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[–] Thrus2 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If you see a car as one thing I would agree with you, however if you see a car as a collection of multiple systems with one overall descriptor it is partly broken though not rendered inoperable. A clock could have a gear that is broken rendering it to run slowly as every tick isn't relayed through the whole thing isn't destroyed. We are really working with what definition of Broken is the right one; you say something in relation to #2 I'm using #4. Neither of us are wrong we are just arguing specifics of the usage of a word. In this case it is part of a common turn of phrase and most often associated with what you mean, I am being a pest and pointing out a non-standard though still accurate options for the series of words used and ignoring the common context of the well known phrase (short version: I'm being a dick).