So, I get this email from Sheridan, WY

Allan in NE · Mar 2, 2014

"I went to go to work this morning and car wouldn't open. Key fob wouldn't work. Couldn't open the door or hood. Got a ride to work. Tried again at lunch. No go.

The guy running the snow plow came to help. There is 12 inches of snow on every inch of the car so he wipes off the trunk to try to open it. He says "So, you have another key?". No. I wish I did. "Well, this is a VW key. The car's a Toyota".

I'm going for an early nap!

rd 2N in mo · Mar 2, 2014

gotta luv em....

rustred · Mar 2, 2014

time for a song,lol
I gotta Toyota car and a vw key...

rick1 · Mar 2, 2014

i did something like that this summer.tried to start the cub cadet with a honda 4 wheeler key,told the wife that key wont work anymore for some reason.she still reminds me of that when she needs to knock me down a few inches.
RICK

sd pete · Mar 2, 2014

1030 TOM · Mar 2, 2014

reminded me of walking tru a parking lot hitting the horn button on my key , trying to find my car ,horn started blowing but it wasnt my car , so i tried the door lock it unlocked them also,didnt try to start it , i did lock it back up ,cars were different brands,acura, and mercedes.

Goose · Mar 2, 2014

I loved that TV commercial a couple of years ago where a fellow in a suit and topcoat cleans all of about a foot of snow off his car, and hits the remote entry button when he's done.

The tail lights blink on the car in front.

Can't even remember what the commercial was for.

Bryan inIowa · Mar 2, 2014

Reminds me of time I was road testing customers car . Stopped to grab a soda , jumped back in car key would not work . Lady in back seat asked if I was in wrong car ! lol

donjr · Mar 2, 2014

Kind of like the series 'The Last of the Summer Wine'. Local repo man got Barry to help repo a car. Barry started to stick the key the repo man had into the door, and the alarm went off, and a guy in the bar chases him off. A bit later, Barry and the repo man are trying to repo the car again and it's sitting in the parking lot with a key in the ignition. So, the repo man hope in, starts it and speeds off. The owner comes flying out of the shop chasing him. Only then did Barry realize they had the wrong car.....

Mike (WA) · Mar 2, 2014

Came out of Mickey D's one morning after coffee, tried to unlock my car, key wouldn't work. Looked up to see a guy standing in front of the car, with a big smile. He said, "I think I know the problem."

Well, to my credit, they were both big, navy blue cars, and these days, they all resemble a half-melted dish of ice cream. . .

Anonymous-0 · Mar 2, 2014

happened to me the yr I drove a dump truck , we usually lined up and let them run a bit ,while double chekin orders .. ,one early mornin came bak out of office to the line up after hearin where all of us needed to go and another guy was sippin coffee in my dump truk .. still very dark , and there were at least 10 big fords like I drove,,?? so I double cheked the #, it was 51,tapped on door and asked the guy ,, are you runnin 51 today ??? ,, lol ..

rrlund · Mar 2, 2014

That works the other way around sometimes too. We had an Olds dealer here in town and those 70's and early 80s Cultas's were common as dirt. We had a brown one. The wife went out the back door of the drug store one day,jumped in,put the key in,had to wiggle it a little but it started. She looked around a little bit and realized it wasn't our car. She could have driven it away. Darned lucky she didn't.

js305 · Mar 2, 2014

The store I worked at in the mid 70's was at a mid point in some of the Coca Cola delivery routes and sometimes there would be as many as five of the trucks on our lot with the drivers all a the Dairy Queen across the street for their morning lunch. They all drove the same kind and year model truck. One morning I went out and switched keys in all of them (they all left the key in them for some reason or another). When it was time to leave, they all piled in, and just like it was on cue, they all got out, kinda grinning and looking around. After switching keys back and forth a bit, they all left. The next time I looked, there were no keys in the ignitions.

bill mart · Mar 2, 2014

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RayP(MI) · Mar 2, 2014

Years ago - like about 15, we had a team of driver ed teachers, and cars. One got locked with the keys inside. Just on a hunch, tried my personal car key - it fit, my ignitiion, it"s door. So when the other teacher went on vacation, I took that car. At least I had a backup key!
Same brand - different models, years...

Anonymous-0 · Mar 2, 2014

I bought a new 78 Chevy 4x4 pickup. Later in the year I also bought a new 78 Chevy 2 ton truck. I always left the key in the 2 ton, but for some reason I had taken it out. Not thinking I reached into my pocket and grabbed my keys for the pickup. Truck started fine and I drove away, and got to thinking, that's not the right key. Upon checking, the 2 keys were exactly the same. What are the odds of that! There aren't that many different keys for a brand of vehicle, but for two to match like that was really unusual.

Aaron Ford · Mar 2, 2014

Years ago, I was a carry out in a local grocery store. I was wheeling a lady's groceries out and she approached a red Cavalier Type 10 and began fooling with the trunk lock. After a bit, she gave up and went to the passenger side door. It wouldn't unlock either. She started getting agitated and started banging on the door. I stopped her, reached into my pocket and unlocked the door. She stood there dumbfounded for a bit, looked around, and then walked over to an identical car 3 spots away. I would have gotten a bigger chuckle but it was a busy day and I didn't notice the mistake either!

Aaron

CWL · Mar 2, 2014

I have a 1977 Ford F350 and a 1979 Ford F150. They both have the same key from the factory. I am the 3rd owner on both pickups and know the second owners of each very well. Both were bought by the second owners within a couple of years of the manufacture date with low miles.

NCWayne · Mar 2, 2014

Buddy of mine has an '87 Ford F350 and I've got an '87 F150. He'd left it at my place awhile back, with no key, and it was in the wayof something I needed to do. I decided to try my key in the ignition and it fit. Looking at the two keys together they are identical. Years ago when I got my '55 Chevy wagon we wanted to change the ignition in it, but needed a key to get the old lock cylinder out. Turns out the key to Dad's -60 Chevy pickup fit it.

old bc · Mar 2, 2014

I bought a new car several months ago. It is a white Impala 4 door. I quickly learned that I better know where I parked it at Walmart because there will be at least 20 other white 4 door sedans parked nearby on the parking lot. At least I can make it honk.

T in NE · Mar 2, 2014

I walked out of the Pilot at Valparaiso IN one day, pulled a key out of my pocket, unlocked the door on the freightshaker, and about the time the key hit my pocket I realized it was the one for my car.
Blacksburg, SC, one day, someone locked their keys in their Century Freightliner, I unlocked it for him with the key for my Chevy pick-up.

ShadetreeRet · Mar 3, 2014

When I worked at a Ford dealership, we had a very irritated lady come in one day complaining that someone else in town had a vehicle like hers and the keys would interchange, and wanted a new key switch. Found out one of the vehicles was originally from California. The owner of the dealership told us that many switches are keyed alike, but the vehicles are shipped in different directions, supposedly far enough away from each other not to cause problems. But over time when they are sold or people move, things can get interesting. The explanation made sense to me.

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