Too many car keys, help AAA.
I am borrowing a car from my mother-in-law to “test” drive it for a week to see what kind of gas mileage it gets and to see how it feels to me. Well last night I went to her house to pick it up and she handed me a set of keys.
I put a key on my key chain and drove the car home. I had an uneventful drive in to work. The ‘fun’ started when I went to get back into the car to leave and get gas and the key wouldn’t open the door! Now I admit, I have only driven Toyota’s and Honda’s my adult life and this was my first Buick. I always thought that one key should do it all.
Well I don’t know if they still do it, but GM has one key that only starts the car and one key that only opens the door. Guess which key I didn’t have? So after bad mouthing GM vehicles for this so called added security on their cars, I realized I was stuck at work. Now I could call my wife to drive 30 miles with the door key, but that seemed like a waste of gas and time.
I had a temporary membership card that was sent to me from AAA. So I decided to give them a try and within an hour the tow truck was here.
The nice man quickly got out a piece of equipment that looked like an elaborate coat hanger. He giggled and within seconds had the door open.
It’s scary how easy it is to “break” into a car if you know what you are doing. Well I rolled down my windows so I couldn’t accidentally lock myself back out of the car; and when I get home, I will put the other key on my key chain. I will also seriously consider joining AAA, because they saved the day.
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Oh Bill. I’m so glad you were able to get in. There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to go somewhere and you’re locked out of your car! OK, maybe there is something worse, but you know what I’m talking about.
No, but it was bent around like something you would do to a coathanger. It was about 1/4″ thick wire metal wire.
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too funny…is that a coat hanger he’s using?