Because cops don't shoot cars...

Fed up with his troublesome car, a Florida man fired five rounds from a semi-automatic pistol into the hood of the 1994 Chrysler LeBaron.

"I'm putting my car out of its misery," 64-year-old John McGivney said after the incident outside an apartment building in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, according to a police report that listed the car as "deceased."

McGivney surrendered to police, was jailed on a firearms charge on Friday and released on bond a day later. He told them the car had been giving him trouble for years.

"I think every guy in the universe has wanted to do it," the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Wednesday quoted McGivney as saying. "It was worth every damn minute in that jail."

Reminds me of the Richard Pryor standup routine. He was arrested for shooting his wife's car with a .357 magnum to keep her from leaving. His quote "Cops don't shoot cars, cops shoot nig-ars". For more great Pryor standup, I suggest finding the 9-disc set "And It's Deep Too"