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Old 03-26-2016, 03:03 PM
Adriel Adriel is offline
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Originally Posted by funola View Post
You probably used a dull, low quality drill bit. I had no trouble drilling mine out.

What's wrong with buying a new after market tumbler that is keyed differently than the door key? They are $15 to $20 and works fine. Hide the ign key in the car so you don't have to carry 2 keys if that is a concern. Not good to have a lot of weight on the key in the tumbler bouncing around scratching everything around it.
Thank you so very much funola!

Brand new bit. You know how hard it is to find a set of metric drill bits not made in China/Asia? Think this is about the third or forth I have broken in this set, and not hard on bits. I even use cutting oil. I have asked on here, but even they couldn't help.

Because aftermarket are most, if not all, junk and don't want the risk of being stranded. As for putting another key inside, I loose it with my memory and the dog. There is also the shame. My Dad's Beetle has two keys and a shame.

You got that right and preaching to the choir. Many years ago slimmed down my key ring to just a few based on that advice. Probably need to do that again as now have both home and Church keys on the ring. Oh, and not one for useless keychains to wear out pockets. Wish could find those leather tags they used to have: small and light.
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