Dude, Where’s My Car?
embarrassing April 12th, 2012
Dufus sumo erratum vehiculum: informally, Latin for “idiot picks the wrong car”
Definition: to walk up to a car you think is yours, stick your key in the door, only to realize it’s just a car that looks like yours, and happens to be parked in a space you normally use, then try to figure out how you can look like you meant to do that and walk a block away to where you really parked your car and hope that no one saw you do it.
I’m looking forward to buying a new car one day. The kind where you point and shoot a device that makes your car scream out “Over here, moron.”
Yeah, I need that.
Stumble it!
April 12th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
My car has keyless entry, which means that as long as I have the key fob thingy in my purse, I can open the door without taking out the key. Walking up to someone else’s car and trying to open the door without a key is even worse than sticking your key into the wrong car.
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April 12th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
I’m laughing, but the truth is that every car Mo gets she ties a little bunch of tinsel to the top of the areal so we can always see it in amongst a sea of parked cars!
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April 13th, 2012 at 5:10 am
I have the perfect solution: next time, buy a PINK car. I’ll bet you will not get it mixed up with any other car in the parking lot.
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April 13th, 2012 at 8:38 am
I have a silver pontiac grand am. So does everyone else. I do this ALL the time.
One time I even looked in and there was a cute little dog on the passengers’ seat sleeping. I thought, “Aw, how did that cute little dog get in my car?” It took me long enough to realize that it wasn’t my car that I woke the poor thing up.
He watched me walk to my car, which was parked right next to it, which I WALKED PAST to get to the doggy’s car. The pup was as confused as I was.
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April 13th, 2012 at 9:13 am
I am dying laughing because that has happened to me. In fact, I got INTO the wrong car before realizing it wasn’t mine!
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April 13th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Ride a horse to work. Then you will not need a key
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April 13th, 2012 at 10:07 am
I have a Dodge Caravan, just like everyone else out there. But if I double click my key-less entry, it blinks it’s lights at me, so I can find it.
April 13th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Hahahaha! What a cute post and such funny responses!
I DID THIS about three months ago…
Clicked my cliker to unlock the van doors as I approached it, threw my purse down on the seat, *almost* put my key into the ignition but that was when I realized my van was, like, totally trashed. I began to wonder, “My God, who on earth would trash my car by just throwing garbage around, on the floors, the seats…what the???…and WHY???? Who hates me that much?!”
It was the moment I turned and looked into the back seat and saw the baby seat I figured it out. The owner had left their van unlocked, which is how I got in.
Awkward!!
April 13th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Laura — I’d have to agree with you. So you’re telling me that’s what I have to look forward to? The phantom unlock?
Babs — You reminded me of a car’s antenna I saw once in a grocery store parking lot. It was adorned like a Christmas tree. I mean this thing had everything! Tinsel, ribbon, a ball, and garland. What made it worse was it was in March. They’re probably the same people who still have their Christmas tree up.
Daisy the Curly Cat — Oh, I bet you’d love to drive a pink car, Daisy! You should take time off from medical school to take some driving lessons. If you can ring a bell for food, I think you can drive a car. Just sayin’.
Michelle — Hilarious! I love how we still think, looking at all the unknown contents of the car, that it’s OURS.
meleah rebeccah — So far, I haven’t done that, but I did open the door one time (at a grocery store) and the seat didn’t look to be in the right position, so I backed away and did the whole “I meant to do that” routine.
Pricilla — But then I’d have to feed it. Do horses eat more than the cost of gas?
shadowsrider — I so can’t wait to get one of those.
Susan — Laughing myself silly at those few moments where you’re like “What the?” Awkward indeed. Nice one!
April 13th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Mostly I only do that when I drive my boyfriend’s car. Do you know how many little navy blue cars look suspiciously like a 2005 Toyota Corolla? So, yeah, I know what you mean. I’m always afraid someone is going to think I’m trying to steal their car when the truth is that I just don’t remember where I parked and I can’t pick Matt’s car out in a crowded parking lot.
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April 15th, 2012 at 9:03 am
You’re not crazy! I’ve heard this happens all the time now to people…and is it any wonder? For the most part vehicles are no longer distinctive brands any longer. I can remember when a Buick looked like a Buick, a Jaguar looked like a Jaguar and so on and so on. Recently I saw a new Jaguar parked next to a Ford Taurus…they looked practically identical! Is it any wonder that people can’t find their cars? So perhaps instead of buying a new car one day with that magical device, you should see if you can’t buy a “universal” key of some kind that’ll just unlock any car that looks like yours…who knows you could drive home in a new Jag!
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April 15th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
I drive a silver mini-van. ’nuff said.
To prevent embarrassing myself, I have a bright orange band magnet on the back of the car so I can identify it from the rear. If I approach from the front, I just double click the remote and the little lights flash. If I don’t see the light, I know it’s not my car.
Don’t worry–most folks are in a coma anyway and probably never noticed you touching a stranger’s car.
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April 15th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
It doesnt improve. Ive been out of my camry for months now and have been renting different cars until I get my new car. I STILL pull on a camry handle every now and then when im distratced.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:56 am
We did that at the vet. There was another almost identical parked a couple spaces away. We were clicking away, and hearing the locks click, but the doors weren’t unlocking. Then we turned… Oh! We quickly moved to our car, hoping no one noticed.
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April 18th, 2012 at 10:55 am
Haha.
Recently I mistook someone else’s motorbike for my bike. Same brand, same color, etc…
Now here’s the kicker: my key actually fit and I was able to start the engine.
Thanks god I noticed that this was the wrong bike before I drove off. =)
April 19th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Keyfobs solve that problem. Also, putting a Jack In The Box head on your antenna. If you have an antenna. If you have no Jack In The Box restaurants in your state, guaranteed no one else will have a head on their antenna.
Bullet hole stickers down the side of the car also help to identify it.
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April 20th, 2012 at 8:32 am
Haha! It happened to me one time. Our company driver parked the car in from of the establishment where we hold our meeting, he or even I never noticed that the car beside ours was same model with our car too! The worse, when we’re done with our meeting, I hurriedly run into the car and ready to seat back, I was horrified when I saw there’s someone inside the car, so I came over the person and asked him to get out of our car.. He was very confused about what I acted, then our driver came to me and told me that I wasn’t ours! What a shame on my part! I really turn into red!
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April 28th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
I recently was messing around with one of the new Audis which have arrived at work. These new cars have keyless entry which I guess is the ‘next generation’ of locking systems after the remote control system you need!
The only problem is the vehicle doesn’t make a noise of flash it’s lights, it just unlocks when you’re near it!
Pretty much back to square one!
May 11th, 2012 at 10:52 am
Word of advice- don’t get a popular vehicle. I dropped my daughter off at daycare a couple of weeks ago and headed to the parking lot to get into the car. I pressed the “unlock” on my keychain and hopped into the white sand beige Kia Sorento. I thought it was strange that the seat was further up than I realized and then I glanced over to the passenger seat and noticed that the purse sitting on it did not belong to me. I’d gotten in the wrong vehicle. It was one of the single most embarrassing things having to get out of a vehicle that didn’t belong to me in front of the other parents and head over to my own car.