Colleague had a Mini Cooper in the 80es where the Choke could be pulled but pushing it back did nothing. There was one traffic light that was always red (for t

Colleague had a Mini Cooper in the 80es where the Choke could be pulled but pushing it back did nothing. There was one traffic light that was always red (for the street with no priority) where the owner went around and pushed the lever back. The car was stolen once and found with the carb flooded after a mile or so.