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If you need a good laugh...listen to this story...
This happened to me today. We have a 2003 Buick Regal sedan. Recently, the key has been getting stuck in the ignition and has to be messed with before it will come out. Today I drove it (thankfully without the 3 kids) to the library to return some books and DVDs. I got out, locked the doors and went into the library. I returned my stuff (by the way in my city it's a $1 fee for one day overdue on a kids' DVD - I can remember when library fines were $0.15).
On my way out to the car, I had my key fob in hand and I get to my car and press "Unlock" nothing happens. I try again. Nothing. The fob battery is probably dead. So, I use the manual key and stick it in the lock and turn it in both directions. Again, nothing happen. I cannot get it open. So I go to the passenger side of the car. Again nothing with the fob or the key. I try again. And again. And again. Then I try the trunk. Then I go sit on a bench and call my dad who gave us this car and ask him if he ever had trouble with it. He says yes and that I need to jiggle the key around carefully and be patient and gentle so I don't break it. So I go back to the car and try this again a few times on both sides and the trunk and again, NOTHING. So, I call my husband and I inform him that I am calling our roadside assistance because I am locked out of the car.
I place the call...40 minutes later the guy rolls up in his big truck. He uses that air pad to open the door a bit to slip the stiff wire in to open the door handle lock. He opens it and as the door swings open, I am puzzled by what I see. On the driver's side seat is a greeting card with a dog on it and a dime. "Hhhmmmm, I don't think I had that. OH CRAP! This isn't my car!!!" I turn to the guy, "Umm I'm sorry, but this isn't my car. I made a mistake. My car is OVER THERE two spaces down and I couldn't see it before because it was blocked and I assumed this was my car because it is EXACTLY the same as my car."
He walks over there with me and gets the info he needs. Again, I apologize and he says, "Don't worry. This happens all the time." All day long I have been cringing about this. SO DUMB. The other car was the exact same color, make model, and appearance as mine same interior and as clean as my car. I legitimately thought it was mine for over an hour.
Does any body else have any humbling experiences to share???
Re: If you need a good laugh...listen to this story...
OMG that is hilarious!!! (It probably wasn't funny at the time, but I would have been mortified that the guy just opened up someone else's car). I would have ran out of there so fast!
I remember when I was younger, my family did the same thing by trying to get into another car, but we quickly realized it wasn't our car!
I didn't call the locksmith, but walked out of a store once and walked up to what I thought was my car. Not identical, but close enough that if you weren't focued on it, you'd have thought they were the same car. I hit the key fob, opened the door and was halfway in before realizing it wasn't our car. Apparently whomever it was left the car unlocked.
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I have a somewhat related story...
Several years ago, I had dropped my car (a VW) off at the dealership for repairs. They were giving me a loaner car for the day, and told me to wait outside and the loaner would be brought around front. So I go out where I'm told, and the employee pulls up in a nice Audi A6 and hands me the keys. I thought it was a pretty sweet ride for a loaner car, and got in and headed to work. They even had CDs in there for me to listen to (which obviously should have been a red flag)!
Well, I get to work, and check my voicemail and cell phone - I had about a million missed calls and frantic messages from the dealership. Apparently, I had accidentally stolen another customer's car! They had brought it around for the customer to the same place I was waiting for my loaner, and the guy just gave me the keys and we had no idea. So, they sent someone out to switch cars with me, and my co-workers were pretty impressed with my grand theft auto before 9AM.