Sonic - I had a similar experience to you with that old bag, but with a police officer!
My 964 broke the shifter bushing and I lost all gears as I was about to leave an on-ramp leading to the freeway. I had been caught behind someone who didnt know how to merge into traffic and we ended up stopping and waiting for the freeway traffic to clear before pulling into the crowd.
As we started off, this is when the bushing went south. To make things worse it was an uphill gradient and I had cars behind me.
After the traffic behind me cleared, I rolled backwards and as far off the side of the ramp as I could. I couldn't roll all the way back because it was a single lane so I had to get as close to the verge as possible.
Anyhow, the police officer on a m/bike arrives a few minutes later and starts getting aggressive saying I can't stop here! I explain I have no gears and he gets really pissed and starts pushing me towards the car and telling me I gotta get it off the roadway. What the F.....!
Where the hell do you think I'm gonna go? So I climb in the car and ring the tow company and explain my situation to them and they then speak to the cop using my mobile phone. The officer hands me back the phone and says he'll be back in 10 minutes and if I'm not off the ramp he'll book me and have the car towed!
Geez
. I'm sure it was because I had a Porsche!
Just gotta roll with the punches I guess