Talk:Miss Trunchbull

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[edit] Used Car and Sawdust

Under the heading Likes, it is claimed one of Miss Trunchbull's likes was "Matilda's father (until she realizes the second-hand car he sold her is in fact run with sawdust)." I do not have a copy of either the movie or the book at hand, but I was under the impression that the car did not run on sawdust. Rather, I thought that Matilda's father employed the used car salesman's trick of putting sawdust in the transmission, which has the effect of temporarily hiding the signs of a worn-out transmission.

Unfortunately, I have neither the movie or the book available at this time. Can anybody who has either the movie or the book confirm this either way, or confirm that it is unclear?