Locked Keys in Car...
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Originally Posted by mikes99corvette
Go to your local dealer with your VIN number and proof that you own the car and they will cut you a set......lot less than a locksmith!
He got in already. It took him 20 sec with a coat hanger. You must of not read his last post
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Originally Posted by Sponge Vette
He got in already. It took him 20 sec with a coat hanger. You must of not read his last post
As I read through the posts I was thinking of doing the same thing. It's amazing how many threads accumulate tons of useless posts that say the same thing over and over because folks don't take the time to read the posts. I guess one can accumulate more stars that way 
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Originally Posted by mikes99corvette
Go to your local dealer with your VIN number and proof that you own the car and they will cut you a set......lot less than a locksmith!
The machines at a dealership are usually outdated and not maintained, hence a poor cut.
Actually a wedge of wood or plastic, between the window and the weatherstripping, and a piece of 1/8 in brake line works wonders on power locks.
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Originally Posted by repo
Not true, and you will be lucky if it works. For years, I got keys cut for free from all the dealers as they all know me and my business. Problem was, its not their specialty, and the keys worked maybe 50% of the time. I now pay for them at a locksmith, and have a 99% work rate.
The machines at a dealership are usually outdated and not maintained, hence a poor cut.
Actually a wedge of wood or plastic, between the window and the weatherstripping, and a piece of 1/8 in brake line works wonders on power locks.
The machines at a dealership are usually outdated and not maintained, hence a poor cut.
Actually a wedge of wood or plastic, between the window and the weatherstripping, and a piece of 1/8 in brake line works wonders on power locks.
I guess I'm lucky then because when I took my vin # in the Chevy dealer cut keys in a computerized maching and they worked perfect...I guess lots of dealers still use the old machines
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Originally Posted by Yello95
I guess I'm lucky then because when I took my vin # in the Chevy dealer cut keys in a computerized maching and they worked perfect...I guess lots of dealers still use the old machines
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Originally Posted by eddie44
Hey Zilla, I locked mine in with the engine running. Does that rate an emblem? 
No it doesn't rate for an emblem but I am willing to send you some yarn to tie to your belt loop and to your keys. When I was a kid many of the other kids had yarn attached to their mittens then looped through my jacket so they wouldn't loose them.
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Originally Posted by Zilla
No it doesn't rate for an emblem but I am willing to send you some yarn to tie to your belt loop and to your keys. When I was a kid many of the other kids had yarn attached to their mittens then looped through my jacket so they wouldn't loose them.
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Originally Posted by Zilla
No it doesn't rate for an emblem but I am willing to send you some yarn to tie to your belt loop and to your keys. When I was a kid many of the other kids had yarn attached to their mittens then looped through my jacket so they wouldn't loose them.
Those are, "idiot mittens". When you pull on the left one, the kid smacks himself in the face with the right!
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Originally Posted by JACKAL0PE
You do know what you call those mittens, don't you?
Those are, "idiot mittens". When you pull on the left one, the kid smacks himself in the face with the right!
Those are, "idiot mittens". When you pull on the left one, the kid smacks himself in the face with the right!
Yes but i was being nice. I always make reference to an idiot string when people loose things. "Why don't you put an idiot string on it"
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Originally Posted by JACKAL0PE
How the hell do you lock the keys in the car?
LOL just to appease the crowd i'll explain...
I had just finished a 36hr poker session so i wasn't exactly thinking as clearly as usual. And low and behold, i had no more than pulled in the driveway and turned off the car when i got a call on my cell. So what do i do, i grab my phone and step out of the car with my jacket....Keys still in ignition!!...and hit the lock button on the drivers side panel as i close the door.
Now i had gotten into the habbit of hitting the lock button since my battery died in the remote entry a few days ago.
SOOOOOOOOO there ya go....it was on Xmas day to beat all too lol
