One for the ignition and one for the trunk

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• frog@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  One is the valet key. It should only work to turn on the engine and open the door.

  The other key should work for the trunk, the glove box, the door, and to start the car.

  you see how the pin layout is simular? There actually two sets of pins to allow different keys to work on one lock. That’s how the school janitor’s master key works for all the doors.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Look at the slide sections, they’re mirrored, they won’t fit in each other locks.

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  • Jerb322@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The warding profile is different.

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• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m sensing a late 70’s early 80’ LTD.

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  • Jerb322@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    My '88 Escort GT had keys just like this.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I barely even remember using physical keys to open my family’s cars. Remote entry FOBs quickly became a thing when I was a kid.

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  • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Quit it you’re making me feel old

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Hey, do you remember pogs?

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  • joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Back then, you could remove the key from the ignition while the car was speeding down the highway and use it to open the glove box.

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    • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This actually DID happen, especially on worn-out GM steering colums/ignition switches. You could start the car with the key, remove the key, drive all day as long as you didn’t put the ignition back in “lock” position!

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• TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This was common for a long time. I have no idea why.

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  • Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve always used them so you can leave the car running or in accessory mode and still unlock the doors/trunk/glovebox.

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Idling was a pastime in the 70s.

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• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you make a mistake you can either ignite the trunk or trunk the ignition.

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• m3t00@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  still have keys saved for some reason. cars are all long gone.

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• usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Trunk, but also the doors

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• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Having a separate key for the trunk was very common historically, not sure why.

  Off topic, but reminder to everyone who needs it, close up photos of keys is a security problem. With relatively little training you can recreate a key from a photo. If you know the person who posted the photo, that’s an easy target.

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  • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You’re not wrong, but if you really want to understand how fucked the past was, until about a decade ago you could go on eBay and buy a key that would open and start almost any police vehicle.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I thought the first part was so that you could give a valet the keys to park and retrieve your car, but not easily get to your belongings.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Off topic, but reminder to everyone who needs it, close up photos of keys is a security problem. With relatively little training you can recreate a key from a photo. If you know the person who posted the photo, that’s an easy target.

    Hilarious.

    You can drive off with any modern car with a $100 gadget from TEMU.

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    • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Just because another security flaw exists, it doesn’t invalidate the first security flaw.

      Not posting pictures of your keys online goes far beyond automotive security.

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• tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just like my wife.

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• m3t00@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  70s, had Mavericks, Escorts, LTDs. all had keys like that. slowly replaced them over the years with electric door locks/windows.

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