Everyday
Car Trouble After Dinner
Level 3 · Hard
After dinner, a man drives to buy ice cream. Whenever he buys vanilla, his car will not start for the return journey. When he buys other flavours, it starts normally. Why?
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- Read the premise aloud. Answers: yes, no or irrelevant.
- When the game ends, mark the puzzle as played.
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The answer
The vanilla ice cream is near the checkout, so buying it takes very little time. Other flavours take longer to fetch. A heat-related problem prevents the hot engine from restarting until it has cooled. The longer purchases give it enough time to cool; buying vanilla does not.