Lost my Car Key
07-11-2009, 02:39 PM
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So about a week ago I lost my car key in my house and I have searched everywhere throughout the house looking for it. I know that it is in my house, just very well hidden. I had an idea of taking an ethernet cord, splicing the wire and running it for about 20 feet, thus creating a handle that would be hard wired from my car car to the handle with the easy access feature on it. The question I have is will this in any way harm the actual door handle/ car if I were to make a cord this long, of course taking the precautions of disconnecting the battery and not touching the airbag sensors. I know this sounds like a funny idea, but you can't say the concept wouldn't work 
. All help is greatly appreciated !
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07-11-2009, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by NoName545i' post='939625' date='Jul 11 2009, 05:48 PM
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A new key is probably in the $130-$160 range IIRC.
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Originally Posted by brianyo' post='939670' date='Jul 11 2009, 07:10 PM
Ouch thats a pretty penny. I'll just keep looking for now until I get frustrated enough.
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Originally Posted by brianyo' post='939621' date='Jul 11 2009, 06:39 PM
So about a week ago I lost my car key in my house and I have searched everywhere throughout the house looking for it. I know that it is in my house, just very well hidden. I had an idea of taking an ethernet cord, splicing the wire and running it for about 20 feet, thus creating a handle that would be hard wired from my car car to the handle with the easy access feature on it. The question I have is will this in any way harm the actual door handle/ car if I were to make a cord this long, of course taking the precautions of disconnecting the battery and not touching the airbag sensors. I know this sounds like a funny idea, but you can't say the concept wouldn't work . All help is greatly appreciated !
. All help is greatly appreciated !
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