"Nails need to be unpainted and as long as possible or French style. Shots of your hands gripping the gearstick and your face showing strain and panic, and shots outside the car as the gears are grinding and you are struggling to shift would be great. Here's the script:

clear="none" /> (Sh*ot from outside and behind the car first; then go over to the driver's side for more struggles with the gearstick and grinding of gears) You get in your old car to go to class and have to back up since something is in your way, but when you try to put it in reverse to back up, it won't go into gear and the gears keep grinding as you try. You grip the gearstick tightly with both hands and struggle to get it into reverse for a few minutes until it finally goes in with gears grinding. As this is happening you say: "Oh my G*d; I can't get it into gear! The gears keep grinding; come on, shift; shift; damn, it won't go."! You back out of your spot but when you try to put it in 1st, the same thing happens and you struggle with both hands as before (also sh*ot this from outside and behind first, then on driver's side; then inside the car). You manage to get it into 1st and are on your way, but it won't shift into 2nd or 3rd without a big struggle and the gears keep grinding loudly (this should be video'd inside and outside the car). As you struggle to keep saying: "Oh my G*d; I can't get it into gear! The gears keep grinding; come on, shift; shift; damn, it won't go."! You come to a crossroad or railroad crossing (you can pretend you're at a crossroad or railroad crossing) and the car in the middle. You get it started but when you try to put it in 1st gear, it's stuck and won't move. You frantically struggle with both hands, desperately trying to shift into 1st before the traffic or train comes, all the while the gears keep grinding as you try to shift (this should be video's outside and inside also). You fight the gears for several minutes, straining and with a panic'd look. You keep on saying: "Oh my G*d; I can't get it into gear! The gears keep grinding; come on, shift; shift; damn, it won't go."! Finally it goes in and your go on your way, continuing to struggle and grind 2nd and 3rd gear. You come to a down hill part of the road and apply the brakes, but they over heat and don't stop the car so you try to downshift to a lower gear, but it won't go in and keeps grinding (this should be video'd inside the car with you looking desperate as you struggle to shift into a lower gear and outside as we hear the gears grinding and see you struggling through the windows). You finally get it in a lower gear, not without a lot of effort and grinding, and slow the car down."

"THE GEARS KEEP GRINDING!!!" (h)