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"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Nancy Young said:

I learned a lot yesterday, next time something like this happens
to me, I won't be so worried. The good news is I found the spare
key, which will have a couple more spare friends by the end of
today. Thanks a million.

Well, did you try the spare... inquiring minds need to know... did it
go all the way in and start the car or only part way indicating the
broken off piece is in there?

(laugh) Of course I did, I needed to know if it was still in there.
Nope, so it's around here somewhere.

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A hint: having lots of other keys and doodads hanging from your car key
ring is what damages the ignition key and ignition key hole... it's all
that extra weight swinging around while driving... consider keeping
your ignition key on it's own ring/lanyard.

Believe it or not, I knew that. Someone from work years ago asked
me to take her to pick up her car at a garage ... she had so many keys
on her ring, it did damage her ignition.

I only have a bobby whistle by way of a key chain and three door keys,
one of which is obsolete. None fits my front door, now you know I don't
lock my doors when I'm out.

nancy

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(laugh) Of course I did, I needed to know if it was still in there.
Nope, so it's around here somewhere.

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nancy

Were the groceries in the trunk (back of the car if SUV)?

It's possible the rest of the key is still in the back lock.

Dimitri

Nancy Young said:

"Sheldon" wrote

Quoted message said:

Nancy Young said:

I learned a lot yesterday, next time something like this happens
to me, I won't be so worried. The good news is I found the spare
key, which will have a couple more spare friends by the end of
today. Thanks a million.

Well, did you try the spare... inquiring minds need to know... did it
go all the way in and start the car or only part way indicating the
broken off piece is in there?

(laugh) Of course I did, I needed to know if it was still in there.
Nope, so it's around here somewhere.

'Zactly what I figured. Don't worry about that broken off piece, it'll
probably never show up. But be sure to get more spares right away.
I'm so glad you didn't follow the directions to shove bubble gum in
your ignition, imagine... what were they thinking. I keep a secreted
house and car key inconspicuously nailed to a tree out in my woods.

Do you have any idea how many keep that lock de-icer safely stowed
inside their car's glovebox. duh

Sheldon

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Nancy Young said:

"Sheldon" wrote

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Nancy Young wrote:
> I learned a lot yesterday, next time something like this happens
> to me, I won't be so worried. The good news is I found the spare
> key, which will have a couple more spare friends by the end of
> today. Thanks a million.

Well, did you try the spare... inquiring minds need to know... did it
go all the way in and start the car or only part way indicating the
broken off piece is in there?

(laugh) Of course I did, I needed to know if it was still in there.
Nope, so it's around here somewhere.

'Zactly what I figured. Don't worry about that broken off piece, it'll
probably never show up. But be sure to get more spares right away.
I'm so glad you didn't follow the directions to shove bubble gum in
your ignition, imagine... what were they thinking. I keep a secreted
house and car key inconspicuously nailed to a tree out in my woods.

Do you have any idea how many keep that lock de-icer safely stowed
inside their car's glovebox. duh

Sheldon

You know, I had a roommate on Maui, Jimbo, who was a locksmith. You
wouldn't believe the number of customers he had to help whose keys broke off
in the lock. The older cars, he could easily work with, but any newer
vehicles - dang it - you need a whole new ignition. The customer would get
so irate that he couldn't help them. Thing is, he's not a mechanic (I mean,
he actually *was*, but for a locksmith, it wasn't in his job description)
and the new fangled ignitions have computer circuits in them to read
special, practically unduplicatable keys. The vehicle has to go back to the
dealer. So, buyer beware.

kili

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Sheldon said:

your ignition, imagine... what were they thinking. I keep a secreted
house and car key inconspicuously nailed to a tree out in my woods.

Good thing you didn't publish that on the newsgroups. Hard to tell who
reads them.

:-(

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Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

your ignition, imagine... what were they thinking. I keep a secreted
house and car key inconspicuously nailed to a tree out in my woods.

Good thing you didn't publish that on the newsgroups. Hard to tell who
reads them.

:-(

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Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

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Sheldon said:

your ignition key on it's own ring/lanyard. This will also prevent you
from turning every key you own over to your friendly auto mechanic,

Maybe it's a little paranoid, but I *never* hand over my keys when I
have my vehicle serviced. The one key they need comes off the ring.

--
Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

your ignition key on it's own ring/lanyard. This will also prevent you
from turning every key you own over to your friendly auto mechanic,

Maybe it's a little paranoid, but I *never* hand over my keys when I
have my vehicle serviced. The one key they need comes off the ring.

--
Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

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kilikini said:

and the new fangled ignitions have computer circuits in them to read
special, practically unduplicatable keys. The vehicle has to go back to the
dealer. So, buyer beware.

When we bought our last car, it was the bottom of the line cheapo
version. Works fine for us, and there's less to go wrong with it.

I was reading the owner's manual (I'm compulsive about that), and it
talked about those keys. It's been awhile, but I seem to remember that
you could only have three keys! OK, one for me, one for my wife, one
for my son, and oops, what about my daughter? How about a spare? What
if somebody loses theirs? I'm happy that we got plain old keys.

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Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

In article <[email hidden]>,

kilikini said:

and the new fangled ignitions have computer circuits in them to read
special, practically unduplicatable keys. The vehicle has to go back to the
dealer. So, buyer beware.

When we bought our last car, it was the bottom of the line cheapo
version. Works fine for us, and there's less to go wrong with it.

I was reading the owner's manual (I'm compulsive about that), and it
talked about those keys. It's been awhile, but I seem to remember that
you could only have three keys! OK, one for me, one for my wife, one
for my son, and oops, what about my daughter? How about a spare? What
if somebody loses theirs? I'm happy that we got plain old keys.

--
Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

"Dan Abel" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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and the new fangled ignitions have computer circuits in them to read
special, practically unduplicatable keys. The vehicle has to go back to
the
dealer. So, buyer beware.

Quoted message said:

When we bought our last car, it was the bottom of the line cheapo
version. Works fine for us, and there's less to go wrong with it.

I was reading the owner's manual (I'm compulsive about that), and it
talked about those keys. It's been awhile, but I seem to remember that
you could only have three keys! OK, one for me, one for my wife, one
for my son, and oops, what about my daughter? How about a spare? What
if somebody loses theirs? I'm happy that we got plain old keys.

Heh, the other car has those. I haven't set mine up yet, so my key just
opens the door and starts the engine. I mean, how lame is that? If I set
it up it will change my seat, steering wheel, temperature, and drive me to
the supermarket. Okay, just kidding about the last, but it's pretty weird.
I will try my best not to break the key for that car.

Okay, I just looked at it ... the keys don't look all that special, but the
keychain does. I don't think there is any reason I couldn't make another
key, but I only have two of the keychain things with the magic powers.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

nancy

Most likely the key would be in the ignition, not a door lock, as the
ignition would've been the last place the key was used.

A small eyebrow tweezer might extract it, or as others have stated, if
you can get the car to a locksmith-key shop, they might be able to help
you. If the broken key will insert into the ignition, and start the car,
it's almost a sure bet that remainder is in the ignition.

There may be a number stamped on the key, and a dealer can use this
number to make a new key. I'm not sure if the VIN number will be of any
help? It might be. Mark

"Mark D" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Most likely the key would be in the ignition, not a door lock, as the
ignition would've been the last place the key was used.

Thank you, Mark! I did find, to my relief, that the key was
not in the ignition.

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There may be a number stamped on the key, and a dealer can use this
number to make a new key. I'm not sure if the VIN number will be of any
help? It might be. Mark

I know that's true because once all of my car keys were lost for
a particular car. Called the dealer with the vin number, voila,
replacement key.

nancy

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I know that's true because once all of my car keys were lost for
a particular car. Called the dealer with the vin number, voila,
replacement key.

nancy

Hopefully they required proof of ownership from you before they gave you a
replacement key.

Dave

Nancy Young said:

now you know I don't lock my doors when I'm out.

Oh, man you must be out in the sticks. My family locked their doors
in the '60s and we were in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nobody.

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"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Nancy Young said:

now you know I don't lock my doors when I'm out.

Oh, man you must be out in the sticks. My family locked their doors
in the '60s and we were in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nobody.

No, really, I don't. It's just low crime. Knock wood.

nancy

"Hairy" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I know that's true because once all of my car keys were lost for
a particular car. Called the dealer with the vin number, voila,
replacement key.

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Hopefully they required proof of ownership from you before they gave you a
replacement key.

Huh. I assume so, I didn't go in to pick them up. You're right, of course.

nancy

Hairy said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I know that's true because once all of my car keys were lost for
a particular car. Called the dealer with the vin number, voila,
replacement key.

nancy

Hopefully they required proof of ownership from you before they gave you a
replacement key.

Dave

I hate to break this to you, but keys haven't been exclusive for
decades. I remember hyjacking my mother's car by using keys from a
long gone vehicle. Sure, I had to jiggle the key a little in the
ignition - but I could start and drive that car very easily.
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sf <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in
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Nancy Young said:

now you know I don't lock my doors when I'm out.

Oh, man you must be out in the sticks. My family locked their doors
in the '60s and we were in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nobody.

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Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

Keeeerrriiissttt... Not only did we lock every door and window, we had
alarms to set. Didn't make any dif, the thieves still got in... LOL but
they didn't get out. The dogs got 'em cornered. My trusty spaniel, Peanuts
nailed one of them with a huge bite and scared the [censored] out of the thief.
Dad's labs intimidated the rest by sheer size.

Oh, then there was Xmas eve one year. The thieves had me cowering on the
balcony off my bedroom. [censored] took my glasses and then threw them in
the service alley. That's what I get for not going to mass with my family😉

Michael
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Oh, then there was Xmas eve one year. The thieves had me cowering on the
balcony off my bedroom. [censored] took my glasses and then threw them in
the service alley. That's what I get for not going to mass with my

family😉

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Hmmm...now that could have been an "interesting" scene if the robbers were
cute...

:o)

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Greg