Friday, May 28, 2004

...which is about as redundant as an 'orange orange

Monday, May 17, 2004

Guess what happened to me? Cause stuff like this always happens to me. My Dad and I come out of the hardware store to see my car driving out of the parking lot. Dad shouts "Someone is stealing your car!". We run up to the car to see that the security club is still on the steering wheel, but the car is driving away. Well, not too far away as it is being very intimate with a concrete light pole. I drop my shopping and dash for the car. Running along side it, I open the drivers door (what's left of it) and jump in the car and hit the brakes. The driver's side mirror and most of the body panels are ripped off. The emergency brake was on the whole time but it was also in gear. What happened? The remote start went haywire. Why do we have remote start? It came with the alarm. The car just started itself and drove into a concrete pole. And remote starts should never EVER engage when the car is in gear. I was just a little mad. Dad's comment "If I hadn't seen it, I would have called you a liar". Heavy words from my Dad and foreshadowing too. At the grocery store about 10 minutes later it did it again. While I was sitting in the car, with the keys in my hand. This time it wasn't in gear so it just sat there and ran the engine. Wife not very happy, but understanding and trusting. Forward 3 days, the car is at the dealership. They agree to remove the remote start but smarmy mechanic says to the Wife, "I'm not sure about this, remote starts don't work when the car is in gear". Forward 2 hours later, the staff and ICBC are discussing the situation about the car and then right in front of them the car (now named Christine) starts up and runs into another car inside the garage. They promptly yanked the remote start wiring out of it. To wrap up, we have to make an ICBC claim and pay the costs because they still won't take the blame. And yes, there is a class action suit against Honda by other owners this has happened to and we are joining them. I hate cars, cars hate me.