<VV> SAVE YOUR OLD KEYS !!

[Charles Lee]

Keyless entry system fobs are the mechanics best friend - I've noticed they 
no longer have a board full of keys anymore - they simply "beep" your car to 
find it.

This works for losing your key fob, too, when the lucky person can now just 
beep your car, and off he (or she, to be PC) goes, off to Mexico.

I once found a nice key fob for a new Escalade asked in the restaurant, "Who 
owns that car ?" as I beeped it.

My car was stolen when I lost mine, and someone actually saw the guy get off 
his bicycle, pick up the fob, beep my car, and leave his bike when he drove 
off in my car.  When the police came, they admitted what they saw but it 
never occurred to them to say anything to anyone in the restaurant where the 
owner (moi) obviously must have been.  The cop just rolled his eyes.

The interesting thing is that I get a discount on my car insurance for 
helping him steal my car !  (I got it back when he "traded" it in for a Ford 
F-150 a few days later.)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis PLEAU" <ddpleau at msn.com>
To: "Russ Moorhouse" <corvair65 at verizon.net>; "VV" 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> SAVE YOUR OLD KEYS !!


Key fobs are no panacea.  When we lived in Albuquerque we had a Ford E150 
and my key fob would also unlock the doors on the Crown Vic that always 
parked in the same area as us.  I would unlock our van we would get in and 
then I would relock the other car.

Dennis




> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:44:31 -0500> From: corvair65 at verizon.net> To: 
> virtualvairs at corvair.org> Subject: Re: <VV> SAVE YOUR OLD KEYS !!> > In 
> the late 60's/early 70's I carpooled with a guy who had a late 60's Dodge 
>  > Charger. We always parked in the same place every day and a fellow 
> worker > with a late Barracuda would usually be parked next to ours. We 
> all worked > in the same department, so we knew each other well. One day 
> while we were > waiting for the third member of our carpool to show up the 
> owner of the > Dodge got out and tried his key in the Barracuda and sure 
> enough it opened > his door. From that day on we would open his door when 
> we got there first. > The Cuda owner was becoming paranoid, thinking he 
> was forgetting to lock his > car. He finally caught us one day and we all 
> had a good laugh about it.> > As for today's cars, all I can say thank 
> goodness for key fobs!! Just hit > the panic button when you can't find 
> your vehicle. I've often wondered how > many variations are there of key 
> fob frequencies?> > Russ Moorhouse> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP> Kent Island, 
> MD
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