What a nightmare.
My worst experience was long ago—dating a super hot young women when my water pump failed in the middle of rush hour traffic.
She was plus p(*&ed—and I was toast.
Hahahahaha...that was a great description-I got the flavor right away...being on the side of the road...helpless...
When that happened to me, I was driving in to pick up my fiancee who was returning from a Nursing conference down in New Orleans. I had to wander around Logan Airport with three antifreeze containers and fill them with water from drinking fountains. I nursed the car back home with her with me, but when I shut it off, it never started up again.
I’m sure those valves were all bent to sh*t...