-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Gaylen Hintz on 06-05-19  09:19 <=-

 GH>> hehehehe, somewhee someone was looking a a car whose trun just popped
 GH>> open and no one around.  Knowing a bit of the city... I sure hope
 GH>> whatever was in your trunk was still there. <g>

 JM> I would imagine so  

And maybe you were far enough away from your rental for the fob's
signals to reach it... 

 JM> Had no problems at all when in NYC.  The part of Manhattan I was in
 JM> was totally safe.  To me anyway.

I've never had any issues in NYC, either...  

 JM> Speaking of trunks popping open and no one around.
 JM> A few years ago at work I was going to make a money run to the bank
 JM> with meter money, which was always a police escort.  The fella giving
 JM> me the ride forgot something and back into the station.  I was standing
 JM> beside the cruiser and thought I had heard snow slide off the station
 JM> roof and went to see but nothing there.  Walking past the cruiser
 JM> where a co-worker was standing suddenly the trunk popped open and
 JM> closed again.  We were laughing about that when suddenly the engine
 JM> burst into flames with the hood opening, doors opening, etc.  There was
 JM> some sort of "malfunction" and what I thought was snow sliding off the
 JM> roof were the airbags opening.

Sounds like the computer went totally berserk... starting with setting
off the airbags.... 

 JM> We were very fortunate since if we left when planned we would have
 JM> been in traffic when that happened.

That was indeed very providential.... 

 JM> I walked into the station telling the day commander, "One of your
 JM> cars is on fire".  He looked out, freaked out, and grabbed a fire
 JM> extinguisher but it took the fire department to totally put it out. 
 JM> We called that Impala "old sparky" after that.  
 JM> It was retired and sat in a garage for years until it finally
 JM> disappeared.

I'd not think it would have been drivable after all that....!    Just
as well it was retired.... went out with a bang.... 

ttyl       neb

... Cats: companions in grace, beauty, mystery & curiosity.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)