What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?

Son calls from work "The car E-brake is stuck on" WTF, Lexus SC400.....cue him up on a video call and ask him to pull off the brake. He can but says the car shudders when driving and there was smoke out the right side. MF...locked up rear E-brake drum? So I drive down thinking im gonna remove the rear tire and free some stuck shoes. I text him to ask if the tires are all still bolted on tight (new tires 2 weeks ago) he says yes...I tell him to put it in reverse and slam the brakes on to maybr free something. He does and it will roll in neutral so its not the brakes. So I get there and start the car, motor is usually smooth as glass and now its running like crap. I pull the lead off the driver bank coil (1UZFE: dual coil/dual distributor V8) and the car doesnt start, put it back on. I pull the passenger side coil and it starts and runs like crap, bingo: Lost the passenger side coil. 4 screws (thankfully it wasn't the bracket) and the old coil was off. Trip to Autozone half mile down the road and a $54 coil later we get it started and drove home fine. I tell him to buy the other side before it too goes and we find a new one on Ebay for $21 shipped. Well, it was cheaper than getting it towed home and I didn't even get dirty. First time in 20 years that that car has actually broken down.