21 years old, almost 194,000 miles ....

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by FC

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I am concerned for the GTI though. Lots of reports of clutches needing replacement under 50k miles and as low as 30k miles. At 33k, ours still feels great, but I am very easy on clutches. In the next year it will transition to being the kids' car. We'll see how it holds up then.

yeah I have heard the same thing especially if you chip it. FWIW, mine was ok at 47k when they replaced the transmission.