Long ago, I unlocked the wrong VW Rabbit, and was briefly surprised when I couldn't start it. More recently (last dozen or so years) the NY Times Sunday Magazin

Long ago, I unlocked the wrong VW Rabbit, and was briefly surprised when I couldn't start it. More recently (last dozen or so years) the NY Times Sunday Magazine had a short piece, something like "Dude, Where's Your Car", about a woman actually driving off with the wrong car, and having to arrange its return to the owner.