It all started with a Reddit post.

About a year ago, redditor knittas posted in the Austin subreddit, asking for help jumping her car before 4pm. She offered $7 in exchange.

Maybe asking strangers on the Internet for favors isn’t always the safest bet, but what with the Rooster Teeth offices being just down the way, Gus Sorola and Burnie Burns replied, saying they were on their way.

Ten man-hours, one set of jumper cables, $30 in gas, and one comedy of errors later… Here’s their complete adventure, which they finally published yesterday.

Youtube video

And the story comes full circle, too, as their video made its way to the top of the Austin subreddit.

This article appears in December 27 • 2013.

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