BenT, re-keying all that, then going back sounds like a great big
PITA, though 'one key fits all' can't be beat.....
Miguel

'In heaven all the interesting people are missing.'
  - Friedrich Nietzsche

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:20 PM, mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, he was a nice bloke. He had clearly been wandering for awhile trying
> many cars. FWIW, Vanagons are by no means the only vehicles that suffer this
> affliction. I once left a Home Despot with a load of materials, conveyed
> them to the company's Ford F150 truck, got in, started it but couldn't find
> the stick shift because it was an automatic and not the company truck!
>
> I was not able to unload the material before the owner of the truck arrived.
> I explained what thad happened and he laughed because it had happened to him
> also. He helped me unload his truck onto my cart.
>
> My best friend is a locksmith and he once filed a key blank for my Isuzu
> Trooper into a functional key simply by inserting the blank, twisting hard
> to make impressions on the blank and then roughly filing it to shape. It
> worked well enough to open the driver's door.
>
> I feel so secure....
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Peter T. Owsianowski <
> pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ...or maybe your key that he found on the path...?
>>
>> Either way, it was a very nice move on his part.
>>
>>
>> Pete
>> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
>> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
>> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:25 PM, mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ha! Too true, Jim. Recently I was walking a trail with my dog. When I
>>> returned to the van, a guy came up and said, "Oh, you're the van owner? I
>>> found a key on the trail and the only car it fits is yours. I left it on
>>> the
>>> driver's side floor."
>>>
>>> He had unlocked my van with what appeared to be a Mazda key.
>>>
>>> Trying to maintain a sense of security,
>>>
>>> mordo
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I agree, good with bad and all that.. BUT in this case overwhelmingly
>>> > good in my experience. The vanagon community is a different group of
>>> > folks, and really good people. Good thing we have trust since 9 times
>>> > out of 10 our keys all work in each other's vans ha
>>> >
>>> > Jim Akiba
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:
>>> > > This is why i still believe in Internet, it as a good side.
>>> > >
>>> > > Virtual get get real, if not, i wouldn't be here.
>>> > >
>>> > > Ben
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:44:02 -0500, jerry baldwin <
>>> jlbaldwin52@GMAIL.COM>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >>I meet Ben on my first trip in my Westy. we spent some time together
>>> in
>>> > >>Florida . I tell people that buying my Westy changed my life and I get
>>> > >>really blank stares, How can a van change your life ?? I don't think
>>> it
>>> > can
>>> > >>be explained it has to be experienced. Thanks to all the great people
>>> I
>>> > have
>>> > >>met on and off the the list , all due to a 20 some year old van.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Jerry
>>> > >>Sofie
>>> > >>& Duke
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Prudence 1987 Westy
>>> > >>
>>> > >>--
>>> > >>Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that
>>> > you
>>> > >>didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
>>> > away
>>> > >>from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
>>> > Dream.
>>> > >>Discover. ~ Mark Twain
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> mordo
>>> 1990 Carat
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> mordo
> 1990 Carat
>