Got up ridiculously early to drive 80 miles to a meeting that isn't until next week !
Never mind that the clutch is playing up so I am not sure I will be able to risk driving that far again next week for the proper date without getting it seen to first, which could be horrendously expensive, considering this month I have to pay my car tax too, and I was overdrawn again last month.
Not only that to contend with, I lost my keys when I got home and found myself driving 20 miles back to a layby where I last remember having them. It worked though, I hadn't left my keys at the layby, thank goodness, because if they had fallen out of a pocket there, someone else would probably have them by now as there were a lot of cars in the layby when I stopped, but at least being in a different place and somewhat calmer prompted me to check something in the car I had not done before. I moved the back seat, to discover they had fallen behind.
Is it because I is autistic? No it's just rotten luck and concentrating too much on some details to the point of missing important ones out. If I had not been so fixated about making sure I had everything ready for the meeting to make an early start in order to beat the traffic, I would have maybe had time to check the date just to be sure. If I had not been in such a tiz when my keys did not materialise from my pocket at home, and had been a bit more methodical rather than turning out my pockets and bags twice over, looking on the grass outside etc etc, I would have remembered something simple like moving the seats in the car.
As for the clutch, well I guess that was inevitable, it's only the long journey's that show up things like that.
Oh well at least it was pleasant weather and I took the scenic route home.
3 comments:
What's wrong with the clutch, exactly? Is it slipping? If that's the case, you can drive in lower gears (while burning more fuel, of course). Does the Landy have a mechanical linkage between your foot and the clutch? Is the problem there? Is the thing just worn out? Is there a seal leaking which allows oil onto the clutch plates?
Oh, yeah, you have my sympathies. Sorry, I tend to put my engineer-like thoughts first, which figures.
It could have been worse. You could have been stranded on the Coventry Ring Road.
Of course, back in the 50's when I was in the Engineers, we always used to extend the life of our Land Rover clutch plates by applying a paste made from ground natives.
Keys were always kept attached to the holders by a retractable steel wire, which naturally doubled as garrotte.
There is however, no practical solution for turning-up a week early. It is best accounted for by Keenness.
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