It was the end of the 20th century and a family fell in love with a car. That same family fell in love with a key. This story has elements of love, loss, frustration, necessity and relief. It has it all. The story is the tale of losing a key and finding a ford focus ignition and lock expert to take way to much money to replace it.
When my wife and I decided to move to the west coast with our one-year-old daughter, we needed a car. We hadn’t bought a new car yet and we were quite excited to get one. With a little money to our names, we went out looking. We needed something that was safe for our new family and large enough to haul most of what we owned across country comfortably. We found the new Chrysler Pacifica was perfect.
What really sold us were not just the features of the car itself but the features of the key. This key could not only open and close doors, but lift the lift gate and drop it, set the security and start the car from quite a distance. We loved this 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.
We went to Chrysler and found that the reason the key was so great was because it cost a fortune. It was $100 to replace! Well, this was ridiculous. We decided to go with one key and just switch off.
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.
But, we needed it so we bit the bullet and hired the Cleveland lock tech. He was better than Chrysler because he gave us a deal and we got two keys for a great price. They wouldn’t have done that at the dealer I am sure. But, the lock tech could only make a plain key. It had no features, couldn’t open anything or start the car remotely. It even set off the alarm whenever we got in the car and we had to start it to turn the alarm off.
The moral of the story is. You may love a key for its features but don’t forget those features have a price. A few days after we got the new keys made, our daughter presented us with a box she decorated for us and hid in the kitchen. They key was in it. We may not love that key anymore but we sure love her.
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