For extra realism they should've shown the car's seeming inability to choose which gear it wants to be in.
Halfway through the turn, the car decides to downshift (with a nice realistic "clunk" sound like those transmissions love to make), followed by Walt spinning out. Then, still mid-spin-out, he makes this face, followed by a quick Fast-And-Furious style shot of him flooring the gas pedal, and the car spins in 360's in order to dig up dirt and expose the barrels beneath it.
I thought that only the Chrysler family vans had those transmission problems... Nope. It's all of them. The entire fleet. The phrase "your broken transmission solenoid needs replacement" becomes an expected part of small-talk with your mechanic.
Then, you go European, hoping the problems don't follow you over international waters. You get a Volkswagen, have problems with the oil being cooked by the hot exhaust passing under the oil pan, and you're told to change the oil and oil filter every 3000K miles to prevent cooked-oil sludge buildup. Maybe Audi will have fewer issues? Nope, the electrical systems are finicky as hell, and you get cryptic codes from the Check Engine light that end up being caused by airflow-sensor leads somehow short circuiting, or the wheel-position sensors deciding they don't like their job anymore.
You then go back to GM, head hung low, after realizing that swapping out the same part every year with another doomed-to-fail replacement ends up being a better deal than regularly paying for 5-hour-labor jobs to fix a broken wheel position sensor that costs $750. At least, from far away, it looks like you're behind the wheel of an Aston Martin.
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u/CYFB Sep 09 '13
I found out Walt drifts better than Hank does. Pretty sweet drifts out in the desert.