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Comments (6)My favorite subject, Imobilizer systems. Whether your local locksmith can service the lock system on your car or not, will depend as much on your locksmith, and how much he/she has invested to keep up with the automotive field, as well as for many consumers, what kind of car they have purchased. Your Ford Explorer is relatively easy, provided you have the first two original keys, and the system has been set with a scan tool to accept additional keys. (Up to four max, otherwise some have to be deleted) For GM and Chrysler, the person training the system to accept the keys, has to know the routine, which often times involves original keys, and/or the electronic key FOBs. (remotes) Toyota, is similar to GM and Chrysler but typically requires a factory scan tool also which is available provided the person servicing the car is willing to spend the money. (over $10,000 for the tool and the supporting software) Now Honda and Nissan, you have a different ball game all together. Even if I buy the factory scan tools, (not likely because of no chance at all on recovering the investment dollar wise) they with-hold immobilizer information from anyone except their dealers. That means it's not available to me at any price direct from the manufacturer. My Vedis scan tool however is supposed to allow me to do Nissan Keys, but I have never had a chance to try it. What someone would have to do is have a locksmith make a key, and then come to me for me to try and see if my tool will teach the car to accept it or not. The locksmith's as a trade are working hard to get what they need to continue that portoin of their business. Some manufacturers have worked with them, some have a way's to go. IMO ONLY public pressure will change that, and that's if the majority want it changed. In their defense, they claim releasing the information, and tools required compromises the security system. Not releasing it creates a monopoly, and no choice for the consumer when this type of service is required....See MoreDo you have a keychain with your car keys?
Comments (30)Total hijack here, but I lost my electronic car key with house key on it before Christmas. I knew it had fallen out of my pocket at work somewhere between the parking lot and the main doors. We had sooooo much snow this winter, I didn't have a hope of finding it. The school where I teach is in a very bad area of town and I've been worrying all this time that someone would find it and steal the car (and then find our address in the glove box and let themselves in our house). Not to mention the $350 replacement cost of the key. Well, it has finally started to melt here and as we were walking to the car yesterday, my daughter gave a yell, leaned down and picked the keys out of a half melted snow bank - and they still work!!!...See MoreFlorida Keys, what can you tell me about Key West .
Comments (32)I love the Keys, I have been going down there since we worked as bartender hoppers one spring back in 76', well at least 20 years ago I did. I hadn't been down through there for about 15 years and took a road trip from our place in Charlotte Harbor about 5 years and was very disappointed. Back in the early 90's as soon as you went below Key Largo it was like getting off the airplane on the islands. No chain restaurants, really not commercialized at all. It was actually hard to believe we were in North America. Since then McDonald's and everything that goes with it. Sad to see. I wish everyone that visits for the first time could have experienced the Conch Republic how it was meant to be enjoyed. The place Jimmy sang about doesn't resemble the place you are going to visit. Don't get me wrong it is still beautiful just different now. If you don't enjoy seafood save yourselves the trip. You must get off the beaten path. Key West is the tourist trap. Be prepared to pay for it as well. Look at prices online. A small room for $300.00 a night downtown is normal. We stay in Little Deer Key for an efficiency and one bed, pool, for $275.00 a night 5 years ago, it is actually a fishing camp, a 5 minute walk to a canal and one can catch fish all day or cast from the boat dock. But you must beware of gators and poisonous snakes, this is there home, we are visitors. As for fishing you don't just get in a boat and go fishing, this is serious water for serious boaters, there are seadoo and small boat rentals but I would recommend small boating on the Gulf side vs. The Atlantic unless on a small bay. Licenses are required for fishing and regulations are strictly enforced. You must know what is in season as well as the sizes you may keep or not. Equipment and bait is available on charters which is your best bet and can be had for half day outings. You don't just throw off your shoes and socks and wade into the water to fish like we do up north here. Stepping on a Stingray can have serious and sometimes fatal results. The best deep sea fishing is in Islamorada, it is the best in the entire world including Cabo in Mexico. Some of the best beaches are in KW. You must go to the KW aquarium where you can pick up a baby nurse shark, if you would enjoy that type of thing. I was going to recommend a oyster place that has been there for 80 years but I read no oysters. They have 2 things on the menu oysters and cold beer. This is the place that Hemingway would have spent more time in than the house they say was his. Everyone says their hotel is where he ate, slept, drank, wrote so they can charge you for it. On the way down don't be afraid to get off to the small keys. I have been to so many over the years that you can't see them all in one month, so I'll keep it to one can't miss place. Little Deer Key and Deer key. There is a restaurant hole in the wall kind of place we love. It was a stop over spot for fishing boats to load up on ice at the turn of the century. A favorite place of Dwight D. Eisenhower I believe. Ask for the place with the dollar bill wallpaper. The best burger I have had in the states. On Little Key there is a State Park that has walkways into the mangroves where you can observe big gators in the wild, keep a close eye on them if they are anywhere near an egret. And have your camera ready, the teens will think it's a blast. The best beach is Bahia Honda State park. As for Key West being a destination for gays, yes it is. That shouldn't deter any mature person. I love Provincetown as well, very educational when your 18 years old to say the least. As for going down to the Keys in the summer, you had better enjoy wet heat. Yes forget makeup and bring a hat. I have been to Cuba for work in July, and Finland in December. I wouldn't go to either place during those extreme climates unless paid to do so, and paid well I must add. My goodness I just wrote a travel blog, time to give it a rest. Enjoy, I just wish everyone could have enjoyed the way it was meant to be without the Walgreens and Wallmart, and in January. This post was edited by SouthernCanuck on Sat, May 4, 13 at 4:08...See MoreRange hoods & car keys ...
Comments (15)We are finishing our remodel and I cooked my first thing on the new induction cooktop on an island. I telescoped up that GE downdraft and it sucked away all the steam from the popcorn popping on the front burner. It may even have had some smoke, since some kernels were burned, but I never smelled any smoke. (and I am the one who walked into the family room and asked what was on fire when DH was eating a salad with sesame seed/lime salad dressing on it, which had a smokey flavor.) BTW, DH is refusing to use the cooktop until the porcelain tile and grout can be sealed mid-September. If you are a cook who does a lot of grilling inside, or has "blackened" recipes you can't wait to try - then the downdraft would not suffice. But your basic saute'/ stir fry / boil kind of cook will find the downdraft fine. Our GE Profile 36" Telescopic Downdraft System Model JVB98SHSS was only about $700. It turns out that the motor can be mounted in the basement (an extra part is needed that you can order from GE), so it is quiet too. Think about how you cook before you dismiss the downdrafts out of hand. It may be that the TKO folks here on the forum are super-duper cooks who need all the functions of a hood. But do You? Only you can decide. Here is a link that might be useful: It is working for me!...See More- 6 years ago
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMy Honda key is made like that and I have this key ring. The Honda key is on one end and everything else on the other.
You can buy them anywhere like Walmart, Autozone, etc.
6 years agoHere is my car key. You could add a ring to the car key......like bpath has mentioned.
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I do this. Use a metal ring on the bottom of the fob (you do have to pry a little harder to get it on), then onto a plastic coil that I put around my wrist when not in the ignition. This way I am far less apt to lose or put my fob down somewhere. I've used this blue coil thing with my other car keys for years. So far no breakage. House keys on there too.
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