I agree that it is an elegant neoligism (sp? - a new word). William
Safire used to write a language column in the NY Times (I no longer
have the times to read it). If he still does, maybe we should send it
to him and get some legitimacy.
Now for my story. I parked my TR6 for the winter. When it came time to
fire it up, it started fine but wouldn't go into gear. Hmmm, maybe the
clutch is dragging. Shut off the motor, put into gear, try to start in
gear with the clutch disengaged. WOW - the clutch didn't release at
all. I remebered Bill Sohl's suggestion to put the car up (BOTH wheels
off the ground!!!), start it up with the clutch pressed, then use the
brakes to break it free. But I was in a hurry, and anyway I don't like
the idea of a running car in the air, even on jackstands, so I simply
started the car in 2nd gear, drove it up my driveway (nice to have a
torquey engine) and drove it around the block a few times with the
clutch in. It finally broke free, and is now fine.
Question: is there anyway to prevent this from happening? It almost
didn't work and I started to have visions of pulling the tranny,
sworking violently for many hours. I park my TR outside every winter.
Gabor Kiss
Gabor Kiss
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