[Rick Lee]

I think my folks don't believe me to this day, but I really never did take their cars out without their permission. I had to move them around to get the tractor out of the garage to mow the lawn, but that was it.

One time I was trying to push start my mom's VW cab, which had a starter issue and I lost it. It rolled back on me. I dove into the driver's seat and yanked up the handbrake, but by then it was already on the wet grass and slid a good 100' down the hill into the backyard. I knew our nextdoor neighbor would see the car there and immediately call my folks at their vacation place and I had to catch a ride to work with another neighbor. I called the nextdoor neighbor and just said, "Sandy, I don't have time to explain, but I lost control while trying to push start my mom's car to get to work. I'll deal with it tonight." She was kind of stunned. Sure enough, the car started on the first turn that night and I drove it back into the garage. Though I had my mom's permission to take her car to work.