Parked up and going down
Thankfully it doesn’t happen too often, but forgetting where you parked your car can be an embarrassing moment, or several days, as one man in the UK recently found.
Jason Matthews, 40, ran the Manchester City Marathon on April 19 in five hours and 11 minutes and then spent an additional several hours looking for his Saab 93 Sport.
He said he couldn’t recall where he had parked the vehicle.
He walked back around some of the 26-mile – nearly 42km - course, before driving around in a taxi for 40 minutes and then going to a police station, <%$Linker:2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal according to media reports Visit "Manchester Marathon runner cannot find car after nine days" page false http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11567504/Manchester-Marathon-runner-cannot-find-car-after-nine-days.html false false %>.
Matthews had to give up and took a train home to the Midlands region.
Manchester City Council said there was no record of a vehicle matching his description and registration number being ticked by police, towed away or impounded.
"I don't think it's been stolen - I think I just can't find it,” said Matthews, a delivery driver for a builder's merchants.
Anyone who suffers from similar moments of forgetfulness, should try to find a mobile phone app that can aid your memory, such as Park Me Right. <%$Linker:2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal Click here Google Play store false https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parkmeright false false %> to see how to use the app to find a vehicle…among other things.
But if you actually want to lose your car, there is one sure way to do it and not be bothered by police, local town authorities and nosy neighbours complaining about seeing an abandoned vehicle. The photo, taken in the Canadian province of British Columbia, shows you need only find a lonely field, park your vehicle and walk away.
After some years, it will blend in with the background and will eventually become part of the scenery by crumbling into dust. The owner – if he or she outlived this vehicle – probably can’t even remember what type of car it was. Anybody out there know?
Jason Matthews, 40, ran the Manchester City Marathon on April 19 in five hours and 11 minutes and then spent an additional several hours looking for his Saab 93 Sport.
He said he couldn’t recall where he had parked the vehicle.
He walked back around some of the 26-mile – nearly 42km - course, before driving around in a taxi for 40 minutes and then going to a police station, <%$Linker:
Matthews had to give up and took a train home to the Midlands region.
Manchester City Council said there was no record of a vehicle matching his description and registration number being ticked by police, towed away or impounded.
"I don't think it's been stolen - I think I just can't find it,” said Matthews, a delivery driver for a builder's merchants.
Anyone who suffers from similar moments of forgetfulness, should try to find a mobile phone app that can aid your memory, such as Park Me Right. <%$Linker:
But if you actually want to lose your car, there is one sure way to do it and not be bothered by police, local town authorities and nosy neighbours complaining about seeing an abandoned vehicle. The photo, taken in the Canadian province of British Columbia, shows you need only find a lonely field, park your vehicle and walk away.
After some years, it will blend in with the background and will eventually become part of the scenery by crumbling into dust. The owner – if he or she outlived this vehicle – probably can’t even remember what type of car it was. Anybody out there know?
