father and in which she and her brother learned to drive now has 184,719 miles on the clock
Asked on 12 March 2010 by D.D., Truro
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Honest John
Touch some wood. That's astonishing for a clutch on a diesel, though it does have the benefit of being pre dual mass flywheel. Congratulations are due to the car's drivers for making it last so long.
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