Locked car and house key in boot

Catbells

kevin0410 wrote: »

finally!! someone had said it!!!

Easier said than done! I mentioned earlier that I've got 40+ boxes here after moving house stacked up three on top of the other so the key must be there somewhere. We've searched the main boxes and the rooms we are living in (3 in all + kitchen) and its just vanished.

Catbells

vaio wrote: »

New key? thought the old key was in the boot?

You're right the old key was in the boot but I think I might need to have a spare one cut as I can't find it. Thats what caused all this in the first place - loss of duplicate second key. But..........

Halleluja - Just had an Auto locksmith out and he's opened the boot and retrieved the keys so no drilling no smashed windows and total cost of £94.

davemorton

Catbells wrote: »

You're right the old key was in the boot but I think I might need to have a spare one cut as I can't find it. Thats what caused all this in the first place - loss of duplicate second key. .

If you were going to order another key anyway, why did you not just order that and save the locksmiths fee's as they dont need your original key to cut a new one.
On a side note, you will find getting a spare key from another source a lot cheaper than buying one from a main stealers.

anewman

Catbells wrote: »

Halleluja - Just had an Auto locksmith out and he's opened the boot and retrieved the keys so no drilling no smashed windows and total cost of £94.

Probably would have made more sense to get a new key cut then and have another spare ready for other such incidents

SailorSam

What you need to do now is tie a piece of string to the keys and keep them around your neck.

Wig

Catbells wrote: »

I don't look at my car as a piece of crud at all. I look after it best I can and hope it may last another 10 years.

There's lots of reliable crud on the roads, as long as it's maintained well it will last a long time. IMHO people put too much importance on how a car looks. A car is a tool, to get from A to B. It doesn't matter if there is a scratch or a dent on it. Or if you put a blue wing/door from a scrap yard onto a red car.

People with old cars generally keep them until the car dies (as you said you intend to) so there is no point worrying about dents or wrong colour doors etc.

I used to own a taxi and I remember having just bought my latest replacement I was talking to friend on the rank, and I must have said something about how I wanted it to stay pristine. and he replied 'Yeah but at the end of the day it's just a taxi' and he was right. It's not right to put too much weight on how it looks. Taxi's are maintained in tip top mechanical condition, but bodywork repairs are done cheaply and effectively, to do more is a waste of money. I apply the same logic to a family car, I have no intention on selling them so who cares what they look like.


I have some foreign neighbours (overseas students) and they buy £300 cars and when they get a bashed wing or door, they must be bad drivers because they always end up with a bash after a few weeks , They ask me about getting it repaired. I am forever telling them it's a waste of money, you'll pay over £150 to repair this on a car worth £300 and then you'll bash it again. I show them the scrap yards where they can pick up spare headlamps etc for a tenner. And I bash out the dents with a hammer for them, splash of paint, and it's good to pass an MOT and will last another ten years.

An old car is just a workhorse at the end of the day.

Meatballs

I locked car keys in boot once.

The RAC guy came with some wedges and an inflatable bladder to pry the front door open less than a cm at the top. Then used a big long steel hook to fish down and pull up my boot release.

Bent the door back into shape afterwards, and didn't get any rain leaks so was very happy

Catbells

davemorton wrote: »

If you were going to order another key anyway, why did you not just order that and save the locksmiths fee's as they dont need your original key to cut a new one.
On a side note, you will find getting a spare key from another source a lot cheaper than buying one from a main stealers.

Yeah I realise this but it won't be able to remote-open the car.

Catbells

SailorSam wrote: »

What you need to do now is tie a piece of string to the keys and keep them around your neck.

Was thinking exactly the same thing myself.

Catbells

anewman wrote: »

Probably would have made more sense to get a new key cut then and have another spare ready for other such incidents

Would have newman but didn't expect this to happen - who does. Will need to get a new one in case it does again.