Old lady Accidentally steals car

"Wacko" (wacko--) 07/11/2018 at 12:10 • Filed to: ontario lady

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Old Lady rents Black S entra, goes to mall, then Drives off in a Black Infiniti by mistake.

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Guess it’s time you stop driving lady.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:13

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I mean it’s understandable. They’re both black Nissans at the end of the day.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:15

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As our population becomes older and older, shit like this will increase.

bob and john > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:15

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fucking yikes.

wait how did she even take it? keys matched?

NINJA EDIT: dude left his fob in the car.

A cross over and a sentra. holy fuck that woman needs to be off the road pronto

Wacko > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:17

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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4740605/ontario-woman-accidentally-steals-car-for-two-weeks-mistakes-it-for-rental-1.4740610

kinja ate the link

Wacko > bob and john 07/11/2018 at 12:18

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old man left his keyfob in infiniti.

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > bob and john 07/11/2018 at 12:19

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In the article. The Infiniti’s owner—also elderly— had accidentally left his e fob in the car.

Chariotoflove > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:20

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Well, I mean, it’s in the same family.  Honest mistake, right?

bob and john > ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy 07/11/2018 at 12:21

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did my ninja edit not take? 

Wacko > Chariotoflove 07/11/2018 at 12:22

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from this to this

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > bob and john 07/11/2018 at 12:25

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I think my comment ninja was slightly quicker than your edit ninja.

Wacko > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/11/2018 at 12:26

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does that mean we will get dumber with age......

404 - User No Longer Available > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:27

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Not the first case, no?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/womans-subaru-accidentally-stolen-returned-with-gas-money-and-note/

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:29

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Yeah... totally. You body deteriorates with age, brain included.  Not to mention possible dementia

Luckily experience and wisdom can help compensate for that... to a certain extent.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:31

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And yet another reason I don’t like the idea of wireless key fobs starting cars (aside from people just being able to read them out of the airwaves and then steal cars with their codes...)

E90M3 > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:31

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She didn’t notice cause they’re equally garbage.

(I don’t actually know if the QX is, but the Sentra is) 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:33

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Was her plan to go to every black car in the lot until one worked? How do you not notice a difference at all?

someassemblyrequired > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:33

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Back in the 80s , there was a story where two identical Crown Vic LTDs got parked at one of the malls in Halifax. This was back in the key era- and in addition to being the same color, the keys were close enough that they could unlock & start both cars. One family was about to leave for vacation to BC - they made it, but in the wrong car...

jasmits > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:40

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Back in the early 70s when they were everywhere my grandma had a white VW Bug. She came out of the store to find another white Bug parked next to her, thought that’s funny! Unlocked her car, started it and drove off. 5 minutes down the road she noticed something was a little off and quickly realized someone else’s things were in *her* car! It dawned on her what might’ve happened so she quickly drove back to the store to find a man confusedly sitting in the other Bug looking around trying to figure out who had replaced his random collection of car clutter with somebody else’s random collection of car clutter . Sure enough, their keys were exact matches so they traded back and each drove home in the correct white VW.

(This happened when she was middle-aged, so not an old lady thing just a funny story)

HammerheadFistpunch > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:45

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I have a hard time calling it “Stealing”  if the keys were left in it.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:46

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I like the caption to the lead image.

Vehicles are seen in a parking lot in Oshawa.

#1, that’s the lot at the Oshawa GM plant.

#2, That’s the closest thing you could get to “Cornwall Parking Lot”?

#3, Why did you even need a picture beyond “Parking Lot”...

Also, who rents a car to go shopping at a store 4 minutes away WTF YO

EDIT: NVM, missed the “Two Weeks” part

BigBlock440 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/11/2018 at 12:48

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Also, who rents a car to go shopping at a sto re 4 minutes away WTF YO

Someone who needs it for the rest of the 2 weeks they used it?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > BigBlock440 07/11/2018 at 12:48

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Yeah I missed that part. Edited, but you were too quck :)

facw > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 07/11/2018 at 12:54

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I mean this could have happened with keys too. And wouldn’t have happened if the Infinity driver hadn’t left his fob in the car (and presumably left it unlocked?)

vicali > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/11/2018 at 12:56

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D a t s u n

Urambo Tauro > HammerheadFistpunch 07/11/2018 at 12:57

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Wacko > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/11/2018 at 12:58

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Thats what she said

Chariotoflove > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:59

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Sorry, which was which again?

Wacko > facw 07/11/2018 at 12:59

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My nissan wont lock the doors if i leave the keyfob in the car

Ash78, voting early and often > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 12:59

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Is nobody else but me seeing this as the sickest unintentional burn of Infiniti possible?

Well done, old lady.

vicali > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 13:03

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Hard to believe..

I would accept it if she returned it like this;

ranwhenparked > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/11/2018 at 13:16

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50% of the population over 80 has some degree of dementia. That's the future we have to look forward to, if we're lucky to live long enough.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > facw 07/11/2018 at 13:18

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Far less likely with keys...a Sentra key isn’t going to fit into an Infiniti ignition / doors and function.

ranwhenparked > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 13:18

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Even worse, apparently she's got a record. In 1979, she kept some guy's Mercedes 300D for a month, claiming it was her Grenada. 

Wacko > ranwhenparked 07/11/2018 at 13:25

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where did you find this info.

ranwhenparked > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 13:28

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Its a joke. 

shop-teacher > ranwhenparked 07/11/2018 at 13:50

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Bravo! *slow clapping* You win th e internet for today. Go home folks, it’s over.

Wacko > ranwhenparked 07/11/2018 at 13:51

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you bastard, i read the article again, and not even a mention of her name, so that’s when i was wondering where did he see that.

shop-teacher > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 13:52

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He’s referencing Ford’s advertising for the Grenada, which seriously compared it to a Mercedes. I’m at school, so I can’t upload a pic, but if you google Ford Grenada advertising, you’ll find it.

shop-teacher > facw 07/11/2018 at 13:54

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Back in high school (20 years ago), I had three friends with K-car based Mopars. All of their keys worked in each other’s cars. Hi jinks e nsued.

Wacko > shop-teacher 07/11/2018 at 13:55

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boredalways > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 13:56

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In “national security” ‘Murica, that lady would be recovering from her arrest or dead due to excessive force by police.

shop-teacher > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 14:00

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There you go. Pretty hilarious.

There’s no freaking way ANYBODY really bought both, unless Ford offered to GIVE a few to existing Mercedes owners. Or maybe the rich parents bought their kids a Grenada in the same bizzare way some of the rich kids I went to high school with that were given Cavaliers when they were 16, because somehow giving them a cheap shitty car “teaches them responsibility.”

404 - User No Longer Available > Wacko 07/11/2018 at 14:20

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It’s on FP now. Not even a hat tip to this post...

Wacko > 404 - User No Longer Available 07/11/2018 at 14:54

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why would they start now, for years they search oppo for ideas.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > boredalways 07/11/2018 at 16:22

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Only if she was a POC

boredalways > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 07/11/2018 at 18:11

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You would think, but she would be tased.

ranwhenparked > shop-teacher 07/12/2018 at 01:48

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I don't know, I mean, they do look a lot alike - they're the same color and have the exact same number of doors and wheels. 

ranwhenparked > shop-teacher 07/12/2018 at 01:52

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At one time, I think Honda only had a handful of key patterns, there was like a 1 in 20 chance a Honda key would work i n any other Honda.

shop-teacher > ranwhenparked 07/12/2018 at 17:54

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I’ve heard that. My friends couldn’t afford beater Hondas. Beater K-cars wer e nearly free in the late 90's. Beater Hondas still fetched a couple G's.