Lost Car Keys

[Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 14:14
Last edited 30/05/2017 - 14:16

This is simply a whinge. Cannot find the only key I have for my '02 AU Ford.

The trail of evidence has an eyewitness confirmed sighting on the kitchen bench late Saturday afternoon. The car is locked and was last used Saturday morning. The kitchen bench was a mess. On Sunday morning I cleaned up (in a masculine manner - meaning it is now less messy) the bench and do not recall seeing the keys.

Three children also inhabit the residence. A friend of my son's was present Saturday afternoon for at least an hour after the last confirmed sighting. The elder two children unlocked the back door Sunday evening to retrieve ice cream from the downstairs fridge. Both recall using the non-Ford set of keys.

Last night we went through the effing rubbish.

RACQ reckon they can unlock it for us but that's all. My local mechanic says if we have the owner's manual and some code is still on the door he can probably code another key. The expense of the alternative does not bear consideration. #^%#&& Bryan Byrt Ford and their single key (and my cheapness over the years for not making a copy).

$%#$!

Automotive

Comments

  • airal3rt on 30/05/2017 - 14:17
    +5

    Welcome to OzBlog

    • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 14:47
      -2

      LOL!
      i dont understand people like the OP, i don't have time to complain about something I caused.

      • Euphemistic on 30/05/2017 - 16:39
        +8

        but plenty of time to complain about people complaining about something they caused?

  • altomic on 30/05/2017 - 14:25

    where in brisbane are you?

  • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 14:28

    10k's South West of the CBD.

  • John Kimble on 30/05/2017 - 14:44
    +10

    Don't worry, it'll show up once you've paid for a new one or resolved the matter (expensively).

    • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 14:59
      +1

      I know, I've been telling my wife that since Sunday.

  • tsunamisurfer on 30/05/2017 - 15:00

    All the above can be summarised by….

    "Lost Keys. FML."

    The title can be put even more succinctly "FML".

    • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 15:13

      Or as Ben Weasel puts it:

      don't let anyone tell you
      you better grow up soon
      or face the consequences of a life not planned out.
      that's exactly what you need.
      i'm here to tell you leave
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      and find out for yourself
      that work is slavery
      and it makes you a slave.
      and i know it's easy for somebody like me to say.
      but i dropped that (profanity) life
      and i don't regret the bridges
      that i burned, mistakes i made;
      they're what i learned from. yes,
      you've gotta pay the rent and feed yourself and then
      pay all the bills and taxes 'til you're ready to explode
      and kill yourself and those
      who get in your way. don't
      misunderstand me- i'm just trying to remind you that your life is not tv
      and things don't just work out;
      most of the time you're miserable.
      the american dream is a big (profanity) lie;
      a wild goose chase. you're here to make the richest six percent a little richer.

      don't you want something better?
      don't you want something that lasts?
      they're not your friends- they're your masters
      and they don't care if you live or die.
      you've gotta get out on your own.
      you've gotta get out of this stupid town
      and try to live for once instead of just existing.
      and i guarantee that pretty soon you're gonna see that things aren't
      half as good or as bad as they used to seem now that you're a thorn in the side of society;
      now that you're part of the problem;
      the ruination of a system that keeps you down, steals your money and your hope and then smacks you around.
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  • Baebs on 30/05/2017 - 16:34

    http://i.imgur.com/dVDJiez.gif

    • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 16:35

      Blocked at work….

      • Baebs on 30/05/2017 - 16:36

        Crap u replied before I could edit out the wrong gif… supposed to be confusedjohntravolta.gif

  • Ryanek on 30/05/2017 - 16:40

    Check inside your freezer of fridge. My psychic abilities have never let me down.

    • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 16:42

      I have a high level of trust for said abilities. Thank you for resolving this.

  • Realsteel on 30/05/2017 - 16:56

    OP, sorry to hear about your predicament. Just out of curiosity, how much would it cost to get a replacement through the mechanic. Reason, i am asking is that i have an old car (seldom used) which has only one key!

  • activ8newbs on 30/05/2017 - 16:56

    Check if its still in the car door handle…or ignition? Or fallen out of a pocket on the grass near the car…or in the pockets of the trousers you were wearing that day etc.

  • Baysew on 30/05/2017 - 17:32

    Set a sizeable reward to the family member who finds keys. (Or a no questions asked for their safe return)
    Start looking for something else you have lost.
    Turn heaters up full, turn music on loud, try to get everyone very angry. Keys will only be found in a tense, stressful environment.
    Only wives will be able to find them.

    The more money/time/inconvenience you spend to replace lost keys, the quicker the lost keys will reappear.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 18:44
    +4

    Well internet, THE KEYS ARE FOUND!!!!

    We mentioned my son's friend being over at the time and my son suddenly remembered his friend grabbing a key off the bench and trying to unlock the study from the outside when we got back from the park. The other entry is through our en suite and it was occupado for a moment and they wanted in!!!!

    So the search moved to his room and the little bugger found them!

    Didn't get a price from the mechanic but I remember pricing it at a kiosk in a supermarket once and it was around $100 for the key and another $100 for coding it. My mechanic is great though so maybe less.

    What a bloody relief!!!!

    • John Kimble on 30/05/2017 - 19:25
      +4

      So are you going to make a copy or roll the dice again? Haha

      • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2017 - 10:47

        Let it ride!!!!

  • cupcake on 30/05/2017 - 20:45
    +2

    Well, glad you found it but maybe next time search the house high and low before having a whinge.
    Thanks.

  • aboabo on 30/05/2017 - 21:07
    +2

    You wrote about your son's friend before asking him.

    • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2017 - 10:48

      Yeah I'm sure he could sue for slander!!! After all, I mentioned him by name and Mr Gradgrind is very famous.

  • Aussie Smurfette on 31/05/2017 - 09:49
    +2

    Lost a set in 1990, obviously they were at home somewhere because the car was!
    Still not found and have sold the house and moved on.

    • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2017 - 10:49

      Love it!!!

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