Thanks for giving us the heads up. When I started driving a manual, I was concerned whether or not leaving my foot on the clutch and having the car in first was an issue or not; like @
CSG Mike I was inclined to do so since I felt it would save me time to start moving and demand less patience from people behind me (especially when I was just learning). Almost everything I read and people I've talked to have said that you will wear on the throw-out bearing if you do that, but that it shouldn't be too drastic of an issue. Anyone else able to chime in on this?
In this regard, considering your clutch and pressure plate intact and at only 42k miles, I'm a little surprised this wasn't under warranty. Regardless, grats on the new clutch and flywheel and thanks again for the well-documented incident.