Dead Key

[azurelunatic]

Thanks to wiseheron's timely tip, we discovered that it was the key, not the car, that went bad. But by this time, of course, the place where I'd planned on shopping had closed, and we'd already gone shopping elsewhere.

A replacement key for the one that no longer works is going to probably cost too much for the budget, but we'll manage somehow. We always do.

Comments

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

What kind of key is it thats that spendy?

[azurelunatic]

The sort that has the chip that talks to the car's security system to let the car know that it's the real McCoy, and not the copy that the babysitter's boyfriend's brother made at the store while no one was looking.

[kokuten.livejournal.com]

call a local locksmith. If you were up here in the Holy Land, instead of in some $Deity-forsaken non-Alaskan place, I'd tell you to call action locksmithing, and ask them.

If I recall correctly, last time we had to get a chipkey made, it cost approximately 70$. your milage may vary.

good luck!

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Aiyiy. Last time I had to have one done, I went to a dealership. It cost me $36. I would imagine it depends on the dealer and the kind of car, though. *shrug*

[azurelunatic]

I hope it's around that price range, rather than the $200 or so that cRon had to pay for his wife's concrete-embedded keys.

She was overseeing a project that involved pouring concrete, and she was on a platform above the concrete, and for whatever reason (digging through purse or something) the keys fell out, fell on top of the concrete, and sat there, and they could have been retrieved with a long stick ... and then one last splut of concrete came down and sank the keys.

No one was happy.

[azurelunatic]

Thanks.

I'm hoping our mileage varies in the downward direction in pricing. However, that's better than the approximately $200 that my favorite programming teacher quoted for his wife's car's replacement key. (Her key got eaten by fresh concrete).