This is the story of how one family fell in love with a car and, then with a car key. It is a tale of money, loss, necessity, frustration and relief. This is the story of how we lost our car key and had to dole out way too much money to our local neighborhood ignition switch and lock expert.
My family took a road trip across country and, for this we bought a new car. We had not bought a new car before and were very excited at the prospect. We save up a little cash and we started visiting dealers and doing research. This car had to be large enough for all our stuff and fit us comfortable during our cross-country trip. It also had to be safe for our one-year-old daughter. We settled upon the new Chrysler Pacifica.
The car was great and had everything we needed and wanted. But, what was really great, was the key. It had buttons that opened the doors remotely, lifted the tail gate and dropped it remotely and started the car remotely. It also disabled the security system. It was quite a key.
Our adventure was a grand one. We used the key quite often and wondered what we would have done without it’s abilities given all the stuff we were always toteing. But, when we arrived in LA, it wasn’t long before a key was lost. My wife will tell you I lost it.
The dealership would gladly replace it for an exorbitant fee. We loved all the features of the key not even considering that it cost so much to make it - $100 for a replacement. So, we made the decision to keep just the key we had and not get a new one.
That worked out for quite a trading the key back and forth when we drove the car. But, needless to say, we started to resent the key. It was no longer love. Then, that dreaded day came, the day we lost the other key. Or, rather, I lost the other key. Now, we had to dole out the money for a new one. The dealer could do it but we thought we could get one cheaper at a local Cleveland lock tech. That was not the case.
Well, we couldn’t find it and we needed to drive so, we resigned ourselves to getting a new key. When the Cleveland lock tech came, he actually gave us a deal and we got two keys for almost the price of one. Chrysler wouldn’t have done that for us. However, the new keys didn’t have all the buttons, they couldn’t lift the lift gate or disable the alarm. So, now whenever we enter the car, the alarm goes off and we have to start the engine to disable it.
Needless to say, we didn’t love this key. We didn’t even really love the car anymore or Chrysler for that matter. Once we finally got the keys made, our daughter came to us with a present she had wrapped and hid. We opened it and it was the key. We were shocked but we still love her.
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