I bought a new car about two weeks ago. Today I needed to duplicate my car key since I just had the one. One would think that any car parts shop would have a key duplicating machine, but they didn’t! I tried O’Reilly, AutoZone, and Advance Auto Parts. The clerks at all three stores looked at me like I was crazy when I asked about duplicating a key.
Is this idea really all that crazy? I always had the impression that one could purchase car parts (i.e. keys) at any parts store, but I guess not. I ended up having to wait in line at WalMart to get the damn key duplicated. But now that that’s done, I have 4 keys to my car. Should be enough to last for a while. 
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did you get the rubber head ones? I find them far superior to the plain metal variety.
Comment by drew — October 8, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
All they had was the rubber head ones, so I guess I’m awesome by default for choosing those.
Comment by sanjin — October 8, 2007 @ 10:33 pm
Yea, I don’t think any car part stores cut keys. Some cars will require you to go to the dealership. Like you can’t cut a key for my car at a WalMart cuz it’s chip’ed.
Comment by Dmitry — October 15, 2007 @ 2:24 am