<p>Grr! My clutch is starting to screw up pretty badly now. Last night, it scared me because it was working differently than it ever has before. Normally, I have some leeway about halfway to the floor depressing and releasing the pedal. Last night, it seems to have flipped, so that I had all the leeway when the pedal was almost all the way out, and the clutch engaging/disengaging would occur when I nearly had the pedal to the floor.. This morning, the same trend continued, this time with a twist. When I was at a stop, it was pretty much impossible to get the car in gear - first or reverse, though on occasion, I could get it in third or fourth, though still with great difficulty. To get it into first or reverse, I’d have to slide my foot to the side with the pedal depressed and let it release all by itself while the car was in neutral. The pedal would pop up with a <em>clunk</em> and then, after depressing it fully, I could finally get the car into gear, still with a good deal of difficulty. According to the internet, this is a fairly serious problem, likely involving water getting into the system, and either the master or slave cylinder going bad.</p>
