370z Mystery....Embarrasing yet Concerning
 

Okay....so we went on a mini vaca from Thursday to Sunday and took our other car. Left the Z in the garage.

So on Sunday, I go to use my Z. Hit the Power button...nothin... make sure I'm hitting the brake with key in hand....nothin. Z has no power at all. So we try to jump it....nothing...

End up calling the Towing Company...he tries to charge it...little sparks..but nothing. End up towing it to the Nissan Dealer which is already closed.

Next day... I go to the dealer service department. They tell me there's no gas in my Z and that's why it wouldn't start. I say, huh? How is that possible considering I used it the last day I left it and it had gas.

So we all speculate that somehow I must've left my car running the entire time we were gone and the whole time it was running in the garage!!

So today....then I look at all the car products sitting on a shelf next to my car....all containers were melted, mangled, in crazy shapes. So apparently it's true. I left my z running while on vaca. Garage closed. Yes I'm thankful I don't have monoxide poisoning....

I have no idea how that happened. I mean I get that the key doesn't have to be near the car once its started but seriously? I just can't believe that that happened! Now I'm freaked that I have to check my car before going to bed but considering how loud the engine is...I'm still dumbfounded.

..Something I probably wouldn't have shared..:shakes head:

1) Your shelf got hot enough to melt plastic just from being beside your car? You're lucky there were no flammable fluids or the shelf didn't catch on fire

2) Don't your seats and interior smell like dirty gasoline/smoke/burnt plastic? Gross.

3) If you walk away from the car with your keys it beeps pretty noticeably. Listen for it!

Least your house didn't burn down and your Z didn't take any permanent damage. You lucked out!

So yes. All good points ....but oddly enough... No. Car didn't smell any different at all making this an even bigger mystery.

And you're right..the car does beep but nope no beeps I can recall.

And finally..yes I said a bunch of prayers today. Thankful.

Lol. I know but I was wondering if anyone else had ever left it running...

WOW talk about lucky. I mean, i know the car is quiet (even more so than say a 350z) but dang man...

One word. Christine. That's all I'm sayin'

Wow, that's insane!

Better your garage than a public street, it would be gone!

Yeah and after the car turns off, they can't turn it back on.

sorry, I snuck in and went for a joyride and musta left the car running, my bad. Gas card in the mail!

Haha. I knew it!

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WOW....... EPIC FAIL. This is the first that I have heard this. I am speechless. You are very very lucky that your garage, or house didn't blow the F up. I would have to assume your wife was PO when you told her. If you haven't yet, then I would highly recommend not telly her.

Wowzers

I have no idea how you could have done this

Ibtl

Wow

Crazy story! eeeekkk

This is why you need a loud exhaust.

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it was underware knomes

It's similar to the phenomenon of swearing you left your keys where you always do, and yet mysteriously they turn up in a totally different location, with no memory of how they got there and no possibility someone else moved them.

Most of our daily routines run on "automatic", meaning little or no processing of new information and operating strictly on stored representations in long term memory. It's part of how we are able to multitask, provided the task(s) is (are) well practiced.

I'm guessing OP was either greatly distracted thinking about the upcoming travel plans or was suddenly interrupted when he would have switched the car off and... didn't.

Its really easy to interfere with those automatic processes, (e.g., something happens that demands significant cognitive resources that interrupts a current task, and also disrupts the physical response behaviors involved in the task) and result in making huge, seemingly obvious errors without even realizing it.

So, don't sweat it. It happens.

Unless of course you find yourself doing that repeatedly, every single day, for many tasks... then you might want to see a neurologist :p

Even the stock exhaust and engine makes quite a bit of noise in an enclosed garage. It's scary man, if you may have had some dangerous flammables or gasoline somewhere nearby, your home could've burned down. Idk how one leaves a car on, this isn't a Prius where it is dead silent when stopped or on.