[thebspatrol]

Wait, you're suggesting that manual transmissions have more points of failure than automatic transmissions?

Not only are automatic transmissions significantly more complicated, they also fail catastrophically.

Your clutch is a consumable part. Consider it a writeoff. You might replace it once in your time owning the car if you hold on to it forever, and you still haven't made up the $2k difference in MSRP/whatever the difference may be on the used market.