I stole a car

[FN FAL]

Interesting......I think? Good work!

I don't know if it's good work or not. I just get bored...starting a new class on tues and the jump season is already started with flying to be done this weekend and tues for the DZ.

Maybe I can give you guys a break and concentrate on getting good grades and having fun for a change.

I was merely pointing out that confused small town cops and irate car owners could be a bad day for someone who might have been stopped after driving off. Most people would understand what happened, but there's always that one guy in the newspaper saying, "I didn't do it!!! Honest!"

You're right, the owner should have not had the car unlocked with keys in it, but notice that the Wisconsin law doesn't say a thing about how the car became operated or driven...other than "intentionally" and "without consent".

My biggest worry for the guy that got in the car would have been in the case of an accident? Who's insurance would cover? Mine covers other people's cars if they loan me theirs. My company covers me in other cars, if they are rented for work.

But who's car insurance covers you when you don't belong in the car?

 

[Gorilla]

I had a similar incident, and it was VERY embarassing.

I had placed a nice boat in storage near a lake. Months went by; the time finally came for me to get the boat out and clean it up. I drove the long distance to the storage facility only to realize I had long since lost the key to my lock. So I drove to a hardware store and bought one of those HUGE lock cutters, like the ones the janitor used in school to snip locks off of lockers.

If you've never used one, they're impressive. I chopped that old lock off in moments. Too bad when I rolled up the storage door, I found some other dude's boat (and a jet ski) in MY storage unit. Oh, wait, COULD THIS BE SOMEONE ELSE'S UNIT? AUUGGG! (think Charlie Brown) Unfortunately, the security guy watched this whole thing go down, a bit suspicious, I'm sure.

I apologized profusely, and handed him the new lock and key that I'd bought for my storage unit. He laughed a bit and realized we were harmless and stupid. I was at least 4 doors off from the correct unit.

 

[labbats]

Mark (Lrjtcaptain) and I tore up a rental Explorer in Powell, Wyoming.

That was hysterical. We're rolling through mud, peeling out, offroading everywhere. At one point Mark turns to me and says "I don't think this is a road" we both look at each other, laugh, and I floor it.
Then we pick up our passenger and the truck is coated in mud.

Man that was fun.

 

[FN FAL]

I had a similar incident, and it was VERY embarassing.

I had placed a nice boat in storage near a lake. Months went by; the time finally came for me to get the boat out and clean it up. I drove the long distance to the storage facility only to realize I had long since lost the key to my lock. So I drove to a hardware store and bought one of those HUGE lock cutters, like the ones the janitor used in school to snip locks off of lockers.

If you've never used one, they're impressive. I chopped that old lock off in moments. Too bad when I rolled up the storage door, I found some other dude's boat (and a jet ski) in MY storage unit. Oh, wait, COULD THIS BE SOMEONE ELSE'S UNIT? AUUGGG! (think Charlie Brown) Unfortunately, the security guy watched this whole thing go down, a bit suspicious, I'm sure.

I apologized profusely, and handed him the new lock and key that I'd bought for my storage unit. He laughed a bit and realized we were harmless and stupid. I was at least 4 doors off from the correct unit.

That's hilarious...I have caught myself wondering why my key wouldn't open the door to my car, only to find that it was one that looked similar, parked in the same area.

 

[sky37d]

my wife has a black jeep grand cherokee. I walked up to it, did the unlock thing, and it didn't light up. I did it again, same result, then I looked inside and saw the baby seat, realized it was the wrong car.

 

[FN FAL]

my wife has a black jeep grand cherokee. I walked up to it, did the unlock thing, and it didn't light up. I did it again, same result, then I looked inside and saw the baby seat, realized it was the wrong car.

Was that before or after you saw the paternity suit papers laying on the front seat?


:beer:

 

[Occam's Razor]

Sorta related: One of my college roommates and I drove up to our other roommate's parent's cabin at Lake Tahoe. He described the place and gave us the address...and told us he'd meet us there on Saturday. We got in late on Frday night, finally found the place, and hit the rack. It was very nice two-story A-frame...well equipped.

The next morning we got up and foraged for food. The fridge was full of diabetes medicines and baby formula. Hmmmmm?

We ate pretzels and a couple of cans of peaches we found in the pantry. We spent the next few hours watching TV and wondering why there was so much baby stuff all over, since Marc was the youngest in his family.

At noon we were bored and starving so we hopped in the car to drive to McDonalds. On the other side of the street we spotted Marc's bright yellow Jeep.

Rut Row!

We ran back inside, grabbed all our crap, cleaned up everything that could be cleaned in 90-seconds, and hauled-butt over to the correct cabin.

After a few hours of peeking thru the blinds to see if the owners showed up (to be followed by the inevitable call to the cops), we agreed to drive back to school and avoid Lake Tahoe for the rest of our lives.

 

[Lilah]

Hasn't there been a story of regional carrier pilots flying away in a plane belonging to another carrier.... i.e. ASA,ACA,Comair,SkyWest?, I don't remember the details, but have heard the story.

Lilah

 

[epic!]

haha thats incredible, could have been a sticky situation if they noticed

 

[fxbat]

I don’t know about taking another company’s a/c. But I remember a company e-mail about checking the release with the a/c n-number. In beagle speak means “some one took the wrong a/c don’t you do it”.
I really liked the e-mail about turning off both the engines before you leave.