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I realize having an ignition key is getting less common, much less one without a chip, but this is hysterical, even if it dates me!
Feb 23, 2024 6:53 PM
chefsoda
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I realize having an ignition key is getting less common, much less one without a chip, but this is hysterical, even if it dates me!
Squanto1213
Whaaat? No waaay..
ChloeRed
For certain fords with imobilisers (mk1 focus to Mk3s, mk3 mondeos, etc) the chip is a capsule, so you could take it out the key, drill a 1/
ChloeRed
hole in the screwdriver and stick it in, and have an imobilised screwdriver key! 2/2
necrojoe
My dad used to have dozens of keys on his ring. So heavy, it stripped the ignition on his 80s truck so badly, you could just turn it with your hand without a key in it. I used to poke fun at it by using anything within arm's reach as a "key". A phonebook, a plush baseball, an orange, a hammer...he never thought it was as funny as I did.
xETM
for the record, he was wrong.
QuigleyDownUnder
This would work with my current car. I need this.
alwaysupvoteprincessbride
I had a Buick wagon that you could start with absolutely no key. someone saw how worn key was and was like "there's no way you need this anymore" so we went and tried it. amazing discovery.
farthardersqueen
When I was a teen way back in the mid-90's, I had an old beat up Buick Century to drive. One day the key broke off in the ignition. But all you had to do was turn it and it would start. Then word got out about it in my tiny high school. People took it all the time to get donuts or cigs and I never knew where it would be reparked . I finally just left a note in it and said, 'park it in the corner by the tennis courts' so I knew where to look. Good times.
Audasity
had a buddy that started his astro with a pair of needle nose pliers
n0n53n53
Had a friend who had that for his old shitbox Chevy Citation, except he didn't have to go through the trouble of welding a key to it, just shoved the screwdriver in there and off he went. Kept it in the glove box because who the hell would steal a Chevy Citation?
redsmerf
...I think I'll do that with a stubby screwdriver. Less strain on the ignition cylinder
Cobalt1
much less convenient to carry, thank you +1
jerbern34
Leave it in the car around some other junk. People will probably overlook it completely.
MapleSyrupMafia
I'd always leave it in the ignition with the doors unlocked in my Corolla. Never got stolen, not sure why!
playingwithknives
Much more difficult to lose. 😉
VindictiveBathToaster
Some Kia and Hyundai cars don’t have a chipped key in the U.S. and Canada. That’s why there’s a class action lawsuit. The key cylinders are held in by a small spring-loaded pin that can be broken easily. The Kia Soul is particularly vulnerable to this attack.
MapleSyrupMafia
Been there! :)
tesseract4d2
I have a few USB drives that look like cut USB cords. I cut off cords from old USB devices, carefully slice the sides at the seams, and remove the old USB A port. Then I remove the case off a low profile USB drive, and hot glue it in the cable. It throws IT people off hilariously. I call it an "Nth dimensional storage matrix" and the only other one I've seen was made by the guy I stole the idea from.
camcam1234
Shank is too long. It will bend and flex.
PixelSprite64
These days its push button starts
Audasity
i like this way more than i should
downvoteacct
That’s some Bubba McGuyver shit right there.
KennyBlankenshipandVicRomano
In high school, we figured out we could start a friend's 1981 Ford Taurus Wagon with a popsicle stick, we'd move his car to different parking spot during lunch and act like it had been there the whole time when he'd be confused. He eventually caught us in the act and begrudgingly laughed it off.
SmooveT63
Except for those of us who had not one, not two, but three vehicles stolen (actually one they didn’t get because I started removing the lead from the distributor but still had to fix the ignition). But hahaha anyway
chefsoda
I installed a kill switch on my 82 Firebird to prevent, ahem, unauthorized use.
billyrayvirus
Your knee will retire if you crash.
ilyasInternetSmuggler
Wow, a car key and a prison shank. Does it fit in a prison pocket?
AK90
But where di I put the immobilization chip? D:
frozencloud
you'd be the screwed driver if a cop pulls you over
NOYLL
Joxtacy
For teh lulz
n0n53n53
for funsies, why else ?
poscduke
SlightChungus
We start our old Ford like this but it's just a regular screwdriver. Clapped out ignitions for the win.
redsmerf
Huh, I need to check that on my old truck
Slvrdgr
Buddy amongst our group had a turdstang when we where in our teens, he was fully unaware of his clapped out ignition and never knew why butter knifes started randomly showing up in his car, lol
3nd3rwiggin
Had a car like that, eventually replaced the screwdriver with a push button.
IAmTheKingOfCheese
My uncle put in a light switch, did the job I suppose
chefsoda
After my old Jeep Cherokee was stolen, I started it with a screwdriver for weeks, before a new lock cylinder arrived and I got it installed. Good times
TinaEveFox
When I was a kid we had a screwdriver in the glove box of the Oldsmobile, it was for the kids to unscrew some cap off the engine and stick the screw driver in a hole to make some flap stay open. Car wouldn't start unless we did that. The other kids got a kick out of it at Sunday morning hockey.
CheeseborgarSoop
This is technically a remix to ignition.
vonKaiser
NirvanaNik
All that weight hanging off the end. That poor key cylinder.
chefsoda
Definitely not good long term, but def good for a laugh
NirvanaNik
Absolutely
macwarrior
A screwdriver handle really isn't all that heavy. It's a lump of plastic with a short piece of steel rod inside.
NirvanaNik
The leverage of the length of it. Plus, the constant movement from driving.
twelvoclocklevel
My GMC pickup needed a whole new steering column bc the ignition lock couldn't be replaced. Too many keys on the ring.
mynamespaul
90% of people with a big If set of keys hanging off their car key be like that
Easykehl
Weight hanging off the key near the cylinder is very different than that cantilevered handle.
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall break that key cylinder.”
-Archimedes
ME2BNS12
In hindsight, I think a stubby would've been a better choice
dohcohv
That's....
jackal696
What they call him
MeatballRon
... where I come in.