GUYS - THE KEYS HAVE BEEN FOUND - READ ON!
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GUYS - THE KEYS HAVE BEEN FOUND - READ ON!
What a flippin story...
So this morning, I call the Honda Dealer....bascially quoted $700 to sort the key issue. I was sick to the core. Came home at lunchtime to once again, irrationally, search my pockets in my leathers. My cell phone rings;
"Hey John, how much for a set of Honda Keys?". The Can Am Dealer Principal had been driving his Hyster front loader away from his Dealership (this is Canada Country - even the owner of the Dealership drives a front loader home for lunch), and coz he had to drive on the gravel shoulder, found my keys in the gravel, half a mile from the Dealership! Thank the Lord!
Tonight, I got a ride to the Can Am Dealer, handed over a 24 pack of Coors light and rode my baby home. Yaaayyyyy!
Bloody hell, close call. Message to all...get a spare key NOW!
Thank you to all for your very good advice..you're a good bunch.
John
So this morning, I call the Honda Dealer....bascially quoted $700 to sort the key issue. I was sick to the core. Came home at lunchtime to once again, irrationally, search my pockets in my leathers. My cell phone rings;
"Hey John, how much for a set of Honda Keys?". The Can Am Dealer Principal had been driving his Hyster front loader away from his Dealership (this is Canada Country - even the owner of the Dealership drives a front loader home for lunch), and coz he had to drive on the gravel shoulder, found my keys in the gravel, half a mile from the Dealership! Thank the Lord!
Tonight, I got a ride to the Can Am Dealer, handed over a 24 pack of Coors light and rode my baby home. Yaaayyyyy!
Bloody hell, close call. Message to all...get a spare key NOW!
Thank you to all for your very good advice..you're a good bunch.
John
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Heh, that's great.
$700 for a Honda key? What the hell is it made of? Does it come with his twin daughters and a hot tub?
Isn't a "front loader" loader what we call a fork lift? The guy commutes to work on a fork lift?
$700 for a Honda key? What the hell is it made of? Does it come with his twin daughters and a hot tub?
Isn't a "front loader" loader what we call a fork lift? The guy commutes to work on a fork lift?
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Front loader would probably be a tractor or similar? Heh, not too different from the countryside around here...
You my friend is one lucky SOB... Now get down to the nearest locksmith and have a spare cut... I wouldn't ride the bike until that is done... But that's just me...
You my friend is one lucky SOB... Now get down to the nearest locksmith and have a spare cut... I wouldn't ride the bike until that is done... But that's just me...
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Get at least two spares cut.
Keep one at home with your paperwork ( title etc ), put the second one in your wallet.
Nothing worse than being on a road trip, far from home, and losing your key....
If it's a Honda key remove the plastic first so it doesn't bulge the wallet.
Unless you want it to look like you have a wad of cash.
Kai Ju
Keep one at home with your paperwork ( title etc ), put the second one in your wallet.
Nothing worse than being on a road trip, far from home, and losing your key....
If it's a Honda key remove the plastic first so it doesn't bulge the wallet.
Unless you want it to look like you have a wad of cash.
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Yep, the front loader is a big four wheel drive, all terrain fork lift, with a tractor hook....the Can Am Dealer also sells boats, Ski Doos and the like and uses the machine to load the boats etc. Makes for a mean commuting tool too - no fender benders on that baby!
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Losing something important and then finding it again is one of the best feelings ever. I've tried to purposely lose my wallet just so I could rediscover it and feel the euphoria...didn't work out.
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I keep a spare civic key in my wallet and then started leaving my wallet in my car when I was at work. Can't recommend it. Now my window rubber is chewed to **** from wire being jammed in there!
thusspakebenji... I lost my mind so I could feel good again when I found it, but then I started hearing about what the little son of a bitch had been doing while he was "lost" and I just ended up jealous and pissed off.
thusspakebenji... I lost my mind so I could feel good again when I found it, but then I started hearing about what the little son of a bitch had been doing while he was "lost" and I just ended up jealous and pissed off.
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Well, a few things should be considered here...
CANADAVTR should be praised for supporting the economy of Golden Colorado.
Canadian tax law makes beer much more costly in Canada than the USA.
Maybe CANADAVTR knows his Can-Am dealer likes Coors Light?
That said, if I was the Can-Am dealer, I put that 24 pack of Coors Light in the bucket of my "front loader", head for the nearest beer store, and try to trade it for a six pack of Guinness stout.
CANADAVTR should be praised for supporting the economy of Golden Colorado.
Canadian tax law makes beer much more costly in Canada than the USA.
Maybe CANADAVTR knows his Can-Am dealer likes Coors Light?
That said, if I was the Can-Am dealer, I put that 24 pack of Coors Light in the bucket of my "front loader", head for the nearest beer store, and try to trade it for a six pack of Guinness stout.
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Doesn't Coors have the cans with color changing mountains based on how cold it is? Love that, I always have problems telling if the beer is cold or not simply based on my innacurate sense of touch.
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+1 on the Coors Light review! And to think, the guys name at the Dealership is Jimmy Quinn ..about as Irish as you can be! And yep - he asked for Coors Light!
I could have got him Guinness, Caffreys, or Kilkenny - but Coors light! I felt embarassed at the store!
But I still luv the guy coz he found my keys!
I could have got him Guinness, Caffreys, or Kilkenny - but Coors light! I felt embarassed at the store!
But I still luv the guy coz he found my keys!
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A little off the current topic but, I lost my key 2 years ago in a mall parking lot. Had to roll the bike on the truck and bring it home, had no spare. After some advice from the forum, I removed the ignition switch and took it to my local dealer. They cut me a key on the spot for less than $20! All they needed was my ID. A lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Now I have 3 keys in strategic locations. They apparently got a code from the underside of the switch.
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+1 on the Coors Light review! And to think, the guys name at the Dealership is Jimmy Quinn ..about as Irish as you can be! And yep - he asked for Coors Light!
I could have got him Guinness, Caffreys, or Kilkenny - but Coors light! I felt embarassed at the store!
But I still luv the guy coz he found my keys!
I could have got him Guinness, Caffreys, or Kilkenny - but Coors light! I felt embarassed at the store!
But I still luv the guy coz he found my keys!
Guinness?!?!?!? who drink that around here, that is one harsh tasting beering.. I can't even begin to tell yall how it taste. Horrible beer..
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A little off the current topic but, I lost my key 2 years ago in a mall parking lot. Had to roll the bike on the truck and bring it home, had no spare. After some advice from the forum, I removed the ignition switch and took it to my local dealer. They cut me a key on the spot for less than $20! All they needed was my ID. A lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Now I have 3 keys in strategic locations. They apparently got a code from the underside of the switch.
Glad you got fixed for $20! In the end, the Coors cost me around the same...but it could have been much worse....
