The Car In The Field

Time for this week's puzzler.

Here it is.

In 1918, a man was arrested for a crime and sentenced to life in prison.

Thirty years later, with the help of a lifelong friend, the prisoner comes up with an escape plan.

The friend was to leave a getaway car in a nearby field. This field was near the prison. The jail break escape goes like clockwork.

The escaped convict finds the car in the field just where his friend said it would be, and all he has to do is get in the car and drive away.

However, he doesn't make it. He can't start the car.

Now, there is nothing wrong with the car. But he can't drive away.

The puzzler question is, why?

Good luck.

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The Inventor

Puzzler time.

This one is rather automotive in nature. Here we go.

In the early 1930s a young inventor came up with an idea for a little gadget which could be installed in an automobile.

When the inventor tried to sell his idea to his favorite gadget builder, the guy didn't want to build it. He was afraid that Congress would legislate against it, because it would be distracting to drivers.

But the inventor was very persuasive, and convinced the guy to build 100 of these little gadgets, which were later sold in front of the factory in just 10 minutes.

A multi-billion dollar business was built on this little gadget, and you'll hardly ever see a car without one now.

That was this little thing called?