Weird car story

[SebQtaneus]

Today my wife told me a strange story that I found interesting enough to pass on to you guys. This is just too weird/funny.

Seems the husband of one of my wifes coworkers had to go to a Dr. appointment in Boise. But their only vehicle had died the night before. So another coworker said he could use her car and gave him the keys. Told him it was the black VW Jetta outside. So he goes to his appointment and comes back. And like any good friend who borrows a car would do, he fills the gas tank upon return and parks the car. He goes inside to return her keys to her and mentions that he had had a little trouble getting the sunroof closed and that it had been quite awhile since he had driven a stick shift.
Bells go off in the car lenders head!!!!!
"I DON'T HAVE A SUNROOF and my car is an automatic!!!"
Wow. It would seem that VW doesn't go to the trouble of using individual locksets on all their cars! But even so, other manufacturers probably do the same thing. But what are the odds that 2 black VW Jettas that happen to use the same key are parked in the same small to medium sized hospital parking lot on the same day! They tried finding the owner of the car that he had "borrowed" by having them paged in the hospital and surrounding office buildings because he had to park in a dfferent spot when he returned, but nobody answerd the page. Ya gotta wonder if the car had been reported stolen and the owner found a different way home!

Anybody else have an experience like this before?

[Danhdan]

[briachek]

[JJSCOTT2]

[Danhdan]

Oh yeah, I was able to start my old, crappy 83 Tercel with just my finger.

[emmasdad]

One day in 1995 I was very sick with the flu. I had to drive myself to the pharmacy to pick up my medicine. I was in no shape to drive, but I had to go. I drove a 1992 Plymouth Sundance. I got my prescription filled, went back out to my car, got in, started to back out of the parking space when I noticed that the parking brake was set. I never set the brake. Then I noticed that my umbrella was missing. WTF?? It took a minute to figure out that I was not in my own car, but another Sundance identical in color, upholstery, and apparently keyed the same because I got in and started it with out even noticing it wasn't my car. Mine was two spaces over. So yeah, I freaked out. Getting caught stealing a car in Humboldt County California is a "lucky to live through it" type of experience. I put the car back in the spot (I had pulled out a couple of feet), went back inside the pharmacy and looked for the owner of the car but never found him or her.

Bizzare, I would have guessed that was one in a million. Guess not.

[mike_m235]

[Jimmyjohn]

[SebQtaneus]

[Cactus Jack]

Seb, you asked what are the odds? I guess not all that large. Which makes me feel a bit better about some of the bad beats I've taken lately. Maybe they weren't so unusual either.

NOT!!!

[Jimmyjohn]