Once upon a time a family loved a car. The family also loved a key to that car. It was a grand key. This is the story of that family, that car and that key. It is a story of loss and love, frustration and relief. It is the story of paying way to much money to one lock company.
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.
We loved the car but, more than that, we really loved the key with all its wonderful features. It could start the car remotely, set the alarm, lift and drop the rear gate and even open the doors. This was a key that did it all and we loved using it over and over.
We had a great trip across country and the automatic start and lift gate came in so very handy with the kid and the luggage keeping our arms and hands quite busy. However, once we got to Hollywood, we lost one of our keys. Rather, I lost my key as my wife will tell you.
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.
We got used to doing that and after a few years were over the loss of the key. Although, we didn’t really like the key nearly as much anymore. Then one day it happened, the thing we dreaded - I lost the other key! Now we had none and would have to pay a fortune to replace them. We looked everywhere but to no avail. We called Chrysler and local Hollywood locksmiths who made these keys. It was now much more than the $100 is was a few years back.
Well, we couldn’t find it and we needed to drive so, we resigned ourselves to getting a new key. When the Hollywood locksmith 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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