Order of events

Background Info:
About a year ago, we lost the key fob for the Pathfinder. At this point, we have 1 key for the car. No unlock/alarm thingy. Just a key.

Also, we have a 1 car driveway, as in, we have to pull one car in behind the other car. In this instance, the Pathfinder was behind the other car.

Monday Night:
8:30 PM
Kim leaves Bible study and heads to the grocery store in the 12 year old Nissan Pathfinder (which she loves dearly, but has been a bit iffy lately).

8:45 PM
Kim loads groceries into the back of the Pathfinder, including a 40lb. bag of dog food.

9:00 PM
Kim pulls into the driveway, gets out of the car and doesn't realize that she's locked the driver side door. She goes into the house to ask Amar for help unloading the groceries.

9:01 PM
Amar and Kim go out to the car, and open the back door of the Pathfinder.

9:01:01 PM
Pathfinder alarm goes off (horn honks, lights flash, annoyingness commences).

9:01:10 PM
Kim debates about how to turn off the alarm since there is no key fob thingy. Should they crawl through the car and try to hit the 'unlock' button? That usually does it.

9:01:15 PM
Amar crawls through the car to hit the unlock button. No dice. Horn still honking. Loudly. At night.

9:02 PM
Kim runs into the house to get the keys.



Summary of the next 10 minutes:
We try to unlock the door with the key. No luck.
We try popping the hood. No luck.
We try starting the car. Not only does the alarm keep going, but the car won't start.

After 4 minutes, the alarm stops.
We frantically unload the groceries while we have a window of opportunity.

Then it starts again.
We try all of the above items again, except of course, the grocery unloading.
After 4 more minutes, the alarm stops again.



We stand quietly beside the car praying that the worst is behind us.



Silence.



So, it stopped. No idea why, but it finally stopped. We decided to just leave it be for the night, not sure what the morning would hold. Would we be able to start the car? Would we be able to even open the door? No idea.

I started dreaming about different ways to get the car out of the driveway. If the Pathfinder wouldn't start, how could we get the other car out? Could we push the Pathfinder out of the driveway and then drive the other car through the yard? Oh, yeah, that would be really inconspicuous...


Tuesday Morning:
7:30 AM
Amar goes out to the car and gently unlocks the door. No alarm.
He hits the "unlock" button to open the other doors. No alarm.
He opens the other doors. No alarm.
And finally, he tries to start the car: SUCCESS!

Happy Tuesday!