"Which is why I would have avoided crowded or populated places at all cost. Especially if I didn't have four or five guys armed to the teeth with automatic weapons inside."
You have to go where the road goes. They would have gotten waylaid much sooner on an interstate. If the kid had not driven right up to the people first the father might have gotten them turned around.
"I'm still trying to figure out why replacing the starter motor didn't work but replacing he solinoid did."
My guess would be that EMP would fry the computer in a modern vehicle. Something much much older still running would have been more realistic.
Good point.
I was thinking he was going to be able to flee because his main ride was a vintage Ford Mustang Fastback... no computer! But, alas, no. He makes his escape in a mini-van.