Lexus, as well as a few other OEM's, use inverted keys. The outside of the key is flat and the ridges are placed internally. Your typical hardware store can't machine those any more then they can machine a Medeco type key.

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Yeah, my Mercedes has an electronic/inverted key. This is not your father's hardware store key. THe downside of luxury vehicles, righ KB?

My cute kraut burner VW has one of those keys. When the key was given to me, it looked like a little lighter. I told the dealer "Oh, thanks, but I don't smoke." :rolleyes: I'm a dork!

Ahh. Thanks for that.

Yay for the roomate! Can't say enough about good roomates, said way too much about bad ones. Mojo for the roomate!

Another moral is to write down information about your car, VIN, license, location/section, just in case it happens. That way you won't have to walk back and forth. MBC, sorry you had all that trouble. May the next visit be joyful and plentiful!!

An update...

Went to the park today to pick up my vehicle and decided to stop by Lost and Found to see if the same woman was there that helped us last night. I wanted to thank her again but she wasn't there. What was there, however, was my car key, in an addressed envelope waiting to be mailed to me on Monday.

I expressed my amazement that they found it and she said that they find all kinds of things. She told me that the biggest problem that they have is that people don't usually report it when they lose something. Most people just assume it is a lost cause. As she put it, "We can't help you if you don't tell us you lost something".

So maybe that's another moral to the story.

As an aside... After getting the key, it brightened our day sufficiently enough to hang at the park for a few hours. Really nice night but far more crowded than last night. I really miss the train.

That's so cool that they had it there, ready to mail! I can only imagine all the stuff they find every day there.... :snap: for the good people in Lost and Found!

I'm so happy that you found your key and that you indulged in the park some more! :cheers: