This is an interesting comment.splatterdog wrote:"...and a key that costs as much as either of my last 2 terc's just to crank the starter! How do you think these cars will be doing when they are 20+ years old?"
My son-in-law just got a basic 3-series BMW. He inquired as to securing an extra key - it would be $200 ! ! ! He was also told that there is NO way to have a cheapie "emergency" key made for this or any other car with a similar key, because of safeguards built into the key/its recognition system.
Now granted, he is not too concerned about someone 10-15+ years from now being inconvenienced about this - but what about all of the MANY cheaper cars whose eventual less-pecunious owners will face similar situations upon loss or wearing-out of the keys?
Gotta keep telling myself "I have it good with Goldie...I have it good with Goldie..."
"Hear that, baby?"
Tom M.
That one you got from me went places that big old pickup truck you saw in my driveway wouldn't even DREAM of attempting. I drove it on back country roads covered in a sheet of glare ice at 65mph with no problem. I buried the front end in a snow drift turning around on my street. There was snow up over the top of the front tires. I just slipped it in 4WD and it backed out like the snow wasn't even there. It rolled up (slowly) over curbs that my truck would strain on and any other lowly car (except an AMC Eagle) would leave pieces behind on.