The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

STARTING A CAR EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

THIS IS A STORY THAT WENT AROUND WHEN AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSIONS FIRST BECAME POPULAR.
A MAN, WHOSE CAR HAD STALLED, WAS TELLING A WOMAN,
WHO HAD OFFERED A PUSH, THAT TO TURN OVER HIS MOTOR
SHE WOULD HAVE TO GO 35 M.P.H. HE CLIMBS INTO THE
SEAT, LOOKS INTO HIS REAR VIEW MIRROR, AND LEAPS
TO SAFETY, JUST AS THE WOMAN DRIVER CRASHES INTO
HIS CAR AT 35 M.P.H.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA

Date learned: NOT GIVEN