Freaky moment of the day

[amanda_lodden]

I pulled up near the barn to drop off some things that had been rolling around in the back of my car. I shut off the engine, removed the keys from the ignition, and hit the button to unlock the hatchback. Then I dropped my keys into my pocket and got out. As I was walking towards the back of the car, the engine turned on.

... What the ... ?

I double-checked, and the keys (the ONLY set of keys) were still in my pocket-- I hadn't spaced out and left them in the ignition or anything.

This, boys and girls, is how I learned that one of the buttons on my key fob is a remote start button, and that it's best not to put my keys and my cell phone in the same jeans pocket, lest the antenna on the cell phone push random buttons on the key fob.

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Or that your car keys dial up some random person to have a chat.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

You have remote start on your car and didn't know about it? Damn, I would *kill* to have remote start on my car. *envies*

[amanda_lodden.livejournal.com]

I bought my car from a friend who buys salvaged (i.e. previously totaled) cars and rebuilds them. He does good work, so I've never had concerns about safety or reliability, but I also don't get a full list of all the features. I've also only had this car for four weeks, so I haven't had a long enough time to accidentally discover all the features on my own.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Good point. Hooray for nice surprises. :)