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Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:26 pm

they tell me there is a recession all over the land so i figure you can use a laugh or two I can tell you for sure Im no clown so gather around me people I got a story to tell & swear is true it happened in 1972 to my my friend i will call sue
( the names were changed to protect the guilty) she had a 1969 bug that she refer as her best girlfriend it took her to college & all over the land & couple great party's too. while on one of those with some friends having refreshments & who knows what else maybe some of that liquor from mexico they call tekillya with lemon & salt too drunk like a skunk to drive home one of her friend end up as a designated driver on the way back from los angeles to the san Fernando valley he complained about the car running rough & needs brakes my friend responded you are crazy my dad just spent lots of money on tune up & brakes shut up & drive joe, he continued driving for another 30 minutes & added believe me this car needs work you better take back to that mechanic & have him check again my friend responded I drove it earlier it was ok you are crazy ! joe continues on driving upon arrival sue reached behind the back seat in the storage area for her bag & books they were gone, with the panic she sobered up a little checks the car is same color key fits checks the brakes you right it needs brakes looks in the glove compartment for the repair receipt is gone looks at the registration is not her car looks at the license plate is different oh crap oh crap is not my car they drove back to the place her car still there music still going in the house they got in her bug & took off like bat out of hell & laugh all the way home my question was did you put gas? no we just park and left yes some keys will interchange but what are the chances of the two cars same color model & at same place ? it happened so keep your girlfriend close to you do not let anybody swap her! vw ruled then & now how many classic cars from japan are there ? not many but bugs by the 1000s they were classic as early as 70s der beetle is alive

Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:27 am

My brother's ex-wife told us 20 years ago that her father (no alcohol in this story) started up and drove home from work, didn't realize thathe had started and driven a car that was not his, just a twin. He embarrassedly drove it back, got his, and just went on his way. This stuff is true; I once had a Chevy Luv truck, and its key worked with my sister's Datsun truck - but NOT the other way around. I guess there's only so many key code options...

Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:32 am

My friends were at their favorite watering hole one night getting good and plastered. When it was time to leave, they walked out to their Honda Accord, opened the unlocked doors, and got in. After starting the car (with their key) they noticed the stereo was missing and there were clothes in the back seat that didn't belong to them. Drunk and pissed off, they called the police and reported the "theft". It wasn't long after the call that one of them noticed an identical Honda Accord right beside theirs. Thats when they realized they got in the wrong car. Lucky for them, the cop that responded to the call didn't get them for being WAY TOO DRUNK to drive.

Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:14 pm

same happened with my mom's beige 69 fasty. it was the early 70's. we come out of the mall and pile in. as she's driving off i say mom, when did you get this compass? she was like wha....? pulled back in the lot and found her beige 69...

Fri May 08, 2009 8:34 am

I'm really quite impressed at this. here I thought they'd be more careful. but I guess at the factory they just thought "what are the odds?"
Seems strange of VW to overlook something like that.

Fri May 08, 2009 1:04 pm

I had an old buddy of mine that got into a car and it started with his universal key(screw driver). He is currently serving about 6 years.

Fri May 22, 2009 3:04 pm

Yup. Same here. Crawled into what I thought was my car one night when I shouldn't have and saw stuffed animals - everywhere - and thought wtf??? Same car...same parking spot but 2 rows ahead. :shock:

Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:22 pm

Our family had a blue 4-door '66 Impala--grandpa's hade-me-down. My mom was running late and she asked a co-worker to pull it around to the front of the hospital (mom was a nurse). Mom gets ready to leave work, goes out and realizes the car (running) out front is light blue and a two-door.

Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:24 pm

Two of my co-workers rented a car from Avis in Houston, drove to their hotel where the valet parked it. The next morning, they called down for the car. When they arrived at the front of the hotel, what they thought was their car was in the driveway. They drove off for a series of meetings, not returning until late that afternoon. When they arrived, the valet told them that they had taken the wrong car. The valet opened the trunk to confirm that it contained all of the samples that the proper driver had needed for his meetings that day. There was some talk about whether they would be charged with auto theft, but in the end, they bought the correct driver a very expensive dinner.

Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:02 pm

I had a '77 Volare and an '81 Cordoba. The Cordoba key would work in both cars.

Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:16 am

Years ago I was walking down the street, a few miles away from home (Vancouver, BC). I saw a GM key lying on the side of the road so I picked it up. When I got home My uncle was visiting from Saskatchewan in his 58 Pontiac. For a lark we decided to try the key, sure enough it fit the ignition and started right up. :D

Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:43 pm

Back in the early '80's, I used my '63 DC key (on Right) to move my bud John's '66 13 vwindow (2nd from Left) all the time, I used to turn it around or move it all the time. We all worked at a Hilton Hotel in Boulder Co. in the kitchen.

Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:27 am

I started my '02 Chevy Malibu with the key from my bus today.

Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:31 pm

^thats funny, my fathers old 88 Toyota Pickup key was so worn, it somehow amazingly would start our other cars, his 94 Nissan Hardbody, my mothers car, etc. it was nuts

Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:34 pm

years ago, a buddy of mine had this 47 chevy pickup, ond that key would fit my 65 bug ignition, he used to steal my car all the time

Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:54 pm

No key needed ~ Back in High School and on a dare, I "stole" the VP's '62 Beetle from the facility parking lot. Pulled the spade connector off the tail light and shoved it on to the hot side of the coil, pull the light switch to park lights,
(coil now had 6v) a quick push, pop the clutch and I cruise it onto the school's front lawn~

Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:55 pm

crukab wrote:
Back in the early '80's, I used my '63 DC key (on Right) to move my bud John's '66 13 vwindow (2nd from Left) all the time, I used to turn it around or move it all the time. We all worked at a Hilton Hotel in Boulder Co. in the kitchen. thank for your reply & the fun comment about moving the bus from place to place & around with a different key uh it remind me of my old days I had a good laugh as imagining your bud shake his head and said what the heck when the bus was missing also thanks for the photo, the hard working guy crew on aprons ready to work in the kitchen is first class. but did anybody notice the ufo in the back ( the white one park behind the buses looks like a 71) probably the waitress ride plainly I just love the photo please guys share them with all of us. my best regards

Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:56 pm

I had a 70 Ford pickup and the key worked in my friends 75 Ford van. I also saw a 68 Chevy key that would unlock the power controls on a aircraft hanger door

Mon May 10, 2010 5:43 am

We have this early 1980's mercedes station wagon that can be unlocked and started with the key to a ford fiesta.

Sun May 16, 2010 8:29 pm

years ago when i was into old toyotas whenever we would have a big meeting it was a game to see how many other old yotas your key would unlock and start...

i still have a key from my old 80 2door yota that would open up and start tons of local yotas...

nedless to say alot of thoes guys didn't like the idea my key worked so well... good thing for them i not that kinda of guy to find out where they live and take there cars...

i just like to keep 1 key from all the cars i've owned(32 keys)so far...