Got my Car Stereo removal keys stuck!!

So, I was sure i was onto a winner the other day when i removed my Sony 6000CD from my Focus, to get the serial number, to then get the unlock code. I bought some removal keys for £4 from Ebay

This is where i started acting all special. On putting the unit back, i couldn't work out why it wouldn't stay in, and the keys wouldn't come out! For about 30 minutes i was trying to work out what the hell was going on, i must have looked like a right douche bag! At one point i even got some pliers and tried to put all my weight into pulling the keys out. Nothing worked, all that happened was a bit of swearing, some mangling of the keys, and some small blood loss!

The next day i suddenly had a thought.. and it was a good one, so i thought.  I'll get the pliers and try to force the keys out whilst the unit it out.  That didn't work either, and all i did was bend a few things i really shouldn't have done.  I'd managed to stuff it up so that the unit had gone back, and was secured by 1 clip, with all four keys stuck in - so now i was really screwed!

Today i applied even more brute force, and managed to get the unit back out. Then i discovered the full horror of my specialness. All i needed to do was gently press the clips in on the side of the unit, and remove the keys. Then just drop the unit back in, and it clipped neatly in place! Head in hands, i was ashamed of myself - but at least I've got a working stereo, and no keys stuck in the holes.

Don't be a douche bag like me!

Car Wash Calamity

Whilst waiting for my turn at the Car wash in Sainsburys I was kept amused by the people already in there.

Anyone with a 1/3 of a brain would know that the windows need to be shut, the mirrors in, and aerial down. None of these things had happened here, and whilst the brushes were about to start pummelling the car in a soapy showdown, the car owners were trying frantically to hang out the windows and sort these issues out. They failed, and during the process the passenger got the best hair shampoo ever!

After the car wash had stopped, they spent 2 minutes picking up what was left of the aerial, and mirrors. No doubt it was the fault of Sainsburys, and not the idiots themselves! Most entertaining visit to the car wash... of the year!

Forgotten to shut your door?

Yesterday I was driving along and a car coming the other way had his drivers door open. It appeared to be that he was holding open with this foot!

Now - a few questions immediately sprung to mind.

1. What has happened in that car to make leaving the door open a good idea? someone with a serious gas problem in the car? has an egg just purchased from Makro just exploded? Was the air con broken? or was the driver of the car so outraged with the quality of his driving, that he was considering jumping from the car to save himself?

2. What foot was he powering the car with, if his right foot was holding the door open?

3. Can you imagine explaining to the police why a motorbike crashed into him? "well you see i had the door open..."  It's not going to end well!

4. What mental institute had this person just escaped from?

Baby on board sign - taken to next level

We've all seen cars with the tacky "baby on board" signs in the back window. Nobody really knows what these signs are meant to do. Does it give the driver of the car some kind of special permission to drive recklessly because the baby has thrown up on the seats? No idea to be honest!

This morning i saw a Baby on board sign, taken to the next level. It was a picture of a pregnant mothers ultrasound scan in the back window, with the words ... "on board" over the top of it.  Why!?  What good is that going to do, and why would other people on the road be interested?  It could have been a picture of James May's arse - it wasn't at all clear until you were right up to the back of the car. So in actual fact, the car owner is inviting people to smack them up the backside, whilst trying to work out what the hell the picture is!