Someone posted a similar story on one of the other times the 500 mile email was posted - where a car would fail to start if the owner bought strawberry ice-cream from the store, but would work if they have vanilla. I love the processes that go into finding the actual issue (regardless of if the ice cream story is true!): https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cone-of-silence/

I can hear Click and Clack, the Tappett Brothers, hooting and guffawing on Car Talk as I’m reading this Snopes article!

> Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup.

wish modern stores optimized for customer convenience instead of seeing most shelves along the way to the usual