RANT

[ScaryVoodooGirl]

So last night/this morning around 2 am I start thinking (for some reason unbeknownst to me) about the keys for the car. I only have one. It works in the ignition. So I get changed, throw on some shoes and go out to the back garage...it fits in the doors (and from reading what I could find on the interwebs it should work for them) but doesn't unlock...so that means the locking thingermajigs need replacing, no big. BUT! I don't have the key (or haven't been able to find it in my searches through the boxes of stuff in the trunk/where the back seat should be) for the trunk or glovebox. Which means those also need to be ordered.

WHY THE uh...heck....ARE 2 KEYS AND THREE LOCKER THINGERS AND SUCH SO DAMN EXPENSIVE?! JESUS.

end rant.

 

[donsrods]

If it is newer car they have chips imbedded in them and the car won't run without it being there. I wanted a spare for mine and it was $80. I tried various locksmiths and had to go back to the dealer.

Progress.

Don

 

[ScaryVoodooGirl]

yeah my friend lost her key to her car (it was one of those fancy switchblade style ones) and it's going to cost her nearly $400 to replace it or something insane like that.
about 60 for the actual key piece, 150 for the housing, and 160 for the programming...whoa!
I guess $150 ish for 3 locks and two NOS keys isn't *too* bad

 

[Sam_Fear]

Not sure, but if you pull one of the locks, a local locksmith might be able to make a new key? Call and ask.

 

[ScaryVoodooGirl]

there's got to be a key for the trunk/fuel cap thing around here somewhere...because the cap is new (so I'm assuming the guy threw the key in the box somewhere)...the glovebox, I'm not *overly* worried about. Don't know if much will be in there if anything...it's all little stuff and not really needed right now, but I was kinda shocked at how pricey the units are. I'll call around locksmiths too and check! I know I can get blank "comet" keys for pretty cheap online, it'd be nice to have the "c" keys I think.

 

[choppintops]

If you had my model T, you would only need 1 key

 

[Willowbilly3]

Well, you could have an old 60s style key that fit everything and even a dummy could steal your car in 30 seconds.
I've had locksmiths duplicate the encoded keys before, if they are up to date on that stuff. They have a computer program that helps. First key $65 and all others like it $30 per.

 

[martyf]

If you had my model T, you would only need 1 key

My model A wont have any keys, push button start, and a hidden kill switch

 

[ScaryVoodooGirl]

If you had my model T, you would only need 1 key

if I had your model T I'd be too busy driving to be searching for a stupid key for the Comet.