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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
Both. With use comes wear, and everything wears out eventually.
Wear can be minimized by proper driving habits, but not eliminated. Brakes, as I mentioned, are a better example. The more you have to brake, the sooner your brakes will wear down. If you ride the brakes you will cause premature brake wear. But most braking is an unavoidable necessity.
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And in both cases, they only wear when there is a difference in speeds. Your brakes are not getting worn down when your car is stopped and you have the brakes on. Similarly, your clutch is not getting worn once it is fully engaged and you accelerate or cruise in gear and there is minimal to no wear if you rev match between shifts. The vast majority of the clutch wear comes from getting started from a stop.