My husband is very particular with the maintenance of our car.  He has experienced being stuck in the middle of the road because the clutch malfunctioned.  I still remember that Sunday morning, we were also in the car with him when he said he couldn’t get the gear to change places. We had to step down and two MMDA men walked to us. They offered to help by pushing the car to a nearby parking. Unfortunately, we met a second accident while they were pushing and struck a pole.

In times like this, I wished we had gone to Houston auto repair sooner to have our car checked.  Good thing my stepdad was there to help us.  He was able to make it work even without a clutch and drive to his shop.  They replaced one of the parts of the clutch and they also restored the damaged door.  He advised us to have our car checked regularly including the timing belt and the water pump. We are now more diligent in maintaining it and has learned that the saying, “Prevention is better than cure,” applies to cars too.