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Agreed, not normal regardless of age or miles.  Your description of letting out very slowly is the worst thing you can do to a clutch (short of having it partially engaged to hold on a hill, which doesn’t 't even count as normal usage).  In fact, if the prior owner did the same for 10k miles is it probably the cause of the shudder.  If it occurs even for someone who knows the proper technique, which is not significantly different than any other civilized street car, then the disks and/or plates are probably heat damaged from excessive slip.