This is so true, especially on older cars like ours, where thinks often get "stuck". For instance, we try not to open the sunroof of the cars becuase it might get "stuck" open, and then you are most certainly screwed, especially went winter comes along. It's the same with the power windows (one of the reasons my father perfers cars with crank windows), if they run slowly or jerkily like some of them do on some of our cars (only just the Van and the Honda), it can get stuck halfway down, and again, you're screwed. I don't think there's an easy way to fix this either, even if you do take it to a mechanic. My father has removed the door panel on the passenger's side door of the Honda (in attempt to lubricate the window for easier sliding) so many times it has become loose when after he fits it back on.

And don't think that this kind of thing happens only to "old" cars either. I have seen many newer cars such as the Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cavalier with plastic wrap on their half-open window to keep the winter cold out after an obvious power window failure. Electric "conveniences" such as this often turn out to be not so "convenient" after all. I miss the old days...