Where the hell is that stupid car

Davey Jones

Davey Jones

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Ive done this several times and Im quite sure most of you have.
Go into Walmart,Target etc come out with your cart full take out your car keys then wonder where the car is.

Nowadays I "mark" my car at its location by using any landmark such as the flagpole on top of the stores,cart return area,a tree that's different from the rest of them,a trash barrel that's overflowed,the BIG W on Walmart sign.

I have a battery powered device called Bushnell BackTrack that I use if Im in a very large lot such as Disney,it pinpoint the vehicle by satellite that you set before leaving the vehicle.
I use to think the because I have an all white car it well be easy to spot, not so.
Some put thingy on their car antenna but most cars today don't have one anymore.
 

This reminds me of something that happened to me YEARS ago.
Had a department store nearby, that has since gone out of business, that had entrance doors in all four directions. After going through the store, and losing track of where I entered, I finally left and could not find my car. No Way! ... I walked all the way around that store probably 3 times ... no car. Just when I was ready to call and report it stolen, I somehow found it sitting there innocently on one end of the lot. (probably where I left it :D) . .. I was really stressed over that.
I shook my head all the way home!!
 
LOL, Bonnie, been there for sure....I usually go in the stores saying....row three, row three, row three over and over...lol
 

Oh ya...Those stores with multiple entrances,that happened to me too. I walk inside and went out another door and wonder why the sun is setting in the west when it was at my back when I walked into the store near the beach.
 
Yes guys, some of those shopping trips are worse than others ... :D


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It's happened to me too, but not lately, I try to note where I park especially in a large lot that I'm not familiar with. I remember once coming out of store with a cart full of stuff, the weather was cold, windy and rainy. I was going down the drive lane when I realized my car was one section over. Of course there was a sharp curb with a walkway separating the two sections. So, rather than walk all the way back around in the weather, I muscled the cart up and down the curb to get to my car. :rain:
 
re: So, rather than walk all the way back around in the weather, I muscled the cart up and down the curb to get to my car.

That should have been a sight to see with a full cart and weather,wish I couls have lip read what you were saying at that time.;)
 
That happened to us in Atlantic City in one of those casino multi-level garages. You are suppose to remember what level and what symbol you are parked at. I guess we were to excited to check in the hotel that we didn't bother to check. I spent a good hour or more walking the top three levels of the garage before I finally found that car.
 
I like to park my car in the same place, if I can, every time I go to the supermarket so I don't forget where I put it.
 
Yeah, weird, never thought about those "thingy" disappearing, lol!! Well, I lose my truck, and white is popular, so lots around here. I'm like you and try to remember the isle I am parked it, or line up with the door I am going in. I like to tease people, or help, whichever is more appropriate, and we usually have a bit of a laugh;) Even our town of 20,000 is overcrowded most places, geesh!
 
I lost my in a multi-storey car park in Basingstoke.
left on one level; returned on another...panic....
 
Vivjen said:
I lost my in a multi-storey car park in Basingstoke.
left on one level; returned on another...panic....
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Been in a rather large parking garage myself. It is way hard to remember what floor, let alone what spot. Any I am not a good "note-taker", lol!! It is scarey, usually not many folks around:(
 
Davey Jones said:
Ive done this several times and Im quite sure most of you have.
Go into Walmart,Target etc come out with your cart full take out your car keys then wonder where the car is.

Nowadays I "mark" my car at its location by using any landmark such as the flagpole on top of the stores,cart return area,a tree that's different from the rest of them,a trash barrel that's overflowed,the BIG W on Walmart sign.

I have a battery powered device called Bushnell BackTrack that I use if Im in a very large lot such as Disney,it pinpoint the vehicle by satellite that you set before leaving the vehicle.
I use to think the because I have an all white car it well be easy to spot, not so.
Some put thingy on their car antenna but most cars today don't have one anymore.
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if it has remote control entry it usally sets off the horn. let it guide you there
 
I have a black Nissan,do you know how many bladted*#!//^ black cars are in parking lots..Finally decided if I'm ever diagnosed with dementia,I'll be well prepared!!
Small mall,walked in 1 door,walked out another,completely in the opposite side of the building in a snow storm...S.O. was not even remotely amused!
 
If I forget where I parked, I just hit the panic button on my key chain and my car stats honking it's horn.

I just follow the noise and, finally say, "Oh, There you are.
 
Justme said:
I like to park my car in the same place, if I can, every time I go to the supermarket so I don't forget where I put it.
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I only go to Walmart once a month as there is a ton of construction and if you are not careful you will find yourself on the interstate here in Houston. I park in the same handicapped spot and its usually available.
 
This reminded me of the story of an Old Lady who,
on returning to her car found 4 men in it!

Read below.

Mike.

The Old Lady's Car Jacking!

An elderly lady did her shopping and upon return found 4 males in her car.
She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream
at them at the top of her voice that she knows how to use it and that she will
if required so get out of the car.


The 4 men didn't wait around for a second invitation but got out and ran like mad,
where upon the lady proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car
and got into the drivers seat. Small problem, her key wouldn't fit the ignition.
Her car was identical and parked four/five spaces further down.


She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station. The sergeant
that she told the story to nearly tore himself in two with laughter and pointed
to the other end of the counter where 4 pale white males were reporting a
car-jacking by a mad elderly white woman. No charges were filed.


 
Folks, we're not by ourselves! Just a few months ago, I was with my daughter shopping at Walmart. I made the mistake of not land-marking where she parked which I usually do and she finished before I did and went back to the car. When I finished, I went out to where I thought her car was but it wasn't there. I walked all over that parking lot before I found her. When I got into her car, I explained what had happened and she starts laughing and said she couldn't find her car either and had walked all over the parking lot looking for it. I didn't feel bad at all after that. :)
 

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