shackburger count: 16 total cost: $200

August 29, 2007 – 10:40 am by lostofficehero

Even though Tony the Tiger hooked me up with a shackburger last night, the events of the evening ended up being very costly. I lost the one set of keys that I own to my car. The worst part is, I knew

exactly when it happened too - I just didn’t realize it. The seats at the shack were tugging on my keychain (no double entendre intended), and at one point, the key-ring with my car keys must have snapped off without my realizing it. I have a call into the Shake Shack management about any found keys, but I am not expecting much.

This morning, I had to call several dealerships to ask about getting replacement keys made for a car that has none. I tried my best to not sound suspicious, but I had no luck. What I have to do is get the car towed to the dealer and they can then program a new key. In doing some research I’ve learned that the keys have RFID’s in them (even keys that look like normal keys) so that when you insert the key into the ignition, it matches up in radio frequency and then starts the car. That’s apparently what makes it near impossible to hotwire the car. It also makes a key cost $140 (add $50 to get the car towed to the dealer, tax and voila - $200+). Good times.

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