RE: [DML] The Great DeLorean Key Disaster

["Darkstar" <darkstarmedia@xxxx>]

i went to ACE hardware and they had one with a rubber half moon in stock. I
had a few cut right there.

Darkstar

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott McMullan [mailto:mcmullan@xxxx]
Sent: December 28, 2003 7:45 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [DML] The Great DeLorean Key Disaster



> Has anyone had success getting copies made at their local hardware
> store by using original keys or does everyone get theirs cut by code?

> I've had zero success finding a local hardware store or superstore that
> carries the X29/VO73 key blank.
> However, my favorite local locksmith stocks the blank, and has made
> perfectly functioning copies of the one key I got with my car, and perfect
> 2nd generation copies from the first one he cut for me. Good thing, since I
> don't have the code for my keys (the VIN numbers in my doors don't match my
> car, or each other, so I don't trust the key codes I see there).
>
> I highly recommend you go to a small local locksmith for these keys. YMMV,
> but mine charged under $4 per key total.