the key did not fit...

["Luke Kowalski" <lkowalski@domain.elided>]

eric h wrote:

>Tomorrow I kiss the rental GM Cavalier goodbye. The car is
>quiet, dependable and utterly devoid of personality. On a
>recent outing to Epcot, my daughters laughed as I became
>irritated that the rental's lock wouldn't work...only to
>find that the car I was trying to open wasn't ours. The
>concept of identical cars is pretty alien when you drive an
>Alfa.

here is a story to corroborate yours:

TRUE STORY: Carjacking Foiled

An elderly lady did her shopping and upon return found 4 males
in
her car. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun,
proceeding to scream at them at the top of her voice that she
knows
how to use it and that she will if required.... so get out of the
car.
The 4 men didn't wait around for a second invitation but got
out and
ran like mad, where upon the lady proceeded to load her shopping
bags
into the back of the car and got into the drivers seat. Small
problem,
her key wouldn't fit the ignition.

Her car was identical and parked four or five spaces further
down.
She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station.
 The
sergeant that she told the story to nearly tore himself into with
laughter and pointed to the other end of the counter where 4 pale
white males were reporting a car-jacking by a mad elderly white
woman...... no charges were filed..

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ahhh...the pleasures of driving a unique car. let them all drive them
"Minivans on Viagra", makes the sports sedans more affordable.

thx
luke

74 Spider, 82 GTV6 3.0, 95 164LS, 98 A6 Q

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