Has this ever happened to you?
Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:55 pm
You come out of a store or something and get in your car only to realize you got in the wrong car?:oops:
Not that this has happened resently to me. But when I was a kid I did this once.
But, my uncle Don has a good one. He got in his van one time but it was the wrong van and he did not realize it. But here is the killer.....you know how each car has a different type of key? Well, some how the key he had for his van worked in the van he mistakened to be his!
I forget the rest of the story but I think he finally realized it wasen't his car and got out of dodge. 
-Nate
Not that this has happened resently to me. But when I was a kid I did this once.
But, my uncle Don has a good one. He got in his van one time but it was the wrong van and he did not realize it. But here is the killer.....you know how each car has a different type of key? Well, some how the key he had for his van worked in the van he mistakened to be his!
I forget the rest of the story but I think he finally realized it wasen't his car and got out of dodge.
-Nate
Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:04 pm
I had a job that I did a lot of traveling for. I'd fly somewhere and rent a car. Ever try to find a rental car in a huge parking lot? not fun, even less fun in the rain after a 13 hour shift where nothing went right.
I stopped for coffee on one trip came out and got into a car, I was trying to figure out why there was a cain in the front seat when it finally dawned on me that I was in the wrong car, I jumped out pretty fast, but it looked just like the car I had drove for 2 weeks at the job site before. Oops
Tim
I stopped for coffee on one trip came out and got into a car, I was trying to figure out why there was a cain in the front seat when it finally dawned on me that I was in the wrong car, I jumped out pretty fast, but it looked just like the car I had drove for 2 weeks at the job site before. Oops
Tim
Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:02 pm
When I was attending the Engineering School in Guatemala, so many decades ago : ) I met with my Colegio (equivalent to High School) classmates for the simple purpose of having more than a few beers and many laughs.
Once the proceedings were over, a few of us we were walking out of the restaurant, and I told them that I would give them a ride in my brand new BMW 2002 tii, [a car that I had just noticed, parked a few cars up the street]
They were surprised, because they knew that I could ill afford any car, much less a BMW.
So, in order to convince them, I pulled my house keys, and opened (how??) the driver side door, and invited them all in.
They were sitting inside the car, until they realized that I was not coming to drive.
They saw me, laughing my *ss off and suddenly realized that they had been had.
To this day, I have no idea why the house key worked on the car door lock. It was efortless and turned like the key belonged there : )
Saludos,
Tulio
Once the proceedings were over, a few of us we were walking out of the restaurant, and I told them that I would give them a ride in my brand new BMW 2002 tii, [a car that I had just noticed, parked a few cars up the street]
They were surprised, because they knew that I could ill afford any car, much less a BMW.
So, in order to convince them, I pulled my house keys, and opened (how??) the driver side door, and invited them all in.
They were sitting inside the car, until they realized that I was not coming to drive.
They saw me, laughing my *ss off and suddenly realized that they had been had.
To this day, I have no idea why the house key worked on the car door lock. It was efortless and turned like the key belonged there : )
Saludos,
Tulio
Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:15 pm
Long story. Not me. Not my buddy. His brother and (now) sister in-law.
She flew into town to see my buddy's brother. I think she had reached fiance' status by then. Anyway, he had to work on Friday, so she dropped him at work and took his car to run around town and eventually meet some friends for a late lunch.
Lunch was at a nice restaurant with valet parking. So, after having the car parked, she ate and had several drinks with friends. Upon leaving, she took the car and headed off to pick up my pal's brother from work.
At some point, she got confused on directions (not being from around here and all) and made a wrong turn. Unfortunately, she didn't turn down a street, she ended up turning onto the tracks at a railroad crossing. (Did I mention that she put away a few at lunch?) The car, of course, got stuck on the tracks, so she went looking for a phone to call the proper authorities so no harm would come to the car.
Unfortunately, she had picked a very busy stretch of track, and a train shredded the car before she was able to contact the right folks.
The police took her away for a number of alleged crimes, including DUI.
Meanwhile, my buddy's brother was waiting for her at work. And waiting, and waiting. Eventually, he called another friend and got a ride home.
When he got home, there was a message on his answering machine. It was the valet service. They had a very angry customer who wanted her car back. It seems that the valet had given the fiance' the wrong Grey Honda Accord that afternoon, and the valet service really, really needed the other customer's car back. Oh, and by the way, your car is here, so come get it when you return the other car.
A short time later, the fiance called. "I'm in jail, got your car run over by a train, etc."...
"Well, you may be in jail, but you didn't get MY car run over by a train."
The customer who wanted her car back wasn't a happy camper. Everyone involved got sued. The valet company, the restaurant, the guy and his fiance, etc...
By the way, the couple has been married for 15 or more years now...
She flew into town to see my buddy's brother. I think she had reached fiance' status by then. Anyway, he had to work on Friday, so she dropped him at work and took his car to run around town and eventually meet some friends for a late lunch.
Lunch was at a nice restaurant with valet parking. So, after having the car parked, she ate and had several drinks with friends. Upon leaving, she took the car and headed off to pick up my pal's brother from work.
At some point, she got confused on directions (not being from around here and all) and made a wrong turn. Unfortunately, she didn't turn down a street, she ended up turning onto the tracks at a railroad crossing. (Did I mention that she put away a few at lunch?) The car, of course, got stuck on the tracks, so she went looking for a phone to call the proper authorities so no harm would come to the car.
Unfortunately, she had picked a very busy stretch of track, and a train shredded the car before she was able to contact the right folks.
The police took her away for a number of alleged crimes, including DUI.
Meanwhile, my buddy's brother was waiting for her at work. And waiting, and waiting. Eventually, he called another friend and got a ride home.
When he got home, there was a message on his answering machine. It was the valet service. They had a very angry customer who wanted her car back. It seems that the valet had given the fiance' the wrong Grey Honda Accord that afternoon, and the valet service really, really needed the other customer's car back. Oh, and by the way, your car is here, so come get it when you return the other car.
A short time later, the fiance called. "I'm in jail, got your car run over by a train, etc."...
"Well, you may be in jail, but you didn't get MY car run over by a train."
The customer who wanted her car back wasn't a happy camper. Everyone involved got sued. The valet company, the restaurant, the guy and his fiance, etc...
By the way, the couple has been married for 15 or more years now...
Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:17 pm
I once came out of a store, and wondered why my key wouldn't work in the car door lock. Then I noticed that the car I was trying to open had a red pinstripe, and mine was blue. My car was parked two spaces down. Fortunately this was before most people had car alarms.
Last summer we parked at an airshow, and in my haste to get in, I forgot to note where we parked. I never realized just how many silver four-door sedans there are until I tried to find mine in a sea of 10,000 cars!
SN
Last summer we parked at an airshow, and in my haste to get in, I forgot to note where we parked. I never realized just how many silver four-door sedans there are until I tried to find mine in a sea of 10,000 cars!
SN
Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:58 pm
My dad got into a car at the train station and was putting on his seat belt when he realized it wasn't my mom in the driver's seat!
Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:31 pm
I've got 2 of those types of stories since Im a 2nd gen Autobody mgr. My Father was working at a VW dealer in the 80's where I was a sweep boy. A cust came to pick up their dasher wagon. They picked it up and drove home. They called back a few hours later saying they couldn't get their key to turn the ignition. Turns out they were given someone elses car that was similar and their key was close enough to start and work in the ignition once. D'oh.!!!
Our second story happened at my current shop. Years ago AAA members renting cars from Hertz, were able to drop off their cars at our shop and Hertz would pick them up. We would leave cars that were out front or ready, on the front desk partion so cust couldn't just jump in their cars and go, plus the hertz keys were there also because of their distinctive "1" keychain and their car were out front. So a customer comes to pick up their completed vehicle.......and we can't find it. Now my Father and myself now start to panic. We have never run into anything remotely like this before. So Dad tells the lady," we have "lost" your car!" and she is in histarics wailing and crying like a banshee around the shop. The techs see her wandering towards them, They scatter like roaches in light. So we ask what does her key look like. It has a "1" key chain. Then we realize she bought the car from Hertz car sales and never took off the key chain. They took the car! Call them up and sure enough, they have it. We tell her what has happened, and says" you know, Thats the second time thats happened"
Hart attack averted.
Our second story happened at my current shop. Years ago AAA members renting cars from Hertz, were able to drop off their cars at our shop and Hertz would pick them up. We would leave cars that were out front or ready, on the front desk partion so cust couldn't just jump in their cars and go, plus the hertz keys were there also because of their distinctive "1" keychain and their car were out front. So a customer comes to pick up their completed vehicle.......and we can't find it. Now my Father and myself now start to panic. We have never run into anything remotely like this before. So Dad tells the lady," we have "lost" your car!" and she is in histarics wailing and crying like a banshee around the shop. The techs see her wandering towards them, They scatter like roaches in light. So we ask what does her key look like. It has a "1" key chain. Then we realize she bought the car from Hertz car sales and never took off the key chain. They took the car! Call them up and sure enough, they have it. We tell her what has happened, and says" you know, Thats the second time thats happened"
Hart attack averted.
Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:42 pm
Kyleb wrote:Long story. Not me. Not my buddy. His brother and (now) sister in-law.
She flew into town to see my buddy's brother. I think she had reached fiance' status by then. Anyway, he had to work on Friday, so she dropped him at work and took his car to run around town and eventually meet some friends for a late lunch.
Lunch was at a nice restaurant with valet parking. So, after having the car parked, she ate and had several drinks with friends. Upon leaving, she took the car and headed off to pick up my pal's brother from work.
At some point, she got confused on directions (not being from around here and all) and made a wrong turn. Unfortunately, she didn't turn down a street, she ended up turning onto the tracks at a railroad crossing. (Did I mention that she put away a few at lunch?) The car, of course, got stuck on the tracks, so she went looking for a phone to call the proper authorities so no harm would come to the car.
Unfortunately, she had picked a very busy stretch of track, and a train shredded the car before she was able to contact the right folks.
The police took her away for a number of alleged crimes, including DUI.
Meanwhile, my buddy's brother was waiting for her at work. And waiting, and waiting. Eventually, he called another friend and got a ride home.
When he got home, there was a message on his answering machine. It was the valet service. They had a very angry customer who wanted her car back. It seems that the valet had given the fiance' the wrong Grey Honda Accord that afternoon, and the valet service really, really needed the other customer's car back. Oh, and by the way, your car is here, so come get it when you return the other car.
A short time later, the fiance called. "I'm in jail, got your car run over by a train, etc."...
"Well, you may be in jail, but you didn't get MY car run over by a train."
The customer who wanted her car back wasn't a happy camper. Everyone involved got sued. The valet company, the restaurant, the guy and his fiance, etc...
By the way, the couple has been married for 15 or more years now...
That should be a movie
Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:00 pm
One night I came rolling out of a bar. I wanted to get some personal stuff out of my car, as I had a few too much drinks to drive home safely, and I could stay overnight at a friends house. So, I took my car key, unlocked the door and went in. I searched for the things I wanted to take with me (car papers and the like), but I found only things that weren't mine. I sat up, looked accidently in the rear view mirror -and there I saw this huge head of a VERY attentive labrador dog which had been sleeping on the rear seat! I made for a very speedy exit.
It turned out that had I crept into the car of the bar owner (who was also a friend of mine). I knew he owned the same model and make, identical to my car, but the fact that my keys fitted his lock and that big dog made this a very memorable night.
Tillerman.
It turned out that had I crept into the car of the bar owner (who was also a friend of mine). I knew he owned the same model and make, identical to my car, but the fact that my keys fitted his lock and that big dog made this a very memorable night.
Tillerman.
Has this ever happened to you?
Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:55 pm
Kinda the same, but not exactly...one day at the mall I had to pee so bad I couldn't think straight any longer and went into the first restroom door I could find. My first thought was since when did they start painting the men's rooms pastel? Then someone came in the door behind me and I turned around and asked...her..."what did they do with the urinals?" I must have been pretty convincing because she started to laugh and I got out and barely made it to the good place.