Lost an only car key?

JTrickle · 18 Dec 2006 at 11:25

Stonedofmoo said:
It costs £4 to make a basic key which would open the locks and stop the AA having to break in.

Theres your answer then. I never thought of that

BigT · 18 Dec 2006 at 11:36

Stonedofmoo said:
It costs £4 to make a basic key

Lucky you. Costs me three figures to get one cut for mine.

JTrickle · 18 Dec 2006 at 11:52

BigT said:
Lucky you. Costs me three figures to get one cut for mine.

Hes saying just get the key cut not the immobiliser. Just so you can get the door open even if the alarms going off.

Mickey_D · 18 Dec 2006 at 12:04

Firestar_3x said:
I think its an american car perhaps the Cadillac, the handbrake release and the bonnet release are side by side, stunning design

Pull up to junction, handbrake on, about to pull away, bonnet opens

That's most V-8 automatic RWD American cars, inluding my truck.

Hence why it's called a parking brake and not a handbrake, expecially since it is foot-operated...

Firestar_3x · 18 Dec 2006 at 12:33

Mickey_D said:
That's most V-8 automatic RWD American cars, inluding my truck.

Hence why it's called a parking brake and not a handbrake, expecially since it is foot-operated...

Backward Americans

BigT · 18 Dec 2006 at 12:57

JTrickle said:
Hes saying just get the key cut not the immobiliser. Just so you can get the door open even if the alarms going off.

Sadly my alarms go off if I use the mechanical lock mechanism as well. They'll only then disable once you put the fancy bit of the key in the ignition. So no going into my car without the fancy £100 key I'm afraid. No point otherwise. What do I want to get into an imobilised vehicle with alarms going off left right and centre that are going to cost me more money when the battery runs flat.

Stonedofmoo · 18 Dec 2006 at 13:01

So you would still choose to have someone break into your car and potentially damage it rather than get into it with an alarm going off?

At least once your in it you can pop the hood and disconnect the battery, sooner or later the alarm would stop.

Madness :confused:

BigT · 18 Dec 2006 at 13:11

Stonedofmoo said:
So you would still choose to have someone break into your car and potentially damage it rather than get into it with an alarm going off?:

Well naturally I do have a proper spare, but to answer your question. No, I'd rather leave it where it is, go down to my dealership, get them to order me one to be delivered the next day and go back and drive it home.

Stonedofmoo said:
At least once your in it you can pop the hood and disconnect the battery, sooner or later the alarm would stop.

I'd love to be able to do that but my battery is in the boot which will only open from the remote central locking or the electrical release switch in the cabin. That switch won't work without the alarms disabled by the remote key fob or key in ignition as described before. I'm sure it can be done via the fuse box in the engine bay but beyond my knowledge. It is all a right pain in the butt. You don't want to know how much hassle it was for me when the battery ran flat with the car locked. My car drains a stupid amount of current when its stationary and locked - I dread leving it for more than two weeks in the airport car park - and it takes the equipment to jump start lorries to get it going again.

Anyway, not relevant to most cars so just make sure you have a spare.

Enfield · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:08

Mickey_D said:
See, that's the best thing about driving what I do. Who in thier right mind would steal this?

You clearly haven't been to Liverpool.

K.C. Leblanc · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:18

noob said:
lol mickey where I live trust me, they would steal that.

I know three people who have had their cars stolen by joy riders.

One owned a Diesel Montego

One owned a Reliant Robin

One owned a Vauxhall Vectra