No problem Patti, just take the passenger's door handle to a real locksmith
and get them to cut you 3 keys - one for you, one for your travelling
partner and one for the magnetic key safe that goes in the frame rails under
the van.

In fact, I would do a search first, the PO may have been more Boy Scout-like
than you!  :-)

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:36 AM, PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm at a loss!  I did what may have been the dumbest thing I've ever done
> in
> my life!  My purse may have been stolen last night at a small social
> gathering of about 17 people.  Inside my purse was my only van key, plus
> the
> blank that I had planned to have cut at the locksmith, but didn't get
> around
> to it.  (This is not to mention several other items of little or no
> monetary
> value to anyone, but extremely devastating losses for me.)
>
> By some miracle, my hatch didn't lock the last time I locked the van, so at
> least I can get inside, and I even have a club to lock the steering wheel,
> but I don't know where to start.  I'm hoping to deal with the key situation
> without needing a locksmith to come to my house.  I do have a Bentley, but
> don't have much mechanical experience.  Should I try to remove a door lock
> or the ignition lock?  If a door lock, which one would be the easiest to
> take to a locksmith?
>
> There is a chance that I forgot my purse at the event, and someone wound up
> with it without realizing it, as there was equipment at this event, and
> hopefully somebody picked it up thinking it was part of the equipment.
>  I've
> asked the hostess to email everyone there, as we were all invited by email.
> I'll give it a little time, but need to know the most economical way to
> deal
> with getting a key made, or a new lock.  Luckily I have another car AND the
> key to it, so there is no rush to use it right now.  I'm just very
> panicked,
> as I've never lost my purse in my life!  (I know people have lost entire
> homes, especially here in fires.  I've only lost my purse - not my home or
> my life, but it's still very disorienting!)
>
> Thanks in advance for reading this.
> Patti
> 90 Westy Automatic (with electric locks)
>
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