"Oh, she’s a beauty, Jerry! Look at that hood flutter! She’s gettin' air!"
There are great car chases in cinema ( Bullitt , The French Connection ). There are heartfelt car scenes in drama ( Field of Dreams ). But then, there is the Kramer Test Drive .
The coup de grâce? When he returns the car to the curb, the muffler falls off with a pathetic clunk . Kramer kicks it, looks at Jerry, and delivers the death blow: "I think it was the manure."