yah thats bs i downshift at almost every light, dont ask me why i know it saves ur clutch to just use the brakes, but for whatever reason i dont until the last moment, ive heard of clutches having lifetiime warrantees ill see if i can pull up any brand names next time i go to my parts store, never heard of one breaking that early id say their product was defective, i blew out a clutch in 2 years but it had over 40,000 miles on it within those 2 years so thats realistic, 8k is sh!t i blew out a clutch cable after midas installed a clutch for me when i was 16 (years ago now) and they fixed it for free cuz i had a year warantee on parts and labor. of course i install all my own stuff now