machine gun starter
When your car battery is so weak it can’t start the engine, but it’s still got enough juice to make the starter click like a mad dog with a bullet. It’ll scare you so bad you’ll think you’re being hunted.
My car did that right in front of my mom. She thought I was trying to impress her with a gun.
I was trying to start my car and it sounded like a gunfight. I was so scared I almost peed my pants.
My friend’s car did that in the middle of a traffic jam. People were looking at us like we were crazy.