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.
A few years ago, I moved my family - my wife, my one-year-old daughter and myself out to Cleveland. To do this, we needed a car and we were delighted to by our first new car. We had a bit of cash and we went searching for a car that could carry our family and all our luggage from New York to LA. We also needed something good looking and safe. We found the brand new Chrysler Pacific and bought it.
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.
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 Cleveland lock techs 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 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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