Jason -
Buddy old pal, I know you have my number, it was nice of you to try calling me - or emailing me since you obviously have my email address - before posting this. Thanks... I have only logged onto this board maybe three times all year, activity on the scamp has about died (not my car...
What if you drive over something and it kicks up and shreds your cable? Now you short to the chassis and you have a welder under the car...
Interior is safe, guard against abrasion and crushing/cutting.
The parents should get a kick to the dick for having the nerve to be upset he was held on bail. Losing control means losing control - could have been 4 kids in a car at that pump. Jackass.
Sadly. My current beater is a '98 Mystique with about 230,000 miles. Little bastard still runs good, needs a tie rod end and a lower ball joint very badly.