[tdatk]

Funny story,
Rented a Renault from Hertz in Parma Italy a few years ago and when I dumped the clutch, the shifter punched up through the console and into the stereo. It was a brand new car ~15k miles on the odo. I drove around the block stuck in first gear back to the Hertz place and tried to explain that the motor mounts were broke to no avail and had to do a visual for the counter guy that spoke no english. He got the picture when I dumped the clutch again and gave me another car. We exchanged paperwork and I was off. I watched my MC for months after that to see if they tried to back charge me for the damages.
It took me 10 minutes to stop laughing after I got the replacement car, I'm sure that I didn't break the MM but I don't think the counter guy was convinced.