[lro] Keys

From: A. P. (Sandy) Grice (apg4@pinn.net)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 10:32:27 EST

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    Patrick Parsons <patrickparsons@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

    >Which brings up memories from the list a long time back of a Series owner's
    >experience with keys which goes something like this:

    >He goes to a hardware store looking for a copy of his door key. The guy
    >doesn't have the right blank, but just as the rover owner is about to leave,
    >he comes up with a filing cabinet key blank which they take out to the
    >Series truck just to see if it fits in the door lock. It fits. And it
    >unlocks the door. The LRO asks the store owner if he can try it in the
    >ignition too. It fits, and it starts the truck... By this point the store
    >owner is rolling on the floor and tells him to keep the key for free just
    >for entertaining him.

    >This is one story that is true that may make it to Urban Legend status...

    I think that Dave Bobeck (haven't seen or heard from him in a while....)
    mentioned that he got a similar-shaped key from a local hardware store and
    found that the *uncut* key worked just fine....

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