Hide a key?
Le Mans Master
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Train a new fob, remove the battery and tape it to the outside of the fob (so the car won't 'see' the spare fob), and hide it inside the car for emergency use. Keep a spare key (with the plastic cut off) in your wallet.
Problem solved!
Safety Car
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From: Dalllas/Ft Worth Area TX
Taking the fob battery out will not lose anything. The moment you put the fob battery back in, all is well, and no memory needs to be reset.
Train a new fob, remove the battery and tape it to the outside of the fob (so the car won't 'see' the spare fob), and hide it inside the car for emergency use. Keep a spare key (with the plastic cut off) in your wallet.
Problem solved!
Train a new fob, remove the battery and tape it to the outside of the fob (so the car won't 'see' the spare fob), and hide it inside the car for emergency use. Keep a spare key (with the plastic cut off) in your wallet.
Problem solved!
Le Mans Master
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If ever there was a subject that shouldn't be discussed in public, this is it.
That reminds me: I'm trying to come up with a good password for my online bank account. Which one are you using?
That reminds me: I'm trying to come up with a good password for my online bank account. Which one are you using?
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Very easy-
Your local locksmith probably stocks these-
http://www.amazon.com/Key-Pouch-Hide.../dp/B000KFSZ0C
No rattle either!
Your local locksmith probably stocks these-
http://www.amazon.com/Key-Pouch-Hide.../dp/B000KFSZ0C
No rattle either!
Le Mans Master
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From: Las Vegas NV
Cheers,
Kent
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.......and if your wallet is lost or stolen whoever finds it will have your address from your driver's license and know exactly where they can find your car........., and simply drive it away. Oh..., that's right, you keep it in a garage all the time....., well then they'll follow you to work or dinner or wherever some day and drive off when you least expect it. Keep a spare key in your pocket....., not in your wallet nor on the car.
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Safety Car
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Can't you see yourself in the dark of nite fumbling in dark to put the battery in FOB and hoping you don't drop it on the ground. There is a better way! What happens if you lose that key you are carrying in the mountains for example. What would happen if you lost it all or it was stolen out of your pocket. What would do if your locker was broken into and your pants are stolen. Think about it!
Le Mans Master
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Grind off the black plastic end and put it in a wallet key sleve and in your wallet.
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the best place was posted up here before.
they got a new copy of a key that was all metal, no plastic. drilled out hole so that a license plate bolt would fit through it, cut the slot in the bolt a bit wider to accept a nickel or quarter and then put the key behind the license plate.
then if you're ever stuck just find some change and unscrew it.
they got a new copy of a key that was all metal, no plastic. drilled out hole so that a license plate bolt would fit through it, cut the slot in the bolt a bit wider to accept a nickel or quarter and then put the key behind the license plate.
then if you're ever stuck just find some change and unscrew it.
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What IF you drop the screw and the tag swings down and or your screw driver slips leaves a big scratch in your paint?
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St. Jude Donor '17
Le Mans Master
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You can start and drive the car and leave the metal key at home (or not even have one at all), so what would the purpose of a chip be in this case, right?
I've cut off a few myself... there's nothing in there.
Cheers,
Kent
Last edited by Kent1999; Sep 8, 2008 at 06:20 PM.
