Honda Car Forum

"Howard Lester" (heylester@dakotacom.net) writes:
> "Tegger" wrote
>
>> Since I disabled my "key in" warning chime (13 years ago) I have not
>> locked
>> myself out once. Did it three times prior to that.
>>
>> When you have no net, you learn to hang on tight to the trapeze.
>
> :-)
>
> I carry two keys at all times: one is the "remote" key on its own fob; the
> other is the valet key, which is kept on the ring with the house keys. Can't
> miss that way.
>
>
I do the same thing. The electric door locks are too easy to lock
unintentionally.
Dan

"Dan Beaton" wrote

>> I carry two keys at all times: one is the "remote" key on its own fob;
>> the
>> other is the valet key, which is kept on the ring with the house keys.
>> Can't
>> miss that way.

> I do the same thing. The electric door locks are too easy to lock
> unintentionally.
> Dan

Exactly. Another advantage of using the remote key separately is that its
plastic key fob has virtually no weight, and therefore won't potentially
damage the lock's cylinder over time.

On Jul 3, 4:44 pm, techman41...@yahoo.com wrote:
> As a measure of security, I like to keep a spare key mounted and
> hidden under my car.
> It came especially handy when a friend accidentally locked my keys in
> my trunk on a road trip (the trunk release was locked at the time).
> I am considering getting a new car that has the keyless entry fob
> attached to the key which makes it too big to fit in those key vaults
> the mount to the car (my current solution) and those magnetic key
> holders are worthless as they alway fall off, are easy for thieves to
> find and most won't hold todays larger keys with fob.
> Does anyone have a solution for keeping a spare key mounted under
> their car?
> Thanks

techman41973@yahoo.com wrote:
> As a measure of security, I like to keep a spare key mounted and
> hidden under my car.
> It came especially handy when a friend accidentally locked my keys in
> my trunk on a road trip (the trunk release was locked at the time).
> I am considering getting a new car that has the keyless entry fob
> attached to the key which makes it too big to fit in those key vaults
> the mount to the car (my current solution) and those magnetic key
> holders are worthless as they alway fall off, are easy for thieves to
> find and most won't hold todays larger keys with fob.
> Does anyone have a solution for keeping a spare key mounted under
> their car?
> Thanks
>

Don't keep a spare key on the car where a thief who checks the internet
might find out where they are kept.



marco

On Jul 4, 1:07 am, Ashton Crusher <d...@moore.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:44:19 -0700, techman41...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >As a measure of security, I like to keep a spare key mounted and
> >hidden under my car.
> >It came especially handy when a friend accidentally locked my keys in
> >my trunk on a road trip (the trunk release was locked at the time).
> >I am considering getting a new car that has the keyless entry fob
> >attached to the key which makes it too big to fit in those key vaults
> >the mount to the car (my current solution) and those magnetic key
> >holders are worthless as they alway fall off, are easy for thieves to
> >find and most won't hold todays larger keys with fob.
> >Does anyone have a solution for keeping a spare key mounted under
> >their car?
> >Thanks
>
> If you just want to get into the car when you accidentally lock the
> keys inside you don't need the fob, just the key. I have used the
> magnetic boxes for years and have never had one fall off.

This must be specific to location, quality of roads and driving
style. I've lost a few of those in my day, and after the first they
were all wrapped on with wire as well as the magnet. I've had other
people agree with me that they are useless, but where I live dirt
roads and real harsh entrances to parking lots are very common.

My new method is to research the easiest way into my current vehicle
and keep what I'd need to break in accessible. It's usually cheap,
easy to hide and I figure less likely to fall off in the lot by where
I park, giving some kid a key to my car. On my last car that tool was
simple: make sure the antenna is loose enough I can muscle it loose
by hand. I could pull the door out enough by hand without damaging
any seals to slide the antenna in there and hit the stupidly
accessible power unlock button. My new vehicle was a touch trickier,
but not much. I'm not posting the trick to this one, however.

In article <1184021242.013931.47700@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.c om>,
"DanKMTB@gmail.com" <DanKMTB@gmail.com> wrote:

> My new method is to research the easiest way into my current vehicle
> and keep what I'd need to break in accessible.

Suddenly OnStar makes sense.

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:42:19 -0500, marco wrote:

> techman41973@yahoo.com wrote:
>> As a measure of security, I like to keep a spare key mounted and hidden
>> under my car.
>> It came especially handy when a friend accidentally locked my keys in my
>> trunk on a road trip (the trunk release was locked at the time). I am
>> considering getting a new car that has the keyless entry fob attached to
>> the key which makes it too big to fit in those key vaults the mount to
>> the car (my current solution) and those magnetic key holders are
>> worthless as they alway fall off, are easy for thieves to find and most
>> won't hold todays larger keys with fob. Does anyone have a solution for
>> keeping a spare key mounted under their car?
>> Thanks
>>
>>
> Don't keep a spare key on the car where a thief who checks the internet
> might find out where they are kept.
>
>
>
> marco


SSSSHHHH!!!! I was already on it!!!

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:47:22 +0000, DanKMTB@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jul 4, 1:07 am, Ashton Crusher <d...@moore.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:44:19 -0700, techman41...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >As a measure of security, I like to keep a spare key mounted and hidden
>> >under my car.
>> >It came especially handy when a friend accidentally locked my keys in
>> >my trunk on a road trip (the trunk release was locked at the time). I
>> >am considering getting a new car that has the keyless entry fob
>> >attached to the key which makes it too big to fit in those key vaults
>> >the mount to the car (my current solution) and those magnetic key
>> >holders are worthless as they alway fall off, are easy for thieves to
>> >find and most won't hold todays larger keys with fob. Does anyone have
>> >a solution for keeping a spare key mounted under their car?
>> >Thanks
>>
>> If you just want to get into the car when you accidentally lock the keys
>> inside you don't need the fob, just the key. I have used the magnetic
>> boxes for years and have never had one fall off.
>
> This must be specific to location, quality of roads and driving style.
> I've lost a few of those in my day, and after the first they were all
> wrapped on with wire as well as the magnet. I've had other people agree
> with me that they are useless, but where I live dirt roads and real harsh
> entrances to parking lots are very common.
>
> My new method is to research the easiest way into my current vehicle and
> keep what I'd need to break in accessible. It's usually cheap, easy to
> hide and I figure less likely to fall off in the lot by where I park,
> giving some kid a key to my car. On my last car that tool was simple:
> make sure the antenna is loose enough I can muscle it loose by hand. I
> could pull the door out enough by hand without damaging any seals to slide
> the antenna in there and hit the stupidly accessible power unlock button.
> My new vehicle was a touch trickier, but not much. I'm not posting the
> trick to this one, however.


Aw, c'mon!!!!

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:37:31 -0700, Howard Lester wrote:

> "Tegger" wrote
>
>> Since I disabled my "key in" warning chime (13 years ago) I have not
>> locked
>> myself out once. Did it three times prior to that.
>>
>> When you have no net, you learn to hang on tight to the trapeze.
>
> :-)
>
> I carry two keys at all times: one is the "remote" key on its own fob;
> the other is the valet key, which is kept on the ring with the house keys.
> Can't miss that way.


Been doing it for 30 years...

> I used to carry a spare in my wallet. However, the new Honda key has the
> key fob integrated with the key. No way to stick that in the wallet and
> still be able to sit comfortably! Just have the one key on my now, and hope
> nothing happens when I'm far from home...

You can get a key at a hardware store that will unlock the door (my
most common screwup is locking the keys in the car).
It lacks the electronics to start the car, and will hang up the car's
computer if you try.
I stripped off the bulky plastic so that it fits in my wallet.