Can't you strip those parts off at 6am, rush to buy new at 8.30am, have them fitted my midday and still do those jobs? .........................
How did you get on?Also, phoning someone and saying you can't make it usually does the trick and is not being 'unreliable' because being unreliable is simply not turning up and no explanation.By phoning you are saying that you havn't forgotten and if the reason is the truth, most people pick up on that.Cheers