What not to do at Disneyland...courtesy of MBC - Page 2

NirvanaMan · 01-22-2005, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

OY! Have you tried to get one made at a hardware store? It should just be a simple key.

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.

Kevy Baby · 01-22-2005, 01:26 PM

What he said

Not Afraid · 01-22-2005, 01:39 PM

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

libraryvixen · 01-22-2005, 01:44 PM

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."

I'm a dork!

BarTopDancer · 01-22-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

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.

Ahh. Thanks for that.

Gn2Dlnd · 01-22-2005, 02:02 PM

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

Grumpy4 · 01-22-2005, 02:58 PM

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!!

Motorboat Cruiser · 01-22-2005, 10:12 PM

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.

wendybeth · 01-22-2005, 10:58 PM

That's so cool that they had it there, ready to mail! I can only imagine all the stuff they find every day there....

for the good people in Lost and Found!

Grumpy4 · 01-22-2005, 11:06 PM

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

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Yeah, my Mercedes has an electronic/inverted key. This is not your father's hardware store key. THe downside of luxury vehicles, righ KB?
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Grumpy4 Come Fly With Me Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Groovin' with the Rat Pack Posts: 144	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!! __________________ I've got the world on a string, Sittin' on a rainbow. Got this string around my finger What a world, what a life, I'm in love. -Frank Sinatra
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Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	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. Last edited by Motorboat Cruiser : 01-22-2005 at 10:23 PM.
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Grumpy4 Come Fly With Me Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Groovin' with the Rat Pack Posts: 144	I'm so happy that you found your key and that you indulged in the park some more! __________________ I've got the world on a string, Sittin' on a rainbow. Got this string around my finger What a world, what a life, I'm in love. -Frank Sinatra
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