Loved the movie. However, with my old VW bus, it was the clutch CABLE that broke, not the clutch itself, resulting in the embarrassing push-it-to-get-in-first condition.

Rating: 9/10 (22 September 2006)

Loved the film; my girlfriend and I were laughing so hard we cried. Make sure you go to the bathroom before you enter the theatre. The characters may have been somewhat over-the-top, but that's why I love movies. Besides, you ought to see my dysfunctional family. Someday I want to be grandpa, minus the drugs.
I wondered about the VW micro bus detail--I had one, older than the one in the movie, and when the clutch cable broke, I had to push it to get it in gear, and then I could drive it, shifting carefully so as to not grind the gears. The movie detail did not make sense to me, but maybe that is because the model was different--still, I wonder, as the "mechanic" character said it was a bad clutch--if that was the case, the car could not move at all. I think this may be a bad writing detail, but it was still a great movie.