Comments on: The Key http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/ Where 'net rage is all the rage... Wed, 18 May 2011 18:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bryn, North Wales http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Bryn, North Wales Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:06:33 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-962 Mr.Angry: Diolch yn fawr i chi, hefyd...!!!! Karilyn: Re. rough areas, I lived (too) close to one just north of Manchester for a while. When I scrapped my faithful old Lada (the ultimate survivors car & zero attraction for even the most desperate TWOKer) & got a newer car with a transponder, I ended up being refused renewal on my insurance due to the repeated combination of broken drivers window + butchered ignition/barrel! The car was never stolen, just repeatedly (7 times !!!) targetted by wannabee TWOKers - hence my move to a more peaceful part of the world! The main traffic problem around here is suicidal sheep jumping out in front of cars - but on the upside, the freezer is seldom empty :-) Mr.Angry: Diolch yn fawr i chi, hefyd…!!!!

Karilyn: Re. rough areas, I lived (too) close to one just north of Manchester for a while. When I scrapped my faithful old Lada (the ultimate survivors car & zero attraction for even the most desperate TWOKer) & got a newer car with a transponder, I ended up being refused renewal on my insurance due to the repeated combination of broken drivers window + butchered ignition/barrel! The car was never stolen, just repeatedly (7 times !!!) targetted by wannabee TWOKers – hence my move to a more peaceful part of the world!
The main traffic problem around here is suicidal sheep jumping out in front of cars – but on the upside, the freezer is seldom empty :-)

]]> By: Mr Angry http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Mr Angry Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:06:38 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-951 Katy - the secret is out? Bryn - Hello, a useful and geographically accurate post from you, my readers could learn a lot from you... Karilyn - rough area / nice kid ? Shurely shome mishtake? Katy – the secret is out?

Bryn – Hello, a useful and geographically accurate post from you, my readers could learn a lot from you…

Karilyn – rough area / nice kid ? Shurely shome mishtake?

]]> By: karilyn http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-940 karilyn Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:19:24 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-940 go to a rough area and get a nice kind kid to show you how to hotwire the car, saves even finding the keys never mind replacing them go to a rough area and get a nice kind kid to show you how to hotwire the car, saves even finding the keys never mind replacing them

]]> By: Bryn, North Wales http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Bryn, North Wales Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:06:07 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-938 Only £100? Pity we lesser mortals who put up with ( = can only afford ) Citroen, Renault et al. I was quoted £140 when I last went to a main dealer for a replacement key. TIP : If you ever scrap a car (any car) with a transponder key, take the barrel, transponder unit, & Engine Management Unit out first. Chances are it will save you some money, or make some on Ebay if you buy a different make or model. Only £100? Pity we lesser mortals who put up with ( = can only afford ) Citroen, Renault et al. I was quoted £140 when I last went to a main dealer for a replacement key.
TIP : If you ever scrap a car (any car) with a transponder key, take the barrel, transponder unit, & Engine Management Unit out first. Chances are it will save you some money, or make some on Ebay if you buy a different make or model.

]]> By: Katy Newton http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Katy Newton Wed, 31 May 2006 20:39:09 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-936 Goodness, Ellie, I can't think where you might have heard that... but he does love a hug does Mr A. In secret. ((((hugs)))) Goodness, Ellie, I can’t think where you might have heard that… but he does love a hug does Mr A. In secret.

((((hugs))))

]]> By: ellie http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-935 ellie Wed, 31 May 2006 19:02:01 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-935 A big apology hug (i've heard you love hugs) if my tongue-n-cheek was taken seriously! ;-) A big apology hug (i’ve heard you love hugs) if my tongue-n-cheek was taken seriously! ;-)

]]> By: Mr Angry http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Mr Angry Wed, 31 May 2006 18:40:09 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-934 Hello Dr Dan - I might give that a go, nothing to lose. ellie - I am not a cheapskate. I am merely making best use of my limited resources (which is better for the planet as a whole apparently) Hello Dr Dan – I might give that a go, nothing to lose.

ellie – I am not a cheapskate. I am merely making best use of my limited resources (which is better for the planet as a whole apparently)

]]> By: ellie http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-933 ellie Wed, 31 May 2006 18:21:22 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-933 ohhhhh ya beamer driving cheapskate! Fork up the 99 quid! ohhhhh ya beamer driving cheapskate! Fork up the 99 quid!

]]> By: Dr Dan H. http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Dr Dan H. Wed, 31 May 2006 13:19:28 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-931 Alternatively find your spare key, then work out how to open up the old and now non-functional key. If it is anything like the one on my 2001 Toyota, then it'll be a key unit containing a small plastic box of radio tricks. In this box will be a bog-standard CR-whatever lithium battery. Take out this battery, and scrutinise it carefully. It should have written on what it is; once identified Maplins or similar electrical retailers will be pleased to charge you two pounds or thereabouts for the replacement. Replace the battery, rebuild the key and go see if it works. If it works, you just saved yourself ninety-odd quid. If not, you've lost a couple of quid, max. This worked for me, but then Toyota do include instructions on how to actually do this yourself. Alternatively find your spare key, then work out how to open up the old and now non-functional key.

If it is anything like the one on my 2001 Toyota, then it’ll be a key unit containing a small plastic box of radio tricks. In this box will be a bog-standard CR-whatever lithium battery.

Take out this battery, and scrutinise it carefully. It should have written on what it is; once identified Maplins or similar electrical retailers will be pleased to charge you two pounds or thereabouts for the replacement.

Replace the battery, rebuild the key and go see if it works.

If it works, you just saved yourself ninety-odd quid. If not, you’ve lost a couple of quid, max.

This worked for me, but then Toyota do include instructions on how to actually do this yourself.

]]> By: Mr Angry http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Mr Angry Wed, 31 May 2006 11:50:55 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-929 Greavsie - bench-pressing Toyota's? Is that how you got that puffy-chestedness? Greavsie – bench-pressing Toyota’s? Is that how you got that puffy-chestedness?

]]> By: greavsie http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-928 greavsie Wed, 31 May 2006 11:18:04 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-928 Toyota are no better, not that this helps of course, I just wanted to get it off my chest (the sentiment, not the car). Toyota are no better, not that this helps of course, I just wanted to get it off my chest (the sentiment, not the car).

]]> By: Mr Angry http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Mr Angry Wed, 31 May 2006 10:44:17 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-927 Oli - Fiats too? I am shocked. And BMW make great cars until you need to get one serviced/fixed. Then they're fucking shite. RD - Ah, the old wink-wink VAT, Gordon Browns favourite. Oli – Fiats too? I am shocked. And BMW make great cars until you need to get one serviced/fixed. Then they’re fucking shite.

RD – Ah, the old wink-wink VAT, Gordon Browns favourite.

]]> By: Oli http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Oli Wed, 31 May 2006 10:12:37 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-926 If you goto blackburn you could get a new BMW for £50 thats *wink wink* legal =p If you goto blackburn you could get a new BMW for £50 thats *wink wink* legal =p

]]> By: Ranting Dullard http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Ranting Dullard Wed, 31 May 2006 08:06:43 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-924 I know an Indian guy in Blackburn who can do you one for 50 quid. Still expensive I know but that include 'wink wink VAT'. I know an Indian guy in Blackburn who can do you one for 50 quid.
Still expensive I know but that include ‘wink wink VAT’.

]]> By: Oli http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Oli Wed, 31 May 2006 07:35:34 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2006/05/31/the-key/#comment-923 Its the same across the board im afraid, even Fiats charge about £100 for a bastard key. , so be safe in the knowledge that BMW for once havn't charged you teh 200% markup, even if they do make bloody fantastic cars. Its the same across the board im afraid, even Fiats charge about £100 for a bastard key. , so be safe in the knowledge that BMW for once havn’t charged you teh 200% markup, even if they do make bloody fantastic cars.

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