Really a long shot here, but still a pretty good story. A few years back my wife and I were on a road trip, driving a Nissan Quest. Had driven the car for years and didn't even know it had an anti-theft circuit. Stopped in a handi-mart at about midnight and, to our complete surprise and dismay, the alarm went off when I opened the door. Lights flashing and horn tooting. Key would not stop this, nor would key start engine. I was about to smash something to make it stop when a fellow came running up and said "Quick, give me your key". At that point I would have been happy t try anything. He took the key, inserted it in the door lock, twisted it back and forth some magical number of times, and the alarm quit. Said that the exact same thing had happened to him once (in a Nissan Quest) and his wife came up with the solution. I never had it happen again, but if it does, my first attempt will be locking and unlocking the door again and again until the alarm quits or I set the car on fire and walk away. I think the world would be a better place without car alarms.

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