Remember when I blogged about TD's new Honda? We recently sold his truck because Moe starts working at TD's place of work and they can ride in together and on the weekends we can share the magic school bus and TD's Civic. It was nice to get rid of the truck because it was a severe gas guzzler and I am pretty excited to have some money in the bank. I don't know about you, but the economy is starting to freak me out and I am just grateful that we seem prepared, so far, to weather the storm.
Anyway, we only have one key to the Civic and in order to minimize the fuss and make it easier for TD and Moe to share, we have to get another one. I called up a nearby Honda dealership to find out what that entails. We managed to get a spare key for the truck at Walmart because it didn't require computer programming like apparently the Honda keys do. We have to take the car and all of the key(s) we have and go to the dealership. After paying $165, they will present us with another key. What is up with that?! We told Moe we would go halfsies with her on it, thank heavens for both of us. That's still $82.50 a piece. Thank heavens the mini van came with two keys. I guess I should never have to worry about either car getting stolen. Which would be sad. I think I have a whole 'nother post inside about the joys of driving my van. Whoever thought anyone could write about that? Let's just say it has a lot to do with my height and finally finding something that fits.
Stay at home mom caring for a lymphoma girl and trying hard to maintain sanity and normalcy for the big sister and husband!
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3 comments:
As soon as they make it a gadget, gets expensive.
Believe it or not, you would fit comfortably in my bug. It has amazing head and leg room that is wasted on me. :)
I've never heard of a car not coming with two keys. Weird and lame that the copy was so much.
When we lost one of our computer-chip van keys, I looked around the internet and found information about buying a blank ($25-ish?) off ebay, having it cut at a locksmith (a good one, at $25 a key!), and programming it yourself with instructions off the internet. It involved things like pulling fuses, opening and shutting certain doors, blinking lights, coded beeps . . . it sounded crazy, but people said it worked and saved them tons of money. I never got past buying the blank, but a little googling might save you a bunch! I DID google, buy and reprogram a keyless remote all by myself.
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