Today I had my first major trouble with my car and it really wasn't its fault.  I got into my Acura TSX and tried to turn the key and couldn't.  I tried again, still nothing.  * insert swearing and colorful language*  Finally I give up and call Acura's road side assistance and the nice woman tells me to jerk my wheel.  I'm puzzled by this since it seems, to be honest, like a stupid and pointless thing.  Sure enough, I jerk it (hehe), and the key turned again.  Turning the key took way more effort than normal but it worked.  And turning it on and off again a few times verified that it wasn't going to lock up again.

Now for some new reader, I haven't owned a car for over 8 years.  I drove only when I was at my parent's house or needed to borrow a car which was extremely rare due to living in Chicago.  Moving to St. Louis and getting my job at Microsoft required me to start burning fossil fuels so I finally ponied up and got a car.  While I like my car, I'd go back to riding the El and Taxis in a second, it saved so much money and was rather effective at getting around with time to read.