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

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Plus, in case you misunderstood the first time, I'm -locked out-. 
I NEED a complete key to open the dang doors.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I don't see how a new key will help that much...
> 
> If you have the 1 key system, you'll at least get a door key, but 
unless
> you cut the same key in half, you won't have the ignition key.
> 
> Wouldn't it be funny to "convert" your car to a 2 key system?  1 
key to
> open the door, and the same key cut in half for the ignition?  Hmmm.
> Getting inside that ignition is probably really going to be a pain 
huh.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:13:00 -0000 "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx>
> writes:
> > I did not lock any working keys in my car. I lost my one working 
key.
> > 
> > When I first bought the car, I knew nothing of DeLoreans. The PO 
> > handed me one stubby key. It did not unlock the doors but it did 
> > start the car. I asked her if she had a door key and she 
said "no". 
> > I 
> > drove away assuming I was missing a door key and that DeLoreans 
just 
> > 
> > had wierd, short, ignition keys. The door handles were both 
broken 
> > off, so I had to leave a window rolled down anyway.
> > 
> > Fast forward 3 months. I've replaced the door handles and now 
I've 
> > discovered that the stubby key is a broken key, and the rest of 
it 
> > is 
> > lodged in the ignition switch. The broken key had been filed 
smooth 
> > so that it doesn't look broken.
> > 
> > Ken Creason told me how to find the key code on my car. He cut me 
> > one, mailed it to me and advised me to get copies made (which 
I've 
> > been trying to do locally). I have 2 brand-new blanks locked in 
my 
> > car.
> > 
> > I lost my only working key, probably in Florida, in my uncle's 
yard. 
> > 
> > He says he can't find it. This is why I don't care if I can 
safely 
> > break into the car. I still need a key cut to drive it. It's in 
the 
> > mail (hopefully).
> > 
> > Hope that clears it up.
> > 
> > Rich
> > 
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Scott Mueller" 
> > <scott.a.mueller@xxxx> wrote:
> > > I missed how you locked your keys in your car.
> > > 
> > > Refresh my memory.
> > > 
> > > Scott
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx] 
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 6:32 PM
> > > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [DMCForum] What was I thinking? (Mostly on topic)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Now tell me again, -why- I bought a basket-case DeLorean?
> > > 
> > > Was it because it was cheaper? Uh...partly but that wasn't 
totally 
> > 
> > it. Was
> > > it because I was bored? Hm...sort of but I never was so bored I 
> > > wanted my hobby to make me scream in frustration.
> > > 
> > > Oh yeah! I remember now. I remember thinking, "If we only buy 
the 
> > > bestest, nicesest cars the population will eventually dwindle 
to 
> > > nothing. This means if I care about the lifespan of the marque, 
I 
> > > should find one in an advanced state of decay and put it back 
> > > together.
> > > 
> > > This wasn't a dumb line of reasoning was it? If people didn't 
> > think 
> > > this way, we'd have no original condition Ford Model A's or T's 
> > right?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Rich A.
> > 
> > 
> >  
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