I work at a conveinence store that also has a key cutting machine. We aren't even a hardware store. I'm 21 now and I've been cutting keys since I was little. Starting out when my grandpa showed me when I was "knee high." From experience, some "17 year-olds that mops floors" as well may have some pretty good expeirence. I've even cut a key for a guy with an old Chevy Nova and the original was broken into two pieces. I was able to hold it together in the machine and cut a brand new one that worked perfectly. Now onto the keys themselves. The company I order keys to have in stock has a card that hangs behind the hooks that the blanks are on. Once every few years, they like to update to include newer cars, but keep a few of the old ones around. I just checked my hooks and I do not have the "X29" or "VL-5." But I do have the "VL- 6." Unfortunately, the key company starts to get rid of some of the older keys for cars that may not be made anymore off of the backing card behind the hooks. And as we all know, there are a bunch of discontinued cars still out on the roads today that are still driven a lot. Matt VIN: 2953 Frostburg, MD --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Parts Pit Mike <thepartspit@...> wrote: > > Hi all, > > When I purchased 17076 last November she came with one long key which seems to open everything just fine. One of my first purchases for the car was a set of key blanks (2 long one short). I'm now attempting to get the keys cut. > > I don't want to take this to my local hardware store and have it cut by the 17 year old who also mops the floor. While I was getting my other car serviced at the local GMC dealership I asked if they could do it but they said "no" after a day of scratching their heads. > > I'm assuming this is now a job for a locksmith? Also I'm assuming the short key blank is for model years before 1983 that needed 2 keys for the car? > > What is the "key" to this dilemna? > > Parts Pit Mike > CDN Vin 17076 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/