Most of all of us have been there one time or one other. Once we pulled into Albuquerque, the TR-3 was making an odd and unwelcome noise. Worse, first gear wouldn’t engage. On the time, proudly owning a overseas car may very well be daunting—if one thing went improper. Fortuitously, we discovered a mechanic who had expertise with quite a lot of imports. He recognized the issue as a faulty throw-out bearing; said we might probably” make it to Los Angeles. Neither Dennis nor I favored the risk concerned so we decided the defective half should be replaced. Luck was on our side. Turned out the mechanic occurred to have a alternative part—a miracle in itself. A day later we had been back on the street, and the associated fee for the half and labor was a mere $70.00! The man obviously cut us a huge break. As we speak, …