A couple weeks after we got our new Honda, we decided to take it in to have it looked over, just to make sure we didn't get ripped off. The night before we were to take it in I got in the car to make a quick grocery run. I turned the key and there was a lot of whirring but no starting. The door had been left ajar for the previous day, so I assumed it lacked the power to start. We called Gwen's dad and had him come over to try to jump it (he had the metro at the time). Still nothing. After a short while we decided that power was not the problem.

The next day Gwen's dad replaced the spark plugs (since they weren't firing) and tried a few other tricks to get it going.  After none of them worked, we decided we would tow it the next day if we couldn't get it going. The next morning I decided to try one last time. I turned the key and it started right up. I drove around the block and all seemed well. When I got home we decided to take it to the shop right then. After getting all bundled up, Gwen and Dahlia got in the Metro and I got in the Honda... which didn't start!!

Very frustrated at this point, we had it towed to the shop. They gave us a call a short time later and they asked us if we had the original key. The key we gave them, we had just made at Fred Meyer. As it turns out in these fancy 99 Hondas, you have to have their magical key with a transmitter in it to get it going. The one time I did get it started was the one time I used the right key. 

The best part is that to get a new key we have to go to the Honda dealer, which is good news, because we are such good friends with some people over there as you might remember from previous posts.