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I did not really ask that question of the mechanic who worked on my car, to be totally honest. But he's the type of guy that if there were a problem he would have told me so, which leads me to believe that it may not have been in bad shape, but I just wanted it done as a bit of insurance on a 14 year old car with, at that time, 42k miles on the clock. If it were a 97 with 90,000 miles on it, after learning what I have on here and elsewhere, I wouldn't have been as concerned. But old car, low miles, while normally appealing, isn't as reassuring when you learn of this potential issue.

I did not have him replace the clutch and flywheel at that time, because he said they were both in good condition, and the bill was already ramping up outside of the $1600 for the IMS job for other things I was having him do at the same time, so I was fine with that. It does make sense to go in there and do the job when there's a need, such as a worn clutch, because it'll be the same amount labor-wise, but I wasn't going to go overboard with replacing parts for the sake of doing so when half the parts are still fine.