Yesterday I was instructed to take Mrs H to the next village so she could do some food shopping and post a parcel. We arrived at the shop and, out of idleness, and knowing that I would be staying with the car, I parked up halfway across someone's gate.
Mrs H then opened the car door into the path of the only pedestrian for miles, and exited arkwardly to make an apology. She also took the seat belt with her, trapping it and the buckle as she shut the door. Leaving the keys in the ignition and muttering under my breath, I got out to walk round to the passenger side to see if there was any damage. As my door closed I heard the car lock itself. Curses! As Mrs H is yet to drive the Jaguar, the spare key was at home, 1½ miles away.
A mate lives in the same village and Mrs H's car is in the garage, also in the same village but, to preserve social distance, we decided to walk home and retrieve the spare key.
That's it. Feel free to chastise me for parking across someone's gate, for leaving my keys in the ignition and anything else you can think of. But I would like anyone to speculate how the car locked itself. It has no history of electrical gremlins and the battery has been on maintenance charge for a couple of weeks.
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