There used to be a story every month in Popular Science called “Tales from the Model Garage”. This series of stories began sometime in the 1920s and ran until 1970. One of the customers of the Model Garage was a real cheapskate named Silas Barnstable. He was always trying to get something for nothing from Gus Wilson, the proprietor of the Model Garage. Another customer was Daisy Allen, a blonde female who had far fetched explanations as to what would cause an ailment in her car. In one episode, the car would cut out and not start when her husband drove the car, but it always ran fine for Daisy. She reasoned that her husband was overweight and threw the car out of balance, so she wanted the springs beefed up on the right side. Gus finally figured out that when Daisy’s husband drove the car, he had a key ring with many keys that damaged the ignition switch. Daisy, on the other hand, had just the car key on her keychain.
I always enjoyed reading these stories, but I guess after 1970 the cars became too complicated for old Gus.