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

["Jim Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

Ya, though getting in is irrelavent because you can't start the car
anyways!!

Speaking of which, my fuel pump just gave up the ghost.  I can get in and
turn it over, but it doesn't go anywhere either.

Jim


On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:42:10 -0000 "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> 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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