XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: jkj33@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:54:28 +1100, Jim Joyce  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 12:49:46 -0800, Bob F  wrote:   
   >   
   >> A motorcycle shop owner heard me downshift to slow as I approached his   
   >> lot, and immediately told me that breaks were a lot cheaper to replace   
   >> than engine and clutch.   
      
   > The first vehicles I learned to drive in the early 1960's were all stick   
   > shift, and I was taught the rule listed above.   
      
   Just because some fool claims something...   
      
   > I've never forgotten it.   
      
   Do you still wear button up boots ?   
      
   > It was true then and it's true now.   
      
   Bullshit it is. Hardly anyone needs to bet their engine rebuilt anymore.   
      
   > I still remember one summer when my friend and I (I was 12, he was 13)   
   > got hired to drive trucks and other implements on a neighboring farm,   
   > and my friend used to slip the clutch on a regular basis, prompting the   
   > farmer to yell, "The clutch has two positions! In or out! Stop slipping   
   > the damned clutch!" He never had to tell me that. :-)   
      
   Irrelevant to what is being discussed.   
      
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