I worked on my old car once. Can't recall what the task was but when I came to do another job I could not for the life of me find my Haines manual. Eventually giving up and thinking I had left the book on the garden wall I went out and bought another. They are not cheap these days
When sorting through a spare bedroom near two years later I moved summat and you can guess what was underneath. So now I have two of the said manuals. And now I've even sold the car on!
The one thing about getting to that certain age is I do get to meet and make new friends almost daily
Dave