My truck. Get your ass off of it.

[bhskittykatt]

But, the little 'chirp' from the remote (after locking the car) was sometimes used for another purpose. That is, it kept the cat off the car. That furry bastard would get himself covered in mud...and leave footprints all over it. He'd go on the hood, windows, roof, and trunk. Annoying, especially since it was always after I'd washed the car!

We may have done something similar to our kitty. When she thought no one was looking we'd hit the panic button. I think we only had to do it twice and she never jumped on the van again.

The other day I saw my neighbors leaning up against my car. They weren't hurting anything and even so it has a pretty crap paint job but still, it bugged me. (Unfortunately it's too old to have any remote locking/beeping options on it.) It's just something you don't do to a stranger's car!

[mathnerd]

We may have done something similar to our kitty. When she thought no one was looking we'd hit the panic button. I think we only had to do it twice and she never jumped on the van again.

The other day I saw my neighbors leaning up against my car. They weren't hurting anything and even so it has a pretty crap paint job but still, it bugged me. (Unfortunately it's too old to have any remote locking/beeping options on it.) It's just something you don't do to a stranger's car!

I used to have a neighbor that was a cop. Her cat was bad about sleeping on the light bars of her cruiser. She solved the problem by hiding on the floorboard and waiting for the kitty to jump on the car, then she hit the siren. She only had to do it once.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

My car may be but a crappy 2002 Saturn, but nobody is allowed to lean or sit on it.

Unless you're an attractive female planning to get nekkid and dance on the hood like Tawny Kitaen.

[Talasar]

I regularly have to resort to hitting my panic alarm while I'm at work. Mostly to scare the drug dealers that like to park in the 'employee' parking and peddle their 'goods'. I also do it when the boss man is getting out of his van (he parks next to me every day) just cause he always jumps about a foot in the air.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Unless you're an attractive female planning to get nekkid and dance on the hood like Tawny Kitaen.

Still waiting for that video to be uploaded to YouTube.

[sms001]

. I also do it when the boss man is getting out of his van just
cause he always jumps about a foot in the air.

I like the way you think.

[pzychobitch]

I will admit to intentionally setting off the alarm on my father's antique Mustang in a similar situation.

I do this with my honda. Many lulz have come from it.

[pzychobitch]

It's nearly one in the morning now and everything is funny. Especially now that I read this I have tears running down my face. Shame my car can't do this. Someone seems to enjoy smoking next to my car. What makes this worse is I can't handle being around cigarette smoke, it makes me really dizzy. Oh would I enjoy this!

There are aftermarket alarm systems you can have installed to do that

[Sparky]

BTW: VERY handy tip. You can unlock most vehicles with a wireless fob through your phone. If you lock your key in your car and someone else has a second fob, call them and have them activate the unlock button while pointing it at the phone pickup. On your end, hold the receiver about a foot away from the door lock. Boom, you're in.

This absolutely does not work. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp

People think it works because they try it at home, and, sure enough it works! They don't realize that it's not working because of the phone, it's working because they're close enough to the car to unlock it anyway.

Car remotes do not operate by sound waves, but by radio frequency signals that cell phones cannot reproduce.

[PepperElf]

I've always decided that if anyone leans against my car, I'd hid the panic button. Unless you're paying my car payment, don't lean on the car. I know it's an older car, but dammit, it's my car.

I've never had to do this but yes, that's a good idea.


although i find it ... not every surprising that the girl using the car as her ass-rest was pissy about the beeping. some people do NOT like being told that their ass doesn't belong on other people's property

one of the girls on my first ship had an annoying habit of trying to read books in the middle of the night... but instead of sitting in her own rack, she'd sit on the edge of mine. when i complained about her she acted like I was a whiner (seriously?) ... so then I "developed" the habit of sleeping with my leg right at the edge of my mattress. her habit finally stopped when... she tried to shove my leg back and managed to bounce off and hit her head.

[sms001]

People think it works because they try it at home, and, sure enough it works!

Thanks for the correction. This is exactly what I did.

[protege]

My car may be but a crappy 2002 Saturn, but nobody is allowed to lean or sit on it.

Same with my project car. Unless said person is a hot female and planning to "do it in an MG" it's not happening. It took a lot of hard work in getting the car repainted, and unless you plan on washing and waxing the car, get away!

With that said, you wouldn't believe the antics of some people at shows. Why the hell do some people think that it's OK to run their grubby paws along the fenders of someone's Jag E-Type or XK120? Some of those cars cost more than my house So what makes them think that the owners will be OK with random fingerprints?

[Gaki]

I had two similar things happen.

When I was in college people would drunkenly lean on my car (I drive a small SUV that apparently resembles a wall) when they were walking by. Terrified that I would get puke on my car I would sit in the upper window of my apartment on my bed and whenever someone stumbled too close I'd set the alarm off for a few seconds and watch them all scatter away.

Later on, during the summer, I was at an outdoor camp party and two people got the idea that pushing the girl up against the side of my vehicle to make out would be really hot. (I'm telling you...It resembles a wall...) I didn't set off the alarm but I did make the lights flash and the lock beep.

They got out of there real quick.

It's not about my paint job (my car was pretty much destroyed by hail and egged on Halloween) but it's about not getting vomit all over my bumper or butt prints on my driver's side. Like come on people.

[ShinyGreenApple]

I just hope this little bitch got her clothes nice and gross. I live on a dirt road and I haven't bothered washing the thing because it's so dry out here, there's just no point right now.

But all this being said, on Friday I dropped the largest check I have ever written into the mailbox. My final payment on Hector (my Dakota). Gonna be out of debt!

[Aethian]

But all this being said, on Friday I dropped the largest check I have ever written into the mailbox. My final payment on Hector (my Dakota). Gonna be out of debt!

If Hector is anything like Blue, he'll drive differently. Just smoother and a bit more like everything is a bit lighter.