further down the road, gerry and john pick up shirl (claire oberman), who is heading to wanganui, and after informing the duo that she is a virgin, gerry makes a bet that this will change before reaching wanganui. after failing to pay for petrol on purpose in the central north island, they are pursued by a motorcycle officer, with the duo ending up avoiding arrest by driving into a car wreckers. on the road to wanganui, the trio discuss about whether gerry had sex with shirl or not when he tried to silence her in the chase beforehand. however, the discussion ends in a stalemate.