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Just wanted to let everyone know a little story that may make you go and get a spare key cut for your car. After a drunken ozzie day party at my house my wife woke me up saying where are the keys for my car. After searching the whole house we can not find them anywhere so i call a locksmith to ask how much for a new one as i dont have a spare (wish i wasnt so tight and had one cut earlier) so the locksmith tells me its $1045.00 with 2 new keys one remote one standard :evil: So i ring toyota $2500.00 for them to do it :evil: They change the whole computer and everything so i guess i am heading home this afternoon to pull the house apart and find it or spend a lazy thousand for a bloody key. I hope this stops anyone else going through this expensive exercise. I bet one of the kids has put it somewhere :roll:
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2005 Gx Td White tinted windows,uhf,dp chip,tjm steel bull bar,terrain tamer winch,dual batteries,rhino rack hd bars and basket,polaris side and rear awning's,firestone airbags,hilux washer upgrade,uni filter,airtech snorkel,underbody guards,extended diff breathers,cargo barrier dvd headrests, xray 220 hid lights plenty of dents and scratches oh and kids food on back seat. -
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Add a similar issue with an Audi A5 - although I didn't get so far as to call the dealership...
Drunken night, started raining and everything outside was dumped inside - needless to say that the keys went missing and no amount of searching could find them... Call from my mate the next morning - he'd found them in the shed on the floor (how we missed them the previous night, I'll never know) but i guess we just needed to sober a little and start thinking straight...
I should mention, I wasn't going to be driving it home anyway - that would have been illegal! But would have been nice to know where the keys were before we left... Would have saved an argument with the now wife as well... Ended up on the couch that night because of a missing set of keys!!!
Guess you were at least luckier than me on that one?2014 D4D 150 GXL Automatic - CHARCOAL -
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Why don't you get RAC or roadside assist or whoever, to come and unlock it for you,
so you can at least get the spare key out?2004 Prado GXL. v6 auto, ARB deluxe bar, exhaust, 2" EFS lift kit, Outback Acc rear bar,
rallye 2000 spots, roof mount dvd, dig_options stereo, toyota roof bars.
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I would love it if it was that easy but i dont have a spare key that is the issue when i purchased it there wasnt a spare so they have to reprogram the computer and cut me new keys hence the expense.
2005 Gx Td White tinted windows,uhf,dp chip,tjm steel bull bar,terrain tamer winch,dual batteries,rhino rack hd bars and basket,polaris side and rear awning's,firestone airbags,hilux washer upgrade,uni filter,airtech snorkel,underbody guards,extended diff breathers,cargo barrier dvd headrests, xray 220 hid lights plenty of dents and scratches oh and kids food on back seat.Comment
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We only have the remote with the CL buttons and a grey spare. I can start it with either. Does this mean if I lose the CL one that I am up the creek or can they still program off the grey one?2009 120 V6 Auto. 265/70/17 Goodyear Silent Armours. Bilsteins and Kings Springs.Comment
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Can't program from the valet 'grey' keyOriginally posted by tassie tiger[url=http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=12264]My Prado[/url]Comment
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Thanks!Originally posted by D4D2009 120 V6 Auto. 265/70/17 Goodyear Silent Armours. Bilsteins and Kings Springs.Comment
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Good news i found the key so of to the locksmith today to get a spare cut thank god for that wasnt going to be happy if i had to buy a new one
2005 Gx Td White tinted windows,uhf,dp chip,tjm steel bull bar,terrain tamer winch,dual batteries,rhino rack hd bars and basket,polaris side and rear awning's,firestone airbags,hilux washer upgrade,uni filter,airtech snorkel,underbody guards,extended diff breathers,cargo barrier dvd headrests, xray 220 hid lights plenty of dents and scratches oh and kids food on back seat.Comment
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Might we enquire as the location the sneaky key ran off to?Originally posted by teamdevoGood news i found the key so of to the locksmith today to get a spare cut thank god for that wasnt going to be happy if i had to buy a new one2014 D4D 150 GXL Automatic - CHARCOALComment
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Someone stuck it in my bbq apron pocket whilst i was cooking. I dont know who that naughty person was though.
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2005 Gx Td White tinted windows,uhf,dp chip,tjm steel bull bar,terrain tamer winch,dual batteries,rhino rack hd bars and basket,polaris side and rear awning's,firestone airbags,hilux washer upgrade,uni filter,airtech snorkel,underbody guards,extended diff breathers,cargo barrier dvd headrests, xray 220 hid lights plenty of dents and scratches oh and kids food on back seat.Comment
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