A few weeks after the squeaks started they got bad enough to take it in. Craig drove it carefully for a while to hear the squeaks (of course they were more quiet once I got there). When we got back to the garage he set the parking brake and then released the clutch right to the point where the (pilot?) bearing was squealing. $1300 (?!) for a new clutch, bearings and rear main seal and it's good to go.
...but he was a little anxious about hearing that the car was running fine once we got it back. In fact, it was running fine. I could tell that lots of things between the engine and transmission were tightened. The work was more noticeable than the lack of squeak. If you let off or stepped on the clutch quicker than usually there was less clunk and rattle than before.
The car was coming up to 123,456 as I drove to the shop. We passed it on the test drive.
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