follow the moving parts and hit all of it heavily with wd40 or something similar, then just work the clutch cable over and over until it unsticks. this option is free, i would try it first.:) by the way...do you tie up the clutch cable hande with a piece of rope like i do?

I have the same issue and for a long time I could not figure out how the rain water is landing on top the car especially after I weather-stripped the top and sides of the door - until today when I just happened to open the garage door to clean the water mess on the car, the water came pouring through the sectionals of the door! Now it is simply not just the few drops of water that is the nuisance - if your car has some or lots of) dust the water drops create a messy look after the water drops on the car dry out - it looks really yucky on most cars and especially on a black car! If you want to go out and it is still raining, sure, the mess will be washed off but what if it is bone dry outside (sunny or not) - one is compelled to wash the mess off oneself or take the car to the car wash, unless one is ok with a messy looking car. This is quite annoying if this happens frequently as it does in the rainy season.

There are lots of husbands that drive their wives all over to where they need to go, I have seen many sitting waiting for their wives to come out of the stores. Many wives did not learn how to drive and husbands did all the driving. What if it was the other way around, it was you, wouldn't you be thankful that your husband is okay to drive and we have one driver in the household and take you to places you need to go. And yes, as there is aging and health issues, you have tons of appointments, prescriptions, tests,etc. also on top of the normal errands and places always gone too. My dad had an accident in the driveway and his car was out of commision for three months. I told him to take my car for the morning and it was hard as he drove to the club to play golfing and I sat home stuck and I always went out in am to do errands. He was so thankful as my mother wouldn't help in any way at all and so at least he had my car to use. Yes, its hard but once you arrange times and areas you will be in to do those things, planning ahead helps alot in not having to live in car all the time. If you like to read, then bring something to read while you are waiting for your husband to do things if he goes in stores,etc. by himself. Just be thankful he is there and hope that one day if you can't drive and need help to get to places, someone will do that for you like you are doing for your husband.

There is another way to approach the older and driving issue, one that doesn't require input from family and friends. 4 1/2 years ago when Mother may have had a TIA (age 84, her doctor and neurologist couldn't be sure, it was so temporary), her doctor had asked her to not drive until the status of her health more clear. Then, when a few months passed, he told me his employer (Kaiser) wouldn't let him assume the liability of telling her she could drive again. We took her to an occupational therapist who did a cognitive evaluation. Then, checked for any physical limitations....vision, flexibility, could she look over her right shoulder when making lane changes etc and not too arthritic to do that ;0) He drove with her. His assessment was she could drive with his blessing (in writing, and he did have the liability coverage to do that) if she would take two brush up driving classes. Mom had never had a driving lesson and was somewhat offended. But she arranged two private sessions with a licensed instructor as required and drove three more years - until moving to a retirement apartment in a much larger city when she sold her car and gave up driving.