I've walked up to the wrong car in a parking lot, but never got in one. Still embarrassing - you look around to see if anyone saw you.
Ever climb into the wrong car by mistake?
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I've walked up to the wrong car in a parking lot, but never got in one. Still embarrassing - you look around to see if anyone saw you.
Are you a large person?
I have a Durango story too. I was at the grocery with our 2000 Patriot Blue Dodge Durango SLT Plus. Came out to leave and get into an IDENTICAL 2000 Patriot Blue Dodge Durango SLT Plus sitting two spots aways from ours. I got so far as sitting in the driver's seat and holding the steering wheel, before realizing my error. I quickly fled the scene, hoping nobody saw me do it. It was kind of creepy sitting in a stranger's car like that. I felt like I violated their private space. Ooops.
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I have walked towards the wrong rental but the fob did nothing
We have 100 club decals on our vehicles - that helps …
We have 100 club decals on our vehicles - that helps …
I got into a red 1990 Ford Probe that was parked three spots away from my car near a bookstore in my home town. I couldn’t get the key to work in the door but it unlocked the trunk. I climbed through the truck into the car and sat down. That car was an automatic…. And had an old Motorola cellular phone in it… My car was stock shift and obviously no cell phone.
I scrambled as fast as I could getting out of that car and then spotted my car three spots away.
Felt bad about that. But was glad that I was able to not get sound in the other car.
I owned a grey Accord. Yeah, there are only 100,000 of them on the road. I walked up to one and it was locked (I don't lock cars). So I'm like "WTH?" and tried the key. The key didn't work and I got worried. I looked inside and it was dirty, which was a red flag. My car was about three cars away. Whew!
No, but it was bad. I was driving a rental (silver or grey sedan) just left a pizza parlor after ordering, it was raining and I knew I parked near a hydrant. I was living in a small town, didn’t lock the door, and just opened it and sat down. Right in this tiny woman’s lap.
It was right up there with putting my arm around a stranger at the store whom I mistook for my wife. Which I’ve done more than once.
And once over the holidays I sat next to and actually kissed my sister in law. Which was somehow actually worse than if it was my actual sister.
I did that years ago at a Houston Home Show. Wife was right beside me as we walked among the crowd but at some point she meandered away and another woman ended up next to me. I was looking at displays on the left and she was looking right. I said hey look at that gesturing to the left but she didn't respond. To get her attention I reached and firmly grabbed her back end. The woman shrieked and threatened to call the cops if I touch her again. I laugh now but at that moment I wasn't!No, but I once watched my brother nearly slap the wrong backside... at church
He thought she was his wife, but she wasn't.
A couple of months ago I walked out of the grocery store with a couple of bags in my hands . Opened the door to a white truck and dropped the bags on the passenger seat . That's when I noticed the big Ford emblem on the center of the steering wheel . I drive a Titan . Oops ...
In the 1960's, my mother came out of a store and got into someone else's car nearly identical to ours. '63.5 Galaxie, ming green. She swore that her key not only unlocked the door, but also fit the ignition and started the car. Before she could go further, the owner ran up to the car, shouting. She said that she had just realized that something was wrong.
My first car was a two-tone blue 1985 Buick Skyhawk 4-door. I worked with a lady who had a 1986 Buick Skyhawk that was the same 2-tone blue, but a two door. We used to talk a lot about how much we liked our Skyhawks.
Yup, one day after a long day, I unlocked her car with my key, got in and stuck the key in the ignition. I was about to crank it over when I looked over and thought ‘wait, I don’t have an afternarket stereo!’
lol!
Yup, one day after a long day, I unlocked her car with my key, got in and stuck the key in the ignition. I was about to crank it over when I looked over and thought ‘wait, I don’t have an afternarket stereo!’
lol!
I rented a car in Texas many years ago and the rental company was having some kind of special promotion by upgrading customers to white Lincoln Towncars. When I returned the car a few days later they told me the car I returned was not the one they rented me. Turns out the valet parking attendant at a restaurant brought me the wrong white Towncar and I never noticed the difference, not even the seat and mirror adjustments. Fortunately the car I actually rented was returned shortly before I brought mine in, so all was well and we had a good laugh.
That is amazing!
On Friday, I walked out of Bashas up to a white crossover and pushed the little button on the passenger door. Nothing happened, I pushed it two more times and the door would not open. Then I realized I had parked three spaces over.
My mom drove a white 68 Valiant. Back in the 70's my mom walked out of the store to see a political sticker on a white Plymouth Valiant.
Being the leader of the local Republicans women's club there was no way she was going to drive home with a sticker on her car that did not align with her beliefs.
She was scraping the sticker off when a man walked up and asked her why she was scraping the sticker off his car.
Turns out moms Valiant was a few spaces away.
Being the leader of the local Republicans women's club there was no way she was going to drive home with a sticker on her car that did not align with her beliefs.
She was scraping the sticker off when a man walked up and asked her why she was scraping the sticker off his car.
Turns out moms Valiant was a few spaces away.
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I accidentally tried to get into a 535i that was identical to mine recently. It was in the parking garage outside the movie theater and parked 2 cars away from mine. Luckily there was nobody in it. I was very embarrassed. This wouldn't have happened on cars back when I had to use a key FOB because I would have seen flashing tail lights when I unlocked the car. On my current BMW the door unlocks when I touch the handle. It hit me when the door of the 535i didn't open that I was probably at the wrong car. Doh!
