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My friends key fit my door

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My friends key fit my door

Postby uk locksmith » 16 Jun 2010 12:56

This reminds me of the time i lost my key, it was a bit of luck but i got my friends key and ground down all the edges till they were neary smooth but with little indents in now. I tried the key and turned and hey presto it worked couldnt believe it
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Re: My friends key fit my door

Postby raimundo » 25 Jun 2010 7:33

how did it work on your friends door after that, or did he get a new lock?
Wake up and smell the Kafka!!!
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Re: My friends key fit my door

Postby katie_saunders » 18 Jul 2010 11:23

uk locksmith wrote:This reminds me of the time i lost my key, it was a bit of luck but i got my friends key and ground down all the edges till they were neary smooth but with little indents in now. I tried the key and turned and hey presto it worked couldnt believe it


Reminds me of when we locked the keys in the car in the carpark of a supermarket and a guy with the same make of car pulled up he offered to let us try his keys and it worked lock just opened.

amazing but i think the chances of it happening again are slim
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Re: My friends key fit my door

Postby Rickthepick » 19 Jul 2010 9:00

katie_saunders wrote:
uk locksmith wrote:This reminds me of the time i lost my key, it was a bit of luck but i got my friends key and ground down all the edges till they were neary smooth but with little indents in now. I tried the key and turned and hey presto it worked couldnt believe it


Reminds me of when we locked the keys in the car in the carpark of a supermarket and a guy with the same make of car pulled up he offered to let us try his keys and it worked lock just opened.

amazing but i think the chances of it happening again are slim


similar car keys are quite common... it will only open the door mind you.
You think the dealerships would mix it up a little to prevent similar keys going to similar areas.
A relative of mine actually got into the wrong car and sat there for a while before noticing it was wrong lol
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Re: My friends key fit my door

Postby BaronVonP » 19 Jul 2010 17:29

Rickthepick wrote:
katie_saunders wrote:
uk locksmith wrote:This reminds me of the time i lost my key, it was a bit of luck but i got my friends key and ground down all the edges till they were neary smooth but with little indents in now. I tried the key and turned and hey presto it worked couldnt believe it


Reminds me of when we locked the keys in the car in the carpark of a supermarket and a guy with the same make of car pulled up he offered to let us try his keys and it worked lock just opened.

amazing but i think the chances of it happening again are slim


similar car keys are quite common... it will only open the door mind you.
You think the dealerships would mix it up a little to prevent similar keys going to similar areas.
A relative of mine actually got into the wrong car and sat there for a while before noticing it was wrong lol


The same thing happened to me about 10 years ago.. one of my first cars was a second hand green fiat punto.
Fiat Punto was pretty common back then, but I've only seen a handful green ones in my area.. well one day I went home during my lunch break, managed to take a short nap and then hurried back to work, still half asleep.. well basically I put the keys in the wrong car, open the door and sith down.. and I realized the seat was set in a different position.. I couldn't quite figure it out, until I noticed that car also had a different car stereo.. I jumped out, locked it and ran for my car lol.
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Re: My friends key fit my door

Postby hubby1959 » 6 Jul 2011 19:04

My grandfather had a similar experience back in the 60's, at the time he owned a rover 3 litre that used the old union FS series keys.

he went back to the car at the racetrack and sat there wondering why his ignition key wouldn't work, (Door and ignition keys were different in those days), when a guy tapped on the window and asked if he was having problems.

After he explained his key wouldn't work, the other guy said, "I'm not surprised, thats my car your sitting in"

An honest mistake, but somewhat embarrasing for him at the time
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