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I thought I was doing the right thing by keeping my 2010 V8V keys in the safe. However, having been burgled and the safe ripped out, I’m left with no way of moving the car. Is there a genius out there that knows of a solution to my problem. Obviously, I’m trying to find a transporter that can move it to a specialist but it being in a garage and having a gravel driveway but, knowing the knowledge on this site, I thought I’d ask my long shot question.
Top tip - never have all your keys in one place even if you think it’s the safest place in the house.
Top tip - never have all your keys in one place even if you think it’s the safest place in the house.
Might be worth checking the insurance situation if they have the key, about 25 years ago we had keys to both our cars stolen in a house burglary and back then policies didn’t cover loss of the car with the use of the key. ( I think there were issues with people leaving keys in unlocked cars at fuel stations). We had a new Toyota which the insurance paid to change the locks on (cost over £1000 even then !) but they agreed on an older Clio we had to add a rider to the policy to say it was covered for theft with the key if we put a steering wheel lock on it rather than change the keys. I think they had taken both Toyota keys but only one Clio one but they weren’t happy with getting a new key from the dealer for the Toyota. Also I think there were issue with engine immobiliser coding if you don’t have a key. Anyway details don’t matter the point is check the insurance before you just get a new key (although a good idea for getting it out the garage without a trolley lift which might be hard on gravel). Policy norms may have changed long since and I am sure back then we had a cheap no frills policy.
notsaV8V said:
I thought I was doing the right thing by keeping my 2010 V8V keys in the safe. However, having been burgled and the safe ripped out, I’m left with no way of moving the car. Is there a genius out there that knows of a solution to my problem. Obviously, I’m trying to find a transporter that can move it to a specialist but it being in a garage and having a gravel driveway but, knowing the knowledge on this site, I thought I’d ask my long shot question.
Top tip - never have all your keys in one place even if you think it’s the safest place in the house.
Hi as other posts noted,Top tip - never have all your keys in one place even if you think it’s the safest place in the house.
I am currently going through trying to acquire a blade key/ emergency key, I foolishly thought that these are hidden within the ECU keys and one never came with the car from dealership
I am not sure if it will be same for v8 one but i was told £138 + vat for the blade just so that I can get into the car if battery is flat.
Now for some reason they were not able to get a key code off my vin so dealer recommended a local locksmith that can get the key code and cut it.
So would say try your local deal with V5 and Proof of address... (granted it prob lost with the safe) if you dont have it then you could go to the dealer perhaps that last serviced it and explain the situation or request a new V5 via DVLA...
notsaV8V said:
I thought I was doing the right thing by keeping my 2010 V8V keys in the safe. However, having been burgled and the safe ripped out, I’m left with no way of moving the car. Is there a genius out there that knows of a solution to my problem. Obviously, I’m trying to find a transporter that can move it to a specialist but it being in a garage and having a gravel driveway but, knowing the knowledge on this site, I thought I’d ask my long shot question.
Top tip - never have all your keys in one place even if you think it’s the safest place in the house.
Is the car a manual or a SportShift? Because the SS gearbox will have engaged a gear when you last keyed off.Top tip - never have all your keys in one place even if you think it’s the safest place in the house.
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