Miata Mailing List: January 1997, Message #26
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Subject: Re: New Year - Fog - and a Miata

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At 01:56 AM 1/1/97 -0500, TXMiata@aol.com wrote:

>What a way to start a new Year - Luckely it does not involve an accident.

> After the New Years Party and a glass of champaign, I walked out into the

>heavu fog.  Walk over to the red Miata and put my key in. I tried for 30

>seconds trying to get the car to unlock, and then realized that my 93 Red was

>parked behind the 93 Red I was trying to get into. At that same moment I

>turned to my friends and said "This Isn't my Car?1?"

>

>Luckally there was no alarm on it!





Hehahah!  I love it!  Almost the same exact thing happened to me.

I went to rent a video, and saw a black & tan (with "SUNRUNR" plates)

in front of the store.  I parked right next to it (of course!), closer 

to the door, put my business card (with "Nice car!" on it, as had been 

done to me some years before, in Austin), and went inside.



A little while later a lady came running up to me... "Do you drive a

miata?" she asked.



"Yes, I do... that must be yours next to mine!" I replied.



Very embarrased, she explained that she had walked out, hit her alarm

trigger, heard the 'bleepweep' from her car, and gotten into the black and 

tan miata.   MY black & tan.    She was VERY embarrased, and really

just came back in to explain, in case I was angry about things being

moved around inside.  Wish I'd had a card for the local chapter on me.... 



I wonder what she thought of the smell - I was also bringing home some 

(REALLY good) thai food take-out.  :>



Philip (aka Gryphon)  GryPhil@ix.netcom.com

http://www.rt66.com/~buttrfly/gryph.htm

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