As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
We ran into an incident when getting the F 20 which really was bad, except for once I was hot driving home with the Ford and opened the side vent window it has to cool off, and left it unlatched. I had been making a habit of it, as this was a different vehicle and both the main and spare key are on the same key chain, so as we do not have locksmiths here, I'm not in favor of busting out windows...........so I left the side vents open.
I was over by JYG and TL had moved the pick up to give more light to JYG as of course it was dark. TL came over and said the door went shut and could not get back in. I was like the world fell out as I knew the keys were locked in, and there was not any way to get them out, as there are no tops on the door locks anymore and the pick up was running, so things did not look good.
I went over and fortunately I pushed open the side vent window and I honestly do not know where the locks are, the mirror buttons or the window up and down. I happened to hit the door lock and it popped open. I would still be there cussing if not for that.
To remedy that we went and got another set of keys. Tested them and they worked. The thing is they are not power keys with alarms, these are the old keys, so what you end up doing is what you end up doing in your rich world of new vehicles.
JYG said we should put a key in the gas fill area. I figured everyone would look there as most people do it, so the Holy Ghost said as we had an Amish metal tool box in the box, that I was going to just get an eye bolt, drill a hole in and put the keys on that.
Two Chiefs had a number of aluminum wire staples that I found in bending the made good keychains so that is where these keys went, I drilled the hold on a windy shit day which was cold and put them in the eye bolt and shut the lid on the tool box.
This Ford is a high boy, so in just looking in the tool box you can't see the keys hanging there. It is the best and safest solution I had. I never take my keys out in town anyway. Most people don't even lock their houses up around here and if you have trouble you just walk in. Granted most do not have landlines anymore either, so you can just sit there and not freeze to death which is nice too.
I don't know what the fix is for everyone in key problems. I learned about keys when it came to Zelda in those Buick doors auto locked which was a real pisser when I drove down to the metro to see TL, as I would start the car to let her warm up, get out and sometimes the doors locked. Was ok when I had the keys in the house but a different story elsewhere, so this is the fix for the Ford.
I imagine if you messed around you could mount some box or whatever under a fender or bumper. The old days of opening engine hoods is over, as that would have been the prime spot. I just wanted to mention what worked for us as I was not going to be caught locked out again with the engine running. Am still sickly feeling over that happening and stunned that God had prepared the situation in me opening that vent and leaving it unlatched as I was prone to do if something like that happened.
The problem in most hiding places is you need a screwdriver or tool to get things loose and no one has that on them. Rich people just call the dealer, get the code and open things up.........I'm not rich though thanks to rich people
Best Places To Hide A Spare Car Key In The Car · Hitch receiver box · Tire well · Inside the gas tank flap · Behind the front license plate · Behind the bumper.
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