Originally posted by chissler
I actually took a step to run for it. Yeah, I'm a baby.

But letting it run until the gas tank was empty was a very close alternative.

I don't know how old you are chissler, but I found your story hilarious.

Come on chissler, it's just a car. I've never heard of a possessed car like in that Christine movie.
It's probably just the wiring, it's very cold at that time right?

Okay, if I got my math right, you're 22.

I'm still giggling right now.

I'm currently having a problem with my stereo turning on by itself, even when the car is turned off.

I've helped alleviate the problem by removing the CD and turning off the unit, but that only keeps the CD and the radio from playing. The back-light on the unit continues to light up randomly.

It actually runs the battery down sometimes when I forget the drill and it's lucky that I have a booster battery in my car that I've had for ten years that even after years of non-use, works just fine. It's hard to believe.

Just before I found this post, I was thinking about that problem and I was wondering if dirty lens in the CD player might cause that problem. It seems like a long shot, but cleaning it might be worth a try. In four years, I never have, but then the unit until recently has played flawlessly.

The Honda service centers acknowledge that they have seen problems like that before, but I'll try my own remedies before I spend several hundred letting them tinker with it.

I've never heard of a car starting up on its own however, but cars are coming equipped with remote starters now and retro-fit kits are available.

You might ask if the car is fitted with one of these devices. I know a couple of folks who have those and I think in the Great White North they might be wildly popular.



[edit on 2008/1/18 by GradyPhilpott]

Staying with the Christine theme, you should have wrecked the damn thing just to see if it puts itself back together.

Really, you need to be absolutely sure.

Peace

Ah, I'm mocked.. but deep down we all know that the film "Christine" is the logical conclusion to come to when one finds him or her self in such a position.

And I agree 100% with the Doc. I should of put my foot through the back window and watched to see if it somehow fixed itself. At that point, I probably would have soiled myself just waiting... so running like a little baby probably wasn't such a bad idea either. Either way though, I toughed it out like the man I hope to become at some point in my life. I'm in my early twenties and still scared of cars coming to life.

Good story to tell though.

By the way, I'm walking to work today. (For real)

Using gasoline with not enough octane for the compression ratio can can also cause dieseling, but I've never seen a car start back up completely under those conditions.

I'm guessing that the car is equipped with remote start and everyone inside was laughing theirs, uh, heads off.

Well, this story has taken a painfully embarrassing turn against me.

My girlfriend called me last night with a possible, and likely, scenario. As Grady has just mentioned, the vehicle is equipped with a remote starter. So it's possible that it was bad timing that I hit the start button on the remote, as the door shut. I can not confirm it, but it seems likely.

So fortunately, I am left with the conclusion that the car is in fact, not alive.

Go easy on me.

It's a great story from start to finish.

You will probably scare the daylights out of your grandchildren telling them about the car that came to life on a cold, snowy day in the early twenty-first century whan life was much simpler and cars were powered by the primitive internal combustion engine.

It's a darn good story, chissler. And I am very glad you share it with us.

Awww Chissler, i can see how that would freak you out.
I am really not a mean person but my last car had a remote start feature and I used to startle people all the time with it
Good fun ... most of the time lol

The only reason I had it was because it was a twin turbo Lexus, handy feature to have to warm him up so I didn't ruin him. His name was Luthor. haha get it ?

ehhhh

sigh I miss that car.

thats ok man...I believe you...My little VW wouldnt run right sometimes and I just had to talk very nice to her. (her name was Molly) Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didnt...she was german you know and probally didnt speak english...Women are fickle creatures