I just realized something about Malcolm in the middle Car episode

Kinja'd!!! "The Tunnel" (thetunnel)
11/04/2014 at 18:52 • Filed to: None

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When he was stuck inside his garage with the car running, unable to turn off the engine and to get out of the car, he could have just stalled the engine with the clutch since it was a manual with a pistol grip shifter.

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Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 18:54

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And I know realize how long it has been since I've seen that show...


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 18:54

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I don't remember the episode but couldn't he have also pulled the coil wire?

ETA: I just reread and saw where you said he couldn't get out of the car. You're right, stalling it would have done the trick.


Kinja'd!!! BrownMiataDieselWagon > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 18:57

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that's bad for the clutch, yo!


Kinja'd!!! The Tunnel > BrownMiataDieselWagon
11/04/2014 at 19:01

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But he was trapped in the garage where exhaust fumes were buliding up.


Kinja'd!!! BrownMiataDieselWagon > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 19:04

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I'm just kidding. I would have done the same if I was in the same situation.


Kinja'd!!! Justin Young > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 19:07

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Could've been worse if it was his Jetta! (since it's a matic)


Kinja'd!!! JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 19:11

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See? Manual transmissions save lives!!!


Kinja'd!!! The Tunnel > Justin Young
11/04/2014 at 19:22

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haah thats his real car?


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 19:30

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Have you forgotten that TV and movie transmissions are magic? No amount of stalling was going to keep that engine from running, in the same way that no amount of shifting in a Fast n Furious movie will allow the driver to reach final gear.


Kinja'd!!! Dsscats > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 19:34

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.....only on Oppo.......


Kinja'd!!! Coty > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 19:41

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Yeah.


Kinja'd!!! Alfalfa > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 19:46

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Well this is also the episode where the car eats the carburetor and spits it out below the muffler, so...


Kinja'd!!! The Tunnel > Alfalfa
11/04/2014 at 19:51

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it was the air filter, but good memory though.


Kinja'd!!! bhardoin > The Tunnel
11/04/2014 at 23:02

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I forget, didn't it not have brakes at that point? if so clutch dropping first may still have been a pretty shitty decision.


Kinja'd!!! Burrito de EJ25 > The Tunnel
11/05/2014 at 01:51

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He bought it from Universal a while ago. It was a movie car.


Kinja'd!!! The Tunnel > Burrito de EJ25
11/05/2014 at 06:53

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fast and furious wasnt it.