Van Tricks

The battery died on our van the other day - amazing what happens when a door is left open for hours. Keith recharged it Wednesday morning and it was running fine. Wednesday afternoon around 4pm I hear a car start and idle for a while. At first I think it's the neighbors. Keith thought it was a lawnmower. Then I think, "that sounds a lot like our van." (Should a van sound like a lawnmower?)

I go down to the living room and look out the window. The van is running, and the windshield wipers and headlights are on. Keith goes out to investigate: the doors are locked, no key is in the ignition, and the ignition is in the "off" position anyway, and yet the engine is on. He turns it off and, a moment later, it starts back up again on its own. So he turns it off again and this time it stays off.

We'll keep you posted on any other amazing tricks our van does. I'm waiting for when it does something really useful, like clean itself or, perhaps, mow the lawn.