Kate keeps her eyes forward. But she's concentrating so hard on what Gene is saying that she's barely seeing anything.

She starts to slow down before she's ready to put the clutch down, and when she finally does catch up and try to run through the motions of switching gears, there's another groan. The car bucks.

And then stalls.

But this time inertia is working to keep it moving forward.

"...Gene?"