Re: [DMCForum] Re: Dude, where's my key? Was: What was I thinking?
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [DMCForum] Re: Dude, where's my key? Was: What was I thinking?



20 minutes? let me find a brick...

MichaelRPack1@xxxxxx wrote:

>I can help you get in the car in 20 minutes.
>
>Sincerely,
>Mike Pack
>Severna Park
>
>"cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Word is, you can get a lock smith to pull the piece out. They have 
>>tools that can hold the tumblers out of the way to pull the piece out.
>>
>>If it -can't- be done, I'll replace the ignition switch, be 2 key for 
>>a while, then replace the door cylinders. Or something.
>>
>>Rich
>>
>>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland
lt;ihaveanaccount@xxxxxx; 
>>wrote:
>>gt; I don't see how a new key will help that much...
>>gt; 
>>gt; If you have the 1 key system, you'll at least get a door key, but 
>>unless
>>gt; you cut the same key in half, you won't have the ignition key.
>>gt; 
>>gt; Wouldn't it be funny to quot;convertquot; your car to a 2 key
system?nbsp; 1 
>>key to
>>gt; open the door, and the same key cut in half for the ignition?nbsp;
Hmmm.
>>gt; Getting inside that ignition is probably really going to be a pain 
>>huh.
>>gt; 
>>gt; Jim
>>gt; 
>>gt; 
>>gt; On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:13:00 -0000 quot;cruznmdquot;
lt;racuti1@xxxxxx;
>>gt; writes:
>>gt; gt; I did not lock any working keys in my car. I lost my one working

>>key.
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; When I first bought the car, I knew nothing of DeLoreans. The PO

>>gt; gt; handed me one stubby key. It did not unlock the doors but it did

>>gt; gt; start the car. I asked her if she had a door key and she 
>>said quot;noquot;. 
>>gt; gt; I 
>>gt; gt; drove away assuming I was missing a door key and that DeLoreans 
>>just 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; had wierd, short, ignition keys. The door handles were both 
>>broken 
>>gt; gt; off, so I had to leave a window rolled down anyway.
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; Fast forward 3 months. I've replaced the door handles and now 
>>I've 
>>gt; gt; discovered that the stubby key is a broken key, and the rest of 
>>it 
>>gt; gt; is 
>>gt; gt; lodged in the ignition switch. The broken key had been filed 
>>smooth 
>>gt; gt; so that it doesn't look broken.
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; Ken Creason told me how to find the key code on my car. He cut
me 
>>gt; gt; one, mailed it to me and advised me to get copies made (which 
>>I've 
>>gt; gt; been trying to do locally). I have 2 brand-new blanks locked in 
>>my 
>>gt; gt; car.
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; I lost my only working key, probably in Florida, in my uncle's 
>>yard. 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; He says he can't find it. This is why I don't care if I can 
>>safely 
>>gt; gt; break into the car. I still need a key cut to drive it. It's in 
>>the 
>>gt; gt; mail (hopefully).
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; Hope that clears it up.
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; Rich
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, quot;Scott Muellerquot; 
>>gt; gt; lt;scott.a.mueller@xxxxxx; wrote:
>>gt; gt; gt; I missed how you locked your keys in your car.
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; Refresh my memory.
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; Scott
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; -----Original Message-----
>>gt; gt; gt; From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx] 
>>gt; gt; gt; Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 6:32 PM
>>gt; gt; gt; To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>gt; gt; gt; Subject: [DMCForum] What was I thinking? (Mostly on topic)
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; Now tell me again, -why- I bought a basket-case DeLorean?
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; Was it because it was cheaper? Uh...partly but that wasn't 
>>totally 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; it. Was
>>gt; gt; gt; it because I was bored? Hm...sort of but I never was so
bored I 
>>gt; gt; gt; wanted my hobby to make me scream in frustration.
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; Oh yeah! I remember now. I remember thinking, quot;If we
only buy 
>>the 
>>gt; gt; gt; bestest, nicesest cars the population will eventually
dwindle 
>>to 
>>gt; gt; gt; nothing. This means if I care about the lifespan of the
marque, 
>>I 
>>gt; gt; gt; should find one in an advanced state of decay and put it
back 
>>gt; gt; gt; together.
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; This wasn't a dumb line of reasoning was it? If people
didn't 
>>gt; gt; think 
>>gt; gt; gt; this way, we'd have no original condition Ford Model A's or
T's 
>>gt; gt; right?
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; gt; Rich A.
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt;nbsp; 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; Yahoo! Groups Links
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; To visit your group on the web, go to:
>>gt; gt;nbsp; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>>gt; gt;nbsp; DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
>>gt; gt;nbsp; http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; gt; 
>>gt; 
>>gt; 
>>gt; ________________________________________________________________
>>gt; The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
>>gt; Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
>>gt; Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
>>
>>
>>
>>   *Yahoo! Groups Sponsor*
>>
>>   
>>   ADVERTISEMENT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------*Yahoo! Groups Links*
>>        To visit your group on the web, go to:
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/
>>nbsp;          To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>>DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>nbsp;          Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms
of Service. 
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
> 
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/
>
>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>



  _____  

Yahoo! Groups Links


*	To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/
  

*	To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe> 
  

*	Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . 


<<attachment: winmail.dat>>



Home Back to the Home of PROJECT VIXEN 


Copyright ProjectVixen.com. All rights reserved.

Opinions expressed in posts reflect the views of their respective authors.
DMCForum Mailing List Archive  DMCNews Mailing List Archive  DMC-UK Mailing List Archive

This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated