Mickey7

One for the ignition and one for the trunk

https://lemmy.world/post/43597961

Feb 26 at 12:41pmWeb
Show threadfrogFeb 26

One is the valet key. It should only work to turn on the engine and open the door.

The other key should work for the trunk, the glove box, the door, and to start the car.

you see how the pin layout is simular? There actually two sets of pins to allow different keys to work on one lock. That’s how the school janitor’s master key works for all the doors.

Show threadJerb322Feb 26
The warding profile is different.
Show threadSchmidtGeneticsFeb 26
Look at the slide sections, they’re mirrored, they won’t fit in each other locks.
Show threadTomMaszFeb 26
This was common for a long time. I have no idea why.
Show threadJayFeb 26
I’ve always used them so you can leave the car running or in accessory mode and still unlock the doors/trunk/glovebox.
Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkFeb 26
Idling was a pastime in the 70s.
Show threadJayFeb 26
Still is up here in winter when it’s -30 outside.
Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkFeb 26
oh no, your car might get cold.
Show threadJayFeb 27
I don’t have a car but ya.
Show threadtidderuufFeb 26
Just like my wife.
Show threadMehBlahFeb 26
I’m sensing a late 70’s early 80’s LTD.
Show threadJerb322Feb 26
My '88 Escort GT had keys just like this.
Show threadPennomiFeb 26

Having a separate key for the trunk was very common historically, not sure why.

Off topic, but reminder to everyone who needs it, close up photos of keys is a security problem. With relatively little training you can recreate a key from a photo. If you know the person who posted the photo, that’s an easy target.

Show threadReygleFeb 26
You’re not wrong, but if you really want to understand how fucked the past was, until about a decade ago you could go on eBay and buy a key that would open and start almost any police vehicle.
Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkFeb 26

Off topic, but reminder to everyone who needs it, close up photos of keys is a security problem. With relatively little training you can recreate a key from a photo. If you know the person who posted the photo, that’s an easy target.

Hilarious.

You can drive off with any modern car with a $100 gadget from TEMU.

Show threadPennomiFeb 26

Just because another security flaw exists, it doesn’t invalidate the first security flaw.

Not posting pictures of your keys online goes far beyond automotive security.

Show threadtoynbeeFeb 26
I thought the first part was so that you could give a valet the keys to park and retrieve your car, but not easily get to your belongings.
Show thread🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Feb 26
I barely even remember using physical keys to open my family’s cars. Remote entry FOBs quickly became a thing when I was a kid.
Show threadunalivejoyFeb 26
Back then, you could remove the key from the ignition while the car was speeding down the highway and use it to open the glove box.
Show threadReygleFeb 26
This actually DID happen, especially on worn-out GM steering colums/ignition switches. You could start the car with the key, remove the key, drive all day as long as you didn’t put the ignition back in “lock” position!
Show threadclifFeb 26
I took a turn too fast in a 1990 S-10 and the keys flew out of the ignition… That’s how I learned about this.
Show threadReygleFeb 26
That’s pretty funny, must have been a pretty heavy keychain.
Show threadReygleFeb 26
Quit it you’re making me feel old
Show thread🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Feb 26
Hey, do you remember pogs?
Show threadReygleFeb 26
I do, but again please stop
Show threadRob T FireflyFeb 26
They’re back, in ALF form!
Show threadReygleFeb 26
Show threadusualsuspect191Feb 26
Trunk, but also the doors
Show threadEvil_ShrubberyFeb 26
If you make a mistake you can either ignite the trunk or trunk the ignition.
Show threadm3t00🌎Feb 26
still have keys saved for some reason. cars are all long gone.
Show threadm3t00🌎Feb 26
70s, had Mavericks, Escorts, LTDs. all had keys like that. slowly replaced them over the years with electric door locks/windows.