> He offered no hello, merely stormed into the situation and barked orders at us—drive forward! now rock back! now turn your wheel all the way to the right!—unt

> He offered no hello, merely stormed into the situation and barked orders at us—drive forward! now rock back! now turn your wheel all the way to the right!—until our car miraculously lurched forward, at which point he hurried unceremoniously back to his car and drove off. I am absolutely certain I have been on the other side of this as the person helping someone completely clueless how to rock a car out of being stuck. That the author calls it “miraculous” still even after retrospect is amusing.