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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1885.0. "Ford Keys" by KERNEL::SHELLEYR (Achey Breakey Back) Fri Sep 11 1992 13:12

    An interesting thing I heard this morning.
    Apparantly any Ford car key (from 1988 onwards) will lock any
    Ford car with the same type of lock.
    
    This is a design "feature" so that if you lost your keys it was 
    quite to ensure the car was secure.
    
    Now if this is the case I think it is undesirable as practical jokers
    could lock cars when the owner has left them unattended with their
    keys in the ignition.
    
    Do you think this a good of a bad idea/feature and can you see if you
    can lock your mates Ford ?
    
    Roy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1885.1	LOOK NO KEYS	LARVAE::DYDERSKI_K		`Fri Sep 11 1992 13:22`	9
	I had a ford car in for a service to which the keys where locked in because of that very fact eg mine where inside and the mechanic believed that he had them in his hand. But still i can't see what the benifit of this design is because you could still lock the door without keys Karlos
1885.2		KERNEL::SHELLEYR	Achey Breakey Back	`Fri Sep 11 1992 13:39`	5
	The only reason I can think of is that it is a proprietary feature so that a security guard could walk 'round a Ford car park with one key knowing he can lock any cars up if necessary. Roy
1885.3	One key fits all makes........	WOTVAX::LIVINGSTONEM		`Mon Sep 14 1992 12:37`	6
	My Marina key would work on all locks on my Capri, even the ignition......Nothing new from Ford then? Martin
1885.4	!	WOTVAX::HARRISC		`Mon Sep 21 1992 12:15`	6
	A colleague once had one of his locks replaced on his Escort incorrectly. Instead of any key locking, any key would open the door - only the correct key would lock the door! This was only discovered by accident. ..Craig