Originally Posted by smujsmith
I'm sure others have had that "feeling" that made us have a good look that day..
Smudge
And any good mechy, land, sea, or air, listens to that "still, small voice".
Over 20 years ago the lady I was dating, her 3 kids, and I were just about to take off for a several-day trip to a gathering down in northern Arizona, when that "6th sense" kicked in.
Not just for me, but for her, her mother, and, as we learned when we canceled and returned my parent's Chevy Blazer we were borrowing for the trip, my parents.
There had been nothing amiss - no funny vehicle operation, twitches of the gauges or electrics - but a couple of days later the Blazer's alternator just quit working while the vehicle was being driven in town, and took the battery with it.
By the mileage between trip cancellation and the vehicle stopping all functions, if we had just carried on with the trip we would have been right in the middle of nowhere when it failed.