Kit's Khaos

[McColm]

Enjoy Devon, this used to be the family's holiday destination whilst I was in high school, North Devon is wild and rugged, Exeter has changed considerably since I last visited it, Exmouth still has the Peco layout exhibition on display although parking can be a nightmare. Enjoy.

[Rick Lowe]

Yeah - wishing you safe travel and a relaxing break.

[zenrat]

Happy trails Kit.

[Nick]

Enjoy your holiday. Haven't been to Devon for a long time but  it is nice.

[NARSES2]

Last trip to Devon me and a mate had a long weekend for the Plymouth v Harlequins game   

[PR19_Kit]

Spent a wonderful, and instructive few hours watching a professional locksmith at work on my car, me having lost the blasted key!! 

He had an amazing tool case that carried no less than FIFTY lock picks, one for every car manufacturer and model that there was! And he knew which ones fitted my Signum off by heart, even though they only made them for 4 yrs! Watching him at work was amazing, and it took him maybe 15-20 mins to get into the car without leaving a mark. It did set the alarm off when we opened the door though!

With lots more work, using a VERY complex looking box of electronic tricks, he deduced that a previous owner of the car had changed one vital computer and that meant the key codes listed in the original handbook were invalid! 

I was facing the situation of having to scrap the car as there was no way to find the real codes in the system, the current owners of the Vauxhall name, Stellantis, not giving a DAMN about previous owners, and who are only interested in selling new cars, electric ones of course! I was also facing having to hire a car for the Devon trip as neither of my other two are in a runnable state just now, and one just isn't large enough for such a trip anyway!

I spent much of y'day afternoon turning the house upside down (not literally.....) and amazingly found the missing key!  I'd previously spent hours doing just that too, but obviously didn't turn it upside down enough. It was lodged in a tiny space under my bed, and how it got there I've NO idea! But it works and I'm mobile again.

The second person I phoned, after calling my lady love, was to the locksmith to see if he could 'clone' the key, and he did! Using yet more electrickery he divined the code number from my key and the produced a copy in less than an hour. It was wonderful watching such an expert at work.   

[NARSES2]

I'd be down the local bookies for a quick flutter after that run of luck Kit   

[Rheged]

I'd be down the local bookies for a quick flutter after that run of luck Kit   

The other option is to choose six numbers!   Seriously, I'm delighted that you are properly mobile without too much hassle.

It was reckoned that a reasonably determined  Brownie with a bent teaspoon  could open most Ford car locks in the "old days"  .      Uncle Henry scrimping again.

[Nick]

I'd be down the local bookies for a quick flutter after that run of luck Kit   

The other option is to choose six numbers!   Seriously, I'm delighted that you are properly mobile without too much hassle.

It was reckoned that a reasonably determined  Brownie with a bent teaspoon  could open most Ford car locks in the "old days"  .      Uncle Henry scrimping again.

All you needed was a Ford key and it would open 3 out of 10 other Fords. A really worn key would open most of them!

[PR19_Kit]

Back in my motor industry days in the 60s, all cars in the UK used keys made by the same firm, and as Pressed Steel made bodies for most of them, TOO we had a full set of all the 'master keys'. I think there were only 6 or 8 of them, and we could enter and drive away almost anything, and did sometimes too!   

[scooter]

Back in my motor industry days in the 60s, all cars in the UK used keys made by the same firm, and as Pressed Steel made bodies for most of them, TOO we had a full set of all the 'master keys'. I think there were only 6 or 8 of them, and we could enter and drive away almost anything, and did sometimes too!   

Similar to the pre (post-9/11) war(s) Army National Guard.  The M-1008/1009 series CUCVs all had the same ignition cylinder and door locks...and those keys were the most duplicated set of keys in the Guard.  Everyone had their own set of keys.  Which could be extremely useful when the motor pool was locked up for the day, but a stare mission came in after hours.

[zenrat]

You don't need to lock your car these days to prevent theft.  You just need a manual transmission...
 

[scooter]

You don't need to lock your car these days to prevent theft.  You just need a manual transmission...
 

I do, and I still lock my car.

[Rick Lowe]

You don't need to lock your car these days to prevent theft.  You just need a manual transmission...
 

I do, and I still lock my car.

Yep, cos of they can't take it, they'll fXXX it up, out of spite. (we need a 'Strangling-the-lil-Beerstuds' emoji...)

[Wardukw]

You don't need to lock your car these days to prevent theft.  You just need a manual transmission...
 

I do, and I still lock my car.

Yep, cos of they can't take it, they'll fXXX it up, out of spite. (we need a 'Strangling-the-lil-Beerstuds' emoji...)

There should be a execution emoji just for them A holes ,,,i've had two cars nicked and i would very happily let both of my families histories come to the surface if i got my hands on em  .

Glad to found that other key Kit ,,coded car keys can be a massive pain and since your car had one of it's main comps changed ,,even more so ,,without the key the circuit can't be completed so no start ,,not even hot wiring it will work now because of that ,,which in itself is a good thing but man o man a nightmare if your keys go walkabout .
Also the replacement cost for some cars keys will make your eyes water and certain other parts pucker with diamond crushing strength as my mate Vern found out with his XF Jaguar ,,a supercharged one no less 
It's over $2200 NZ for a new key which of course has to be coded ,,words were used to the effect of F off but with some hunting on the net we found replacement keys,,a set of two ,,uncoded for 175 pounds Sterling 
Had no problem getting them coded here and bingo bango hes happy again 
Oh a month later ,,he found his key ,,under his workbench in his garage under the engine he's using for his hotrod   
Many many more words were used when he found it