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Default 2nd copy of car keys and fob?

On Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 11:29:18 PM UTC-4, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
On Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 7:49:10 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:

How many of you carry a 2nd copy of your car keys and fob, when you're
in town?

Spare key and fob are in my purse.

When you go out of town?

Spare key and fob are with me always.

Before I had a fob, I carried a second car key for 10 or 20 years, but I
stopped a while ago. I have a spare housekey and carkey buried in my
yard somewhere, but I've never trusted magnetic keyholders for cars. I
thought either it would fall off or someone would find it, since there
are so few good places to put it. So I carried the dupe in my pocket.

Yes, the magnetic key holder will fall off. Spare set of house
keys are buried in my yard, too, in one of those fake sprinkler
heads.


Regarding spare house keys...

I have 3 electronic keypad locks, 1 for each entry door and the garage door opener.
Plus, my cars have built-in garage door openers. The odds of all three sets of keypad
batteries being dead and the power being out at the same time are ridiculously slim,
especially since both entry door locks warn me when the batteries are getting weak, but
long before they die.

I haven't carried a house key in many, many years. I guess SWMBO could disable
everything, but luckily she still likes me. I do my best to keep it that way. ;-)