"Tony Hwang" <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hey,
> Easy on him. That Honda may be his asset no. 1.
> I couldn'care less for a 11 year old car.
> Changing key/locks on doors may cost more than the value of car, LOL!

In a way, you're both right.

If I'd just had it nicked by a stranger I'd not be bothered about the lost
key
at all, but there's a strong possibility that this person works on the same
site
as me, and if they're prepared to nick my bag then they might well go back
to my car for more. I don't want to never be able to leave anything
valuable
in my car.

I was surprised to find that my local Honda service department were open
this morning, so I asked about possibilities. Top-end is replacement of the
whole system including all lock cylinders, keys, and the immobiliser unit
all
for £1000, which is more than double what the car is worth! Bottom end
of what they could offer would be to change just the door and tailgate locks
with non-coded keys so that I would have one key to open the doors and
one to start the car. This way if someone does have the key they can't get
in without breaking in, but they still wanted £300 just for that!

My car is only worth about £400 but to replace it with something similar
would cost me a lot more, and I wouldn't know what I was getting - I know
my car because I've kept it serviced and looked after it well, and that has
a lot of value in my book.

My current plan? I'm going for disabling the passenger and boot locks
(with a screwdriver), and I'll try and pick up a drivers door lock cylinder
and matching key so I can replace that cylinder. I hopefully should be able
to do the whole lot for less than £50.

If anyone has any better ideas I'd happily hear them!

Al