A few weeks ago, I was in Los Angeles getting ready to walk into Universal Studios. As I got out of the car, I quickly grabbed my iPhone and sent an email. My son asked what I was doing, so I explained that I sent myself an email with our parking location — which I still remember (it was Curious George 1Q). He then went on to ask why??? Because son, the lot is huge and I just wanted to make sure I knew where we had parked. Funny, 6 hours later I was meeting my college roommate and his kids for dinner… and he ACTUALLY LOST HIS CAR! Yes, he couldn’t remember where he had parked in Venice Beach!!! After walking around, he asked a policeman for assistance, and luckily, they found it.
We have all lost our car (right?). Whether it was at a stadium, beach, mall, track, high school football game…wherever it was, most, if not all have forgotten where they have parked.
The question is — what do you do to remind yourself?
- Do you email or text yourself the location?
- Do you find a nearby landmark where you are parked?
- When was the last time you forgot where you parked, and how long did it take you to find your car?
I look forward to reading your comments.
Ileen Branderbt says:
Not to be flip but “there is an app for that.”
Merrill Dubrow says:
Ileen,
I should have thought that was the case – thanks I am sure others didn’t know that as well.
Merrill
sarah younk says:
I take a photo with my phone of location. But I forget even grocery shopping.
jennifer says:
I lose my car pretty regularly. If I’m going to the mall, I always park outside Belk, or if I’m going to Concord Mills, I always park in “Area 6”. Otherwise, I just wander around hitting my remote until I hear the beep. I like the idea of texting myself the location, assuming I remembered to charge my cell phone 🙁
Will Morris says:
In large unfamiliar parking lots, I take a picture of my car with the identifying section numbers and a familiar landmark if in a surface lot. If in a multi-level parking garage I take a picture of the section number and the relationship to the elevator.
My most memorable lost car experience was at the Southwest Conference Basketball Tournament in Houston in the 1980’s. Arkansas won and we partied pretty seriously. My friend and I walked every level looking for my car, which was troublesome because there were no other cars on the garage by that time. A security guard in a golf cart located it for us. It was parked in a faraway corner behind a series of columns.
I think there is actually an APP for finding your car or pin pointing it on a map.
Brian Dizon says:
I use an app for Android called ParkDroid. It’s free and extremely accurate. Just follow the arrow!
For multilevel parking garages, I take a picture!
Brian Dizon says:
I use an app for Android called ParkDroid. It’s free and extremely accurate. Just follow the arrow
For multilevel parking garages, I take a picture!
marc rentzer says:
I use an app since I park on the street and have my car in a different spot every day. It’s called My Car Locator.