New clutch plz

You often don't realise just how worn something is until you come to replace it.

Today the Alfa went back to the garage as planned for the clutch, which took less time than I was expecting - on the way to the shops at lunchtime I happened to see my car go past on a post-clutch-replacement road test! And with the new clutch... the bearing noise has gone as expected, but I hadn't realised that it had also been audible when the clutch was engaged and my car is now a fair bit quieter when in neutral. The clutch mechanism itself is also lighter and smoother, even if it does still creak occasionally (it's always done that no matter how much the garage greases the pedal linkage).

Hopefully that's it for expensive car things this year!