Triumph!!!

Honda has this "anti-theft" (more about that issue later) feature on it's car stereos that disables them after the power has been cut, whether by someone leaving the lights on all night (oops), someone stealing it, or getting a battery change. You can turn the stereo back on only after entering a unique 5 digit code. You have 10 tries, then you have to leave the stereo on for one hour before it will reset and let you enter another code. I left the lights on probably 2 months ago. The code is supposed to be given to you when you get the car from the dealer on a little card. Needless to say, this card is nowhere and Honda doesn't keep a database of the codes and VINs. You have to have the serial # off the back of the car stereo to call and get the code (which brings me to the "anti-theft" issue--if someone stole your stereo, couldn't they just get the serial number off the back and call and get the code??? I think it would be easier to for a thief to get the code than it was for me). So I called the dealership that my minivan was originally purchased from and they said that I could bring it in, and for $100 they would pull the stereo and get the serial #. Seriously??? For $100 I could buy a new stereo and have it installed. The friendly man did tell me that sometimes the dealership will put a sticker in the glove box with the code on it. I searched the glove box, cup holders, ash tray, everywhere and came up with nothing, so we gave up and have been driving around for 2 months with nothing but our thoughts to keep us company--BORING! So, the point of the story is I finally googled it today and learned of some more incredibly random spots that these stickers are found and I found our code!!! It is great to have some music again!!! That was the highlight of my day, and quite possibly my week. It's like a whole new car. God bless Google.