ceramic and metal clutches never "seat" into each other. they constantly "grab" each other. metal friction surfaces are not friendly to metal to metal friction. thats why anytime you remove clutch after use it always looks bad in pictures and in person. the metal friction surfaces are always torn up. always wavey. never smooth looking. and all the metal parts are always warped from the heat of metal to metal friction. look closely and you can actually see the metal being "dragged/stretched". results in a washboard type surface. this type of clutch was never meant to be a long wearing street friendly clutch. its a violent grabbing, short lived, off road rally clutch by definition. it just happens to be needed for high torque AWD car because it does hold massive torque.

so there is only one thing that increases clutch life of this clutch. do no slip it. in affect driving for 2000 miles is just wearing the clutch out. every start from stop as well as every smooth shift, requires slip. this wears the clutch out by no fault of its own. just the nature of the beast.