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17 Aug 17, 12:17 PM |
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Here now, Alamo keys question
Picked up a decent Dodge Caravan yesterday, kids love the electric doors!
Question - why do they give you all 4 keys for the car on a single key tag, 2 transponder remote keys and 2 spare lock keys. Seems a bit odd, what will they say on return if somehow I have 'broken' the loop ring the keys are on? Thanks.
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17 Aug 17, 12:23 PM |
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The new Rouge I've got here came with 2keys on the same loop first thing I did when I got to the villa cut it and I separated the keys and I'll put them both on a zip tie when I return it today like I've done for years have a wander down the tool Isle in Walmart and use the wire cutters there
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17 Aug 17, 12:30 PM |
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Glad I'm not the only one who did that
Its becoming less common to get more than one key nowadays but they don't give a hoot whether or not the keys are on the same loop as they started out, just that they are there
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17 Aug 17, 12:31 PM |
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You get all the keys as that's what belongs with the car. It's not like your personal car where you'd leave a spare at home. Where would the hire cars home be? Could be any airport, office, hotel, or even state. It would be a nightmare for the rental company to keep track of spare keys. If they get lost, the customer is billed for an expensive full set.
All keys will also be needed when the car/fleet is eventually sold. Edited at 12:37 PM. |
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17 Aug 17, 12:43 PM |
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Cheers chaps.
I hadn't thought of the fact the car could end up anywhere. Off to cut the tag now.
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17 Aug 17, 01:35 PM |
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I blame Walmart. It seems a lot of us wander down the tool aisle and how I don't know but it seems that those keys in your pocket become separated. Beats me what occurs but it's happened to me about 10 times now.
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17 Aug 17, 03:49 PM |
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17 Aug 17, 04:34 PM |
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There have been reports of the hire company keeping the spare key in case the hirer locks himself/herself out.
The last two cars I've hired have only had one key for some reason, although that could be as simple as the previous hirer did not return both
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17 Aug 17, 05:44 PM |
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When I do get 2 keys, which is actually quite rare now, it's normally 2 x fob things. Like mine here when you can push down a clip and a skeleton key slides out. Hope that helps.
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