Pull the Key Out!

What may be simple for some - just isn't for others. True for many things and sometimes you just don't see it coming with certain things.

A couple weeks ago, we got a new car - an '09 Audi A4. Beautiful car and has one feature that's different from a lot of older cars. The remote control is the key and the remote. To start the car, you put your foot on the break, remote in the ignition and push the key/remote in, like a button. To turn the car off, you do the same and to remove the key once the ignition is off, you pull the key out. Somehow, on the first day my wife drove the car to work she couldn't figure out how to pull the key out. I said, "What!?", as she called me all frustrated as I'm pulling into Penn station while sitting on the train. "I can't get the key out!" We're now at the gate and I have to exit the train. I have my large ice coffee in my hand and as I'm trying to offer suggestions, I knock into a seat and spill the whole thing. Ugh! Fortunately, everyone was off the train and I didn't spill it on anyone.

This is on a Monday morning, by the way. Long story short is that she wasn't pushing the key in far enough to allow the car to release the key. Lovely start to the week.