Scalagal

Well I happily bought a 23 plate 1litre SE scala TSI EVO from a skoda dealer in March 2024. In August I packed up the car to go on holiday to West Wales. After 100 miles the car completely stopped and my daughter, the dog and I had to climb into a farmers field on a terrifying bend on the A483 and await the AA. The patrolman said he could see the clutch had disintegrated into pieces. The car is now back in the dealership and the guy there has told me it’s all my fault. The total mileage on the car is just over 8000 miles, only 2000 of which have been driven by me. The dealership guy told me, in an attempt to gaslight me I believe that he had another “lady” who has ruined her clutch 4 times over in a car with only 11000 miles. Apparently the repairs to my car will now cost £2300 as the work is definitely not covered by warranty as they can detect a clutch smell, no other diagnostics. Apparently there is zero possibility that the clutch had a pre- existing mechanical fault which could have been picked up through any pre-sale checks before I collected it… surely this is not a credible argument.? I have driven for more than 20 years and never had any “driving style” issues of any kind. Aren’t skoda clutches designed to last more than 8000 miles? Would anyone please have any good advice on how to respond on this? I had hoped the era of dealing with female customers like they are idiots had passed, but Perhaps that’s wishful thinking …