Clutch and brakes smelt much the same in the days of, cough cough, asbestos linings. Perhaps it's different now, but anyway my clutch-burning days are in the past I hope.
Anyway, cough cough, I'm a fine one to talk. I used to do my own minor mechanicals but without a garage I don't now. A recent scraping noise, which I took to be a matter of small importance, quickly became a metal-to-metal noise under braking which, when investigated, turned out to be a worn-out back brake pad which had badly scored an inch or so of disc. £220 or so for a local garage, good lads I thought, only 80 for labour with the rest parts and vat. Anyway that only happened because I'm not properly on top of it any more, and I would have done the job myself out of doors ten years ago. I slip this pathetic confession in here in the hope that no one will notice it.
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