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08-29-2003, 06:27 AM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto
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Car: 325is
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Warning from the BMW service guy...
This is what the guy who works at bmw told me about how to prevent getting your key stuck in the ignition on an old car. He told me that if you drive with a lot of heavy keys and keychains,, remotes, etc , eventually all the bumps with the weight will wear down the pins inside. What happened with me is one of the pins probably seiazed or got bent this way and it got stuck.
His advice was to keep you key light and not to put extra weight on it if you can avoid it....
Just a work of caution from the bmw guy...
o and read around the spelling mistakes, im so tired 
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08-29-2003, 06:39 AM
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BangSentra
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: California
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whoa...thanks for the info...ill keep that in mind of my future pimp mobile 
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08-29-2003, 10:43 AM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Toronto
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Car: MK4 Jetta TDI
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Hey, thanks for the heads up, i never have more than 2 keys on my chain, but my moms car keys look like they belong to a dungeon master!!
Thanks again!
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08-29-2003, 11:12 AM
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BMW again.
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Toronto
Posts: 6,110
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who!?, as a guy has an oversized key chain?!? i can see gurls having 10lbs of trinkets on a chain but who has them as a guy?
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08-29-2003, 11:24 AM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Toronto
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Well remember, some people just have a LOT OF KEYS!
my pops has quite a few keys all on one little key ring!
he has a set for all the cars + house key + work key + tool box key, etc. it can get pretty heavy, and after time even a few keys might be too much!
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08-29-2003, 12:09 PM
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Just chillin...
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: toronto
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shit son.. my mother always told me that... i guess shes right!
STRANGE!
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08-29-2003, 12:28 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Hamburg, NJ-U.S
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Car: 00 Estoril E36/8
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Good advice. When I had my E34 all I had was the key and the "5" chain. I really can't stand having anything else cluttering up my keys. My parents have like 15 keys aside from their car keys on their ring. Really pisses me off. Hahahaha
-Mike
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08-29-2003, 12:47 PM
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OG
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Yeap, good advice. Just have the key and alarm keychain, how many keys do you really need anyway?
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08-29-2003, 05:46 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto
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Car: 325is
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i just keep my house key alarm and key but over time the pins will wear out inside and seize like mine did.
But im just saying its rally bad 2 have like 3 sets of cars keys, house key, cottage key, some keycahins, u kno wull were it out (NOT THE KEY) the ignition
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08-29-2003, 07:18 PM
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Gets Blown Daily
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Car: 1994 333HP Supercharged Project E36, 1996 Hummer H1
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Personally I'm not sure I believe that entirely.
My father has a gigantic keychain with many keys on it, and has had one for years. He's never had a problem in ANY car old or new with the ignition or tumbler getting damaged. I mean, I guess it COULD be possible, but you'd have to have one darn heavy keychain.
If you believe that it'll happen, you could just carry two keychains like I do. One for the bimmer, and one for all the other stuff.
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08-29-2003, 07:25 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
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Yea, that does sound like BS. When the key is in the ignition it barely moves around and itz really snug. I don't think any extra weight will wear down the pins.
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08-29-2003, 07:27 PM
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Moderator
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go figure..
I keep the car keys separate now..
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08-29-2003, 09:03 PM
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6th Gear Member
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What was that pic gamite?
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