When we bought our car, it came with two keys. One was a key with a keyless entry system. The other was just a valet key. Being that Kelly will be driving the vehicle on an everyday basis, she got the former. After driving it home last, night, she decided to lock the door with the keyless entry system.

Today I was supposed to take the new car to get its license and registration taken care of (and also to show it to my co-workers, since they’ll most likely never get a chance otherwise to see it). So using my valet key, I unlocked the driver-side door…and was treated to an ear-piercing wail of an alarm.

I’m becoming a bit of an alarm connoisseur. I have had our alarm in the house go off a couple of times (some even intentionally, during testing), I’ve had fire alarms go off in the apartment while we were trying to cook…I’ve gotten used to having my eardrums rattled. This one was a bit of a change of pace alarm – fairly loud, but pulsating for just that extra touch of annoyance.

Naturally, I did not expect this to have happened. So I backed away from the car, and sure enough after about 20 seconds or so it died down. Now, my key had actually unlocked the car door; I knew that much. But could I drive it now? I placed my hand on the door to open it…

The ringing of the alarm told me, no, I guess not.

Well, I got the license taken care of anyway, so now it’s out of my hands. It’s officially Kelly’s car now, which makes my ears happy.