A convertible seems like an easy enough machine to operate without express, detailed instructions. But this is the wrong perception. Lacking an “idiot shield,” sometimes also referred to as a “roof,” this automobile can be tricky.
Case in point: A 23 year old German man, described as “not an experienced convertible driver,” took an Audi A3 Cabriolet out on the road for a test drive. Having watched one too many Geico commercials, he set a stack of $31,400 (minus eyes), meant to purchase the car, on his back seat to remind himself how much he could have saved on his last car insurance. Then he took to the open road.
As the laws of physics could have predicted, the money flew out and scattered. Police were called and the road was shut off. After a half an hour of searching, $27,300 was recovered. The rest was left on the side of the street for some lucky bum to find, as part of the He Should’ve Known Better tax.
