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Fully released or fully engaged is fine. I never worn or lost a clutch in my life, easily managing over 120 k miles with a lot of traffic jams and city driving. Nor did I ever lose a throw-out bearing. It is the one thing that bearing was designed to do, it should be able to.
Letting it slip, half-engaging when that isn't necessary, that's bad. My dad burnt a Civic's clutch in just 50k miles. Turns out he was resting his foot on the clutch pedal when driving. Even just touching it gently was apparently enough to cause a bit of slip, and a lot of wear.
Reducing clutch slip and matching engine and gear revs before releasing the clutch pedal should guarantee a long cluch life.
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2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
  lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile.
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Last edited by RedDevil; 03-29-2013 at 04:39 PM..
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