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first off in everyday driving downshifting wont hurt you much, it's when you go racing around and slamming it into a lower gear without rev matching that will hurt the car. With that said, my family has owned a 94 5speed jetta since new, it now has 310 000km on it and the clutch was just changed(2 days ago), i beat the crap out of this car, i drive it at close to 75mph all day for about 200km 5 days a week. Until recently (when the clutch started to slip) i never ever revmatched in it, and the cutch lasted this long. The car has been through 3 new drivers and my parents.
Now to my other beef with this, what the hell is a 5-speed for if you're going to drive it like an auto! use the engine to slow you down! And think of it this way, whats cheaper a clutch OR brakes (ie rotors, and pads, cause they're gonna wear out twice as fast) do the math
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Drive it like you stole it
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