I've had this car for 19 months now and I drive it nicely and normally. At first, the clutch just felt loose for a while, like it only was catching at the top (almost completely released before it would catch), and it was like that for a few months. In the past two days it will slip out of gear / not catch the gear and the engine will rev and the display will tell me to shift into third when I'm already in third (for example). I don't know much about clutches, but I know that they shouldn't be going out after 18 months and 25,000 miles.