Ontario woman accidentally steals car for 2 weeks, mistaking it for a rental
The saga began in late June when a woman rented a black Nissan Sentra from Enterprise Rent-A-Car company in Cornwall, Ont., about an hour west of Montreal.
After renting the car, MacKay said the woman drove three or four minutes to the local Walmart where she did some grocery shopping.
"Shortly thereafter she exited, walked over to the area where she had parked her vehicle, saw a shiny black vehicle, hopped in it and drove away," he said.
It turns out the car that she thought was her rental vehicle was actually a 2015 black Infiniti QX50, a hatchback — not the sedan she had originally rented.
Both cars use a key fob, which doesn't require a key to start the car. The owner of the stolen Infiniti, an elderly man, had accidently left his key fob in the vehicle.
This allowed the woman to drive off, completely unaware that it wasn't her rental.
Source and more: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappen...r-2-weeks-mistaking-it-for-a-rental-1.4740610
The saga began in late June when a woman rented a black Nissan Sentra from Enterprise Rent-A-Car company in Cornwall, Ont., about an hour west of Montreal.
After renting the car, MacKay said the woman drove three or four minutes to the local Walmart where she did some grocery shopping.
"Shortly thereafter she exited, walked over to the area where she had parked her vehicle, saw a shiny black vehicle, hopped in it and drove away," he said.
It turns out the car that she thought was her rental vehicle was actually a 2015 black Infiniti QX50, a hatchback — not the sedan she had originally rented.
Both cars use a key fob, which doesn't require a key to start the car. The owner of the stolen Infiniti, an elderly man, had accidently left his key fob in the vehicle.
This allowed the woman to drive off, completely unaware that it wasn't her rental.
Source and more: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappen...r-2-weeks-mistaking-it-for-a-rental-1.4740610
