Related to this, one of my stories about turning a car off.... I was a misguided youth rebuilding a Subaru that sat in a field for a long time. It had many prob

Related to this, one of my stories about turning a car off.... I was a misguided youth rebuilding a Subaru that sat in a field for a long time. It had many problems, but overhauling the engine solved all of them (or so I had naively planned). I remember the first drive I took with it after getting plates on it. Right after filling the tank for the first time, I went to Taco Bell, bought a victory taco, and went to a parking lot to look over my city and eat. When I tried to shift into park, the cable snapped. Dejectedly, I sat and ate the taco with my foot on the brake, warming the ATF while I figured out what to do. Several factors stacked against me, including that I lived on a hill, didn't have a garage, the e-brake was rusted, and it was January in one of the snowiest areas in Michigan (3-4ft snow banks in most places). I knew the next time I flipped the car off would really count, because I would have to hot wire the NSS or fix the cable to get rolling again. Parking in the winter is a huge problem too: you will get towed or fined for getting in the way of snow removal. I ended up precariously "parking" the car in drive near my house with a combination of gravity and a snow bank. I set the ramps up, crossing my fingers that they were spaced correctly and that I would succeed in getting on them on the first try. It all worked out, and when I finally turned the car off, I felt pretty intellectually victorious.