>I once had a clutch haydraulic line melt (it was plastic and somehow
>touched the exhaust) on a 100 mile journey to visit a client.  Most
>of it was on motorway and I managed gearchanges without a clutch on
>there - it was in traffic at the destination, especially at traffic
>lights, that things got interesting!

Memories of having an Austin 1300GT with a failed clutch thrust bearing ;))
Starting with the car in gear. Once you were moving everything was fine. You
soon went into defensive driving mode so were anticipating how long traffic
lights might take to change, and slowly ambling up to them so you didn't
have to stop ;))

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