Most of Chaz Palmintieri‘s A Bronx Tale (’93) is set in 1968. Back then the “door test” was a legitimate and reliable way to figure out if a prospective girlfriend was selfish or not. Remote door locks, which became common in US-made vehicles starting around ’90 or thereabouts, gradually put the door test out of commission.

I was driving a 1990 Nissan 240Z when I saw A Bronx Tale, and I distinctly recall it had no remote door lock. With some relish I subjected a couple of women I was seeing to the door test. They both passed with flying colors, or so I recall.