I let someone borrow my truck one day to move. They called and said they would need it for another day and asked if that was OK. I wasn’t really thrilled but told them if they still had furniture to move I understood. In the middle of the second day I saw my truck parked at the mall (that has no places to buy furniture), not moving furniture from one house to another. Since I still had my keys on me, I moved my truck from where it was parked about a third of the way around the mall next to a hedge row and finished my errands and went home. Five hours later I got my truck back with a full tank of gas, but not a word was said about the truck being moved.
If you always park right down the row from the door that you will exit, you only have to remember that one thing- forever. What is troubling more to me is the loss of the ability to remember where roads that should be familiar to me go. Thank God, they invented GPS and keys that honk the horn.
Are you one of those that pick a long line of parked sedans and park right in the middle of them – so no one but you can see to back out? I hope not.. The other offenders are the fancy, extra-long, pick-em-up trucks sticking out half way into the driving aisle. Boo!!
I don’t have a smart phone, but I do have a car with remote start! If I momentarily forget where I left the car, I can always listen for the car starting, and walk over to it.
Double value, because in the Winter the car will be warm and in the Summer it will be cool when I climb in…
A few years ago as I was walking towards my car I spotted a gal who was standing next to her car with her cellphone to her ear. She looked distressed, so I asked her if she needed help.
She said she locked her keys in her new car and was trying to reach her husband who was in a business meeting. Apparently, he set up the OnStar system and did not provide his wife the security code for OnStar to remotely unlock the car.
By this time, I was on the passenger side of her new 2 door Chevy, and looking inside the car I could see the keys sitting on the seat. I also noticed the passenger door lock button was up, so I pulled the handle and the door opened. It seems she did not use the power lock button and thus only locked the driver door.
Elite1grey about 9 years ago
I believe there is a gremlin that goes around moving parked cars, he is related to the one that moves the keys around on the keyboard.
Plods with ...™ about 9 years ago
Thank goodness I have total recall.....It may take me a while to recall stuff, but it’s total.
DRkm Premium Member about 9 years ago
Thank heavens for the beeper on our key rings!
miscreant about 9 years ago
I let someone borrow my truck one day to move. They called and said they would need it for another day and asked if that was OK. I wasn’t really thrilled but told them if they still had furniture to move I understood. In the middle of the second day I saw my truck parked at the mall (that has no places to buy furniture), not moving furniture from one house to another. Since I still had my keys on me, I moved my truck from where it was parked about a third of the way around the mall next to a hedge row and finished my errands and went home. Five hours later I got my truck back with a full tank of gas, but not a word was said about the truck being moved.
LuvThemPluggers about 9 years ago
Tell the truth, how many times have you almost called 9-1-1 because you thought your car had been stolen?
Malls=BAD
Diane Lee Premium Member about 9 years ago
If you always park right down the row from the door that you will exit, you only have to remember that one thing- forever. What is troubling more to me is the loss of the ability to remember where roads that should be familiar to me go. Thank God, they invented GPS and keys that honk the horn.
Rose Madder Premium Member about 9 years ago
Are you one of those that pick a long line of parked sedans and park right in the middle of them – so no one but you can see to back out? I hope not.. The other offenders are the fancy, extra-long, pick-em-up trucks sticking out half way into the driving aisle. Boo!!
ladylagomorph76 about 9 years ago
I leave my husband in the car, with his phone….if I get lost I call him. He has his tablet and he’s happy playing cards, and I get the groceries.
gaslightguy about 9 years ago
Got a 1971 VW bus. Can’t miss it.
What? Me worried ? about 9 years ago
I put all my memories in my memory BLANK !
PoodleGroomer about 9 years ago
Smart phones can GPS mark a point and direct you back to within 10’ radius of it.
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
I don’t have a smart phone, but I do have a car with remote start! If I momentarily forget where I left the car, I can always listen for the car starting, and walk over to it.
Double value, because in the Winter the car will be warm and in the Summer it will be cool when I climb in…
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
A few years ago as I was walking towards my car I spotted a gal who was standing next to her car with her cellphone to her ear. She looked distressed, so I asked her if she needed help.
She said she locked her keys in her new car and was trying to reach her husband who was in a business meeting. Apparently, he set up the OnStar system and did not provide his wife the security code for OnStar to remotely unlock the car.
By this time, I was on the passenger side of her new 2 door Chevy, and looking inside the car I could see the keys sitting on the seat. I also noticed the passenger door lock button was up, so I pulled the handle and the door opened. It seems she did not use the power lock button and thus only locked the driver door.
Go figure…