Posted by: Jim | January 24, 2007

news that’s only a day old

Oh how I wish the story was fiction.

Thank you mis_nomer.

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Ouch. Time to read the Owner’s Manual, apparently.

that was funny. i know several people who have done the same thing if it makes you feel any better.

Actually, I had read the owner’s manual. Nothing about this “feature” in there… but that’s part 2 of the saga, which will appear later.

Carrie,
“Several people”? Anyone I know?

Yikes.

I might have done something similar, however, at some point in my life. But I’m neither denying nor admitting that possibility.

After all of these years of friendship you are finally right. You are funny. I have to admit, I laughed out loud at your misfortune. Thank you, I need it today.

Oh, that is sad. And funny. This is where it would be nice to have those buttons where you can unlock your car with a secret code.

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$1/second to for a locksmith should have equated to about $5 bucks for a job like this, so I suspect he charged you for travel time as well.

I guess a second key is a “dealer installed option”?

What a pain…but at least you weren’t out in the boonies somewhere when it happened. Not that I know anyone who’s ever done this in, say, a remote part of the Colorado Rockies.

Me either.

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