tomo
Member Since: 06 Mar 2007
Location: Kent
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My other half has potentially lost the spare key to our Disco (it may turn up somewhere but it's not looking good). Before I call my dealer, does anyone know what is involved in getting a new key?
Cheers
tomo '05 (55) TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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 8th May 2007 11:13 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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Probably passport, inside leg measurement, V5 & plenty of £'s  The End
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| 8th May 2007 11:26 pm |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
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Apply 'Sods Law'. Order a new one and the old will will appear, or loose something else and then look for that. your D3 key will then appear in the first place you looked for it  In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 9th May 2007 12:05 am |
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tomo
Member Since: 06 Mar 2007
Location: Kent
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Thanks for the replies....I'm preparing some limbs to exchange with my dealer for a new key  '05 (55) TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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| 9th May 2007 9:21 am |
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scolliss
Member Since: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Make sure the "limbs" are not those of your wife or she wont be able to drive and you wont need a new key.  Life is what you make it.
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| 9th May 2007 1:00 pm |
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tomo
Member Since: 06 Mar 2007
Location: Kent
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scolliss wrote:Make sure the "limbs" are not those of your wife or she wont be able to drive
This would actually not be a bad thing as far as I'm concerned   '05 (55) TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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| 9th May 2007 1:49 pm |
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HarrisonB
Member Since: 03 Dec 2005
Location: Leicester
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Tomo go for sods law it worked for me!
Whilst on holiday in Cornwall last summer I found the spare rattling around in the beach tent. After a few words she agreed to keep it safe otherwise it would be an arm and a leg.
Once back home I asked if the spare was back in the key safe. The silence said it all, she couldn’t find it 
Well after nearly 9 months I thought I’d better get a spare after a panic when the car locked itself and I feared the remote was in the car. The fight or flight adrenalin rush subsided when I remembered that the auto lock is disabled after a door is opened and as I had not been in the car I couldn’t have left the remote in it. A quick search located the remote on a garden chair where I’d placed it after being distracted by the kids 
I bought one on ebay and was prepared to pay the dealer to replace the key bit and reprogram the remote………this is where sods law came into it. The seller let me down. A few days later she was ferreting in her handbag looking for her mobile and pulled out the spare remote
All she said was “I knew I’d put it safe and I told you it would turn upâ€. A quick discussion identified she last used that handbag in Cornwall. Priceless.
Go for sods as body parts hurt. D3 gone for now
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| 9th May 2007 5:50 pm |
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scolliss
Member Since: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Womens handbags are like black holes.  Life is what you make it.
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| 9th May 2007 5:58 pm |
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dochummer
Member Since: 02 Nov 2006
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So, is it much to replace a key if you purchase one off of ebay? I'm missing my spare, and saw the ones listed on ebay.... The stealership wants $325 bucks for a new one... 2005 Zambezi V8 SE
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| 10th May 2007 5:09 am |
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tomo
Member Since: 06 Mar 2007
Location: Kent
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Thanks HarrisonB...I just know in my case that 'sods law' will mean: I find the spare *after* I buy a replacement 
I spoke to my 'stealership' (nice one dochummer ) and the process for replacing the key (in the UK at least) is as follows:
1) Take your D3, original log book, plus a recent utility bill and driving license (all with the same address on them) to your dealer.
2) Give them £91.09 inc vat and they will order a new key.
3) Book your D3 in at your dealer 10 days later for them to 're-program' the car/keys.
4) Give the dealer a further £70 (approximately) for the labour.
So around £160 and 10 days in the UK - which is actually less than I was expecting believe it or not
I have also found a key on ebay...there is no 'buy it now' price though so not sure how much it will eventually go for, or if I will be the successful bidder even! I presume you would then need to get the actual 'key' part cut somewhere else? Anyone know anyone who can do this? Then of course you'll still need to get your dealer to re-program the key....so this option could still cost a similar amount to the dealer replacement.
I'll post any further updates here....  '05 (55) TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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| 10th May 2007 9:46 am |
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scolliss
Member Since: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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I would turn this into an insurance claim and try it on your house insurance. If you are lucky eonough to be with Sentinel or one of the equivalents (part of my credit card perks from Lloyds bank) then you will find your keys are covered on that as well. Life is what you make it.
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| 10th May 2007 10:16 am |
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tomo
Member Since: 06 Mar 2007
Location: Kent
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Thanks scolliss, good call ...my house insurance may well cover this - I'll investigate further. '05 (55) TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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| 10th May 2007 10:23 am |
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BarryG
Member Since: 30 Apr 2006
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The Life insurance would more than cover it ... might even get a FFRR out of the deal.
If your other half looses the key just kill her ..
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| 10th May 2007 11:21 am |
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croyde
Member Since: 17 Aug 2005
Location: SE England
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Forget the 10 days. Our spare stopped working 4 months ago and the new one is still on order. Is anyone else having this problem?
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| 13th May 2007 8:30 pm |
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90BHP
Member Since: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
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Nope - lost mine mountain biking - new key in less than 10 days. Programmed foc when car was serviced !!!
Sounds like your dealer is more to blame than LR TBH "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| 13th May 2007 9:39 pm |
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