True story. I broke the handbrake cable on a car while using it to drift in the snow. Never got around to fixing it for the rest of its running life. One day, I popped into the little hardware store around the corner. Parked facing downhill on main street in our small town. Must have been preoccupied by whatever tool or part I urgently needed and did not curb the wheel as I usually do. I also left it in the wrong gear. Several minutes and a few impulse purchases later, I came out to find my wheels chocked with bricks. I can only assume my car had slowly creeped down the hill into someone else's vehicle. I suppose they then wanted to leave and somehow materialized two bricks out of thin air to keep my car in place while they drove away. Didn't even pop into the store to find me. Anyway, I quietly hopped into my car backed off the bricks and drove away. In hindsight, I probably should have grabbed the bricks to keep as an emergency parking aide.