A friend of a horror of a neighbor once had a problem with his car. I dunno what the problem was but he’d work under the hood for a while then come around to the driver’s side to try and start the car. It wouldn’t start so he’d kick the steering wheel repeatedly with the bottom of his boot, as if he was trying to kick the steering wheel off the column, and after a few moments he would go back to the engine area and repeat the process.

It was both sad and funny to watch. After 2 days of this a tow truck showed up.

The steering wheel was not damaged as far as I could see, despite the repeated assaults

Several months later the neighbor caught their house on fire and moved away after that. That was a good day.