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It sounds an absolutely barmy feature. If I were a 16-year old yob looking for some harmless fun I'd be out now locking people's keys in their cars at petrol stations. Thanks to this thread I now know which cars to try it on.
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If I were a 16-year old yob looking for some harmless fun I'd be out now locking people's keys in their cars at petrol stations.
You seriously leave your keys in the car when your in the petrol station? I'm sure your insurance company would have something to say about that!
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Losing a key (or getting locked out) is the easiest breakdown to have. I have, and always carry, a spare key. Why on earth does the van driver not have a spare?
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Because Ford charge £150 for another key.
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Adam - Bitter because the exact same thing happened to him.
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Surely that's still cheaper than the alternative, especially for a commercial vehicle. What is the cost per hour 0of collapsed deliveries or failure to appear on a job?
How many keys do Ford upply with the new vehicle?
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£70 to get into a car with no damage.
I had a Fiesta with only one key. Was going to get a key until I found the price of one and thought "It'll never happen to me".
It did.
Funny story. I'll tell it on here sometime.
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"Funny story. I'll tell it on here sometime."
cant beat the time I dropped my keys to the capri down the drain in the high st. Visit to the toyshop for a magnet and some kite string, and i was fishing in front of astonished shoppers.
Worked tho.
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A good solution would be to just remember the key code, it's only 6 digits after all; or
- write it in indelible ink somewhere, such as under the sill.
- have autoglass etch it into the windscreen.
- buy a set of number plates with the code at the bottom
Any Ford dealer or competant key-cutting firm should be able to make a key up then, whereever you are in the country.
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Locked the keys to my DB7 in the boot at Le Mans on the Saturday morning of the race. Thought I would have to break in or wait till Monday for help.
Everyone mucked in too help and went around the campsite asking Ford owners whether they could borrow their keys. I though everyone was barmy, but no, a Ford Escort key opened the boot with ease, but oddly would not open the car door locks or start the car.
The key was of the more complex (!) Ford type.
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Well, there's "only" 4^6 or 4096 key combinations, so it's possible you got a match, or close + worn lock.
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They are all hired so we dont get the spare keys - shame because we do have a habit of loosing them. Managed to get in eventually, thanks to the RAC!!
I remember a few years back someone who managed to get into someone elses car and its only when they noticed a child seat in the back they realised it wasnt their car - but their keys worked.
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>> If I were a 16-year >> old yob looking for some harmless fun I'd be out now >> locking people's keys in their cars at petrol stations. You seriously leave your keys in the car when your in the petrol station? I'm sure your insurance company would have something to say about that!
Or even when filling the car up? My own car needs the keys to unlock the filler cap, but I don't know anyone who leaves their keys in the ignition while they get out to fill the tank. Plain stupid.
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>> >> You seriously leave your keys in the car when your in >> the petrol station? I'm sure your insurance company would have something >> to say about that!
Lot's of people do, at filling stations and when nipping into a shop. I don't, but I was just pointing out the potential for pranksters to take advantage.
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They do indeed. A guy here came out of the shop to find his BMW missing, and his insurers have told him to get lost. He's £26,000 down.
It's the 'it'll never happen to me' philosophy. Don't just take the key out, lock it as well.
As I type this, I'm looking out of an upstairs window. On the other side of the road is an 05-plate Focus Estate taxi. It is parked at the roadside, driver's door wide open, engine running and driver out of sight. Must dash, I'm about to take delivery of a new Focus -- I think.
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The subject of car keys brought back a memory or two of when the Vulcan, Victor and Canberra were the frontline defence of the realm. All their cockpit doors used an ordinary 1960's car key and it was very easy for we fitters to drop down to the local key shop and buy a master, they were quite used to it.
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LAndrover Defenders seem pretty interchangeable with the door locks.
Our M reg 90 and P reg 110 can be locked and unlocked with each others keys, but will only start with the correct key.
Maybe this is why insurers seem so keen to add cat 1 alarms on defenders.
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I have been offered a stunning 1983 V8 Range Rover - about 50k mileage, pristine condition, only 2.5k - a lovely vehicle that i would buy... were it not that my previous experience of early 80s cars in this area was that the local scum were more adept at getting into the cars than I was!
Anybody interested in the Range Rover let me know! I'd love to see it go to a good home.
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My mates C reg 90 can be started with a 20p piece!
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