Lost car keys

[High Voltage]

So for once owning a BMW is a result. Phoned dealership. Need to go in with V5 and two forms of ID and they order the key which will open the car and then give me a sheet with how to program it. It's only £140 for this.

Massive massive ballache as I've got to get home, cancel plans due to having no car, get back out to the Peak District, but compared to what I thought I'd be going through, I'm so happy!

And what have we learnt from this??? you'll be getting a spare key done soon I'm betting

Glad it's got sorted out, so relatively painlessly

 

[UnderOpenSky]

And what have we learnt from this??? you'll be getting a spare key done soon I'm betting

Glad it's got sorted out, so relatively painlessly

Yeah, it's one of the jobs that was on the list, but got put of due to money. Lesson learnt.

It's actually cheaper then I thought, even without losing the only key I had. For BMW are the cheap option!

 

[High Voltage]

I'm of a generation when you could pop into your local motor factors and get a new key cut for next to nothing so when you say "only" £140 for a key, I baulk and swallow hard

The key for my Jaguar cost about £50 and it's got the electronic gubbins and all that, just not keyless i.e. I have to open the lock with the key not just press the unlock button on a remote - might be worth asking your local key cutting shop if they can do it - but my key is basically a Ford key

 

[stuff_it]

For future reference, I find either having a ginormous key ring or tying the key to me somehow helps prevent this type of problem.

 

[Spymaster]

Moral of the story is never buy a car without two keys. If you do, get a spare sorted immediately, even if the fuckers (Alfa) in my case want nearly £400 for one!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

You ever thought about giving up on the whole driving thing and getting a bus pass UnderAnOpenSky?

 

[weltweit]

Hmm, not sure I got a second key with this car, and if I did I have no idea where it is now!

 

[wiskey]

I own two cars which have only one key each... Think I ought to address this!

 

[plurker]

I own two cars which have only one key each... Think I ought to address this!

This, but you can open a lot of ahem 'vintage' cars pretty easily

 

[Spymaster]

I would. The hassle factor of losing your only car key is astronomical

 

[wiskey]

I would. The hassle factor of losing your only car key is astronomical

Any suggestions on places to get copies cut?

 

[weltweit]

A spare for my Vauxhall should be cheap because the car can be locked/unlocked mechanically by the key alone. And it is at the moment because the buttons have long since ceased to function.

 

[dessiato]

A spare for my Vauxhall should be cheap because the car can be locked/unlocked mechanically by the key alone. And it is at the moment because the buttons have long since ceased to function.

Don't believe it! My spare Vauxhall key cost £140 from Timpsons. It was cheaper than going to the dealer's.

 

[weltweit]

Don't believe it! My spare Vauxhall key cost £140 from Timpsons. It was cheaper than going to the dealer's.

Oh, fuck that for a lark!

 

[Spymaster]

Any suggestions on places to get copies cut?

If they're simple keys without an immobiliser fob (i.e. not a flick-fob, and you use the keys to open the doors and start the car) it's straightforward enough. Just go to a key cutting shop. If it's a more complex affair you'll need to go to a main dealer or one of these outfits.

 

[dessiato]

If they're simple keys without an immobiliser fob (i.e. not a flick-fob, and you use the keys to open the doors and start the car) it's straightforward enough. Just go to a key cutting shop. If it's a more complex affair you'll need to go to a main dealer or one of these outfits.

Even keys for opening doors don't always operate the ignition. The key still needs programming to override the immobilizer.

 

[Spymaster]

Even keys for opening doors don't always operate the ignition. The key still needs programming to override the immobilizer.

"If they're simple keys without an immobiliser..."

 

[weltweit]

My car and house keys live in my right hand trouser pocket, all the time!

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I found it.

That's been a stressful weekend. Trying to work out how next week would plan out. Thanks for all the suggestions. I will be buying a spare as soon as I'm next paid!

 

[UnderOpenSky]

You ever thought about giving up on the whole driving thing and getting a bus pass UnderAnOpenSky?

After many years of relatively hassle free motoring, after the last 12 months you may be right. May be thinking even more that way after I've taken it for a service...

 

[wayward bob]

I found it.

\o/

 

[High Voltage]

I found it.

That's been a stressful weekend. Trying to work out how next week would plan out. Thanks for all the suggestions. I will be buying a spare as soon as I'm next paid!

Not that it matters but where did you find it?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Not that it matters but where did you find it?

In a large bag that I emptied and searched multiple times (and thought I'd put them in).

 

[hash tag]

 

[weltweit]

Glad you found them in the end!!

 

[A380]

I found it.

That's been a stressful weekend. Trying to work out how next week would plan out. Thanks for all the suggestions. I will be buying a spare as soon as I'm next paid!

I bet it was in the last place you looked....

 

[flypanam]

I've stupidly used the services of a valet company in Gatwick as I had to get home to Ireland urgently on Friday (A friend is terminal and I wanted to see him before he passes) when I got back last night, I waited for two hours only to be told they couldn't find the car. I call them today, they have the car but lost the keys. Anyone any suggestions as to what I should do now other than use my spare set to get the car out of their shitty clutches? Obviously I have to report this to the cops but I've lost my fob and key, luckily it's a old seat so not a keyless car.

 

[hash tag]

Get the valet company to transport you home and trailor the car.

 

[flypanam]

Get the valet company to transport you home and trailor the car.

Not that type of valet company it seems from the reviews Gatwickvaletparking is rated "Bad" with 1.1 / 5 on Trustpilot

 

[hash tag]

Do you have a Recovery company ..AA/RAC etc.