Ever turned off your car and forgot to put it in park? Then.....?

Question

....tried to start it back up but it wouldn't budge because *D'oh!* the car was still in park..?

How long did it take you to realize that you did this? Hope it didn't take you as long as I did....

Steelers:
lol that was an awesome rating scale and you guessed it too...took me 5-10 min. :)



Thanks for ALL er most of the responses!

Answer 1

Yeah but it took me about 1 min to figure it out. How long did it take you. Here is my rating scale

1-5 min - Ooops
5-10 min - Doh
10-20 min - Still OK if your blonde
20-30 min - You need slapped and cold water splashed in your grill
30 - 60 min - smoking weed zone
60+ min - get a clue, your license should be revoked.

Answer 2

About 35 minutes. I messed with it for a long time but the key wouldn't budge from the ignition. So I called Best Buy because I recently had a remote engine starter installed by them and I thought that was the problem. He told me to pound the palm of my hand into the key and just keep messing with it 'till it comes out. It didn't budge. Then I called my brother to come pick me up. Then while I waited I called the dealership and talked to the guy for about 5 minutes. He was analyzing the situation over the phone and towards the end of our conversation he asked if the car was in park. To my embarrassed surprise it was in reverse!

Answer 3

I can relate - I did worse than that once.
I parked my car at a grocery store before riding on a float in the Santa Claus parade once about 10 years ago, and was a bit worried that it would get towed during the parade because I wasn't a customer at that store.
After the parade I returned to the parking lot to find my car still in the lot, but in the middle of the laneway. I had forgotten to pull the emergency brake (standard transmission, left in neutral), and my car had rolled back about 15 feet and stopped, probably shortly after I parked it. No dents or scratches, no angry notes or tickets under the windshield wiper, nothing! Just a very very red face on me!

Answer 4

No, but last night I forgot to take the keys out when I removed my cd from the player. And, this morning I went out to see if my keys were still in the ignition and the battery was dead. I made it into work 5 min late, but I didn't need that on a cold Dec. morning!

Answer 5

4 seconds

Answer 6

tonight at walmart there was a spider in the truck on my window and my husband just put it in park and got out of the truck and walked into the store leaving me in the middle of the parking lot with a spider smushed under a coat on my window and me scared to let it go cause I was scared it was not dead and going to fall on me cars were all behind me wondering what my next move was I just got out of my side threw spider jacket an all in the back of the truck got into the driver side and parked went into the store found my husband and wanted to hit him as hard as I have ever wanted to hit someone in my life

Answer 7

lol when i first learned how to drive... i did this a few time... i remember the first time i went back into the house to get my b/f and he told me that i forgot to put it in park. that made me feel stupid ;p

Answer 8

i have left my keys in the ignition, forgot to put it in park, turn off the radio, just about everything you can think of.

Answer 9

I have.
Have you ever tried starting a car that was already running. Damn that's embarrassing!

Answer 10

if you obtain the main out without putting it in park, then, sure you have executed harm to the lock cylinder. even if, in case you place it in p.c.. and then bumped off the main, then you certainly must be superb.