Little Test
Okay, all, time for the new puzzler. This one is very automotive in nature.
Do you all remember Crusty? He was one of our old mechanics from back in the day. Way back in the day. Crusty used to work for us many years ago, before we were accredited...
Crusty had some unusual techniques which we've described over the years. And one he had that I have never mentioned before was the following interesting thing.
From time to time, people would bring cars into the garage and ask us to check them out because they were thinking of buying this particular car. And Crusty had a particular process he would use to pre-screen these cars.
He would do something rather simple. He would open the hood of the car and fiddle around under there. And then he would look up at the owner and say, "Try to start it now."
The driver would try, but it would not start.
And then Crusty would do duck back under the hood and say, "Okay, try to start it now."
And the owner would turn the key and it would start right up.
So at this point, he would say one of two things. It was either, "Leave it and we'll check it out. But, I think it's a keeper." Or it was "Forget this one. This one is no good. Go look for another car to buy."
What was Crusty doing under the hood? What was that little test all about?
Good luck.
