And the idea of being foreigners caught with a broken-down car on the potholed village roads did not appeal at all.
In the past year, you were more likely to suffer a violent attack or have your car broken into in Norwich or Peterborough than in London or Birmingham.
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Italian media reports said a car belonging to traffic police blocked the ambulance's way into the stadium and a window had to be broken so the car could be moved.
It was not too long ago a 40-mpg car looked like the Geo Metro miserable, scandalous, slow, a broken promise of a car.
Fitzgerald maintained that he happened to be at the scene because his car had broken down.
Despite the introduction of improved locks and shatter-proof windows, a car is broken into every 20 seconds in Britain.
Under the previous system, if five cars were broken into in a car park that was only counted as one crime.
Their car had broken down, and the five gallons of water they'd brought proved insufficient in the 100-degree heat to keep them alive.
And the water is a potentially lethal stew of fuel, broken glass, jagged car parts, and concrete and rebar from the fallen bridge.
"If you keep putting a broken engine into your car, you're going to keep on having the same problem, no matter how good the mechanic is, " he says.
From the evidence of what was seen, the gate was broken but then the car had found itself in front of a tree, which they believe was swerved, he was pulled out, his hands were tied and he was shot in the head twice.
The robbers, four in each car, had broken a hole in the fence where it ran between two construction sites, Van Wymersch said at a news conference.
Alonso was given a helping hand at the Circuit of the Americas by his teammate Felipe Massa, after the gearbox on the Brazilian's car was deliberately broken, giving him a five-place grid penalty.
The siding was torn away, the windows were broken and her husband's car was destroyed.
South Korean police have broken up a strike at a car parts factory which was threatening the country's car industry.
New Zealander Scott Dixon, who won the first race of the IRL season, has also been cleared to race after he suffered a broken wrist in a two-car accident during the Indy Japan 300 on 13 April 13 at Motegi.
Hitchhike through rural Maine with Alan Parker, a college student whose car couldn't have broken down at a more inopportune time.
No other vehicle was involved when the BMW patrol car suffered a shredded tyre and broken suspension strut on 26 October.
Going back to the car, he saw Lorraine Currier had broken her restraints and was running toward the road: Keyes chased and tackled her, forcing her back to the building.
The 26-year-old student says he has broken his iPhone 4 several times getting out of his car.
When he returned, Dr Hadal's car had been smashed up, the windscreen broken and the tyres slashed - all because it had, clearly visible, Syrian number plates.
Alliance Party councilor Linda Cleland said the windows of her car were smashed and several windows in her home broken over the weekend.
The diaries had been placed in the midwife's unattended car, outside her home address, which was subsequently broken into and the diaries were stolen along with other personal items.
Red Bull has previously sponsored events where records for the longest rally car jump, highest BMX jump and longest snowmobile jump were all broken.
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When he arrived, the shop appeared mostly fine a few broken windows, not much damage but by the time he returned from parking the car at a nearby Red Cross, it was alight.
It can be a two-way relationship with the car, as it contacts the rightful owner if it detects a problem such as being broken into or driven away.
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