Date:         Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:51:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Ryan Heidcamp <ryan.heidcamp@SPANLINK.COM>
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From:         Ryan Heidcamp <ryan.heidcamp@SPANLINK.COM>
Subject:      Re: Key/Lock issues
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I understand the valet key idea.  In fact VW has gone one further in the new
ones and won't let you in the glove box or the trunk with the mechanics
key/valet key.  My question is, was this an option for our buses.   I am in
the process of getting everything I own to one key.  My Jetta is on one key
(factory).  My bug is on one key.  My house is one key (from a hand full
when I bought it, not one lock or dead-bolt was the same.  It took four
different keys to get in the front porch and then the front door of the
house and that's assuming the screen door was unlocked, but the lady also
had those keys on her just in case).  My bus has one key for the doors and
ignition(down from two), one for the glove box and one for the gas cap.  Can
I get this to one key?  Is the locking gas cap original?  I can live with
three keys for the bus, but two or even one would be nice.  I guess I could
not carry the glove box key.  So was there a valet key and a real key for
our buses?  If there was VW might have been ahead of the times again on this
issue.

Any help would be appreciated and make me that much lighter, atleast in the
pocket and not the pocketbook.

TIA
Ryan

PS my boss has me beat, he carry's his Audi key (no ring) and the house key
is his garage door opener in the car.  Maybe not the safest way, but makes
him lighter then me.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Alan Bosch
Sent:   Thursday, April 27, 2000 10:30 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: Key/Lock issues

<<<snip>>> 1. This key, which I thought to be a "master key" will not lock
the glove
box. Does anyone know why? <<<snip>>>

What you think is the "master" key is, in fact, what's know as a Valet key.
This being the key you would give to someone parking you vehicle (bus),
rather than the key you use every day.  The idea is that you can put
valuables - camera, radio, tools, marital aids, etc. - into the glove box,
away from prying eyes, lock the box with the ignition key, hand the valet
another key, and they would not have access to the glove box or your
valuables.  'Course, they have access to the bus and rather than just steal
your valuables, they can steal the whole bus, but that's a minor point at
best.

Alan Bosch
& Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)
Rochester, NY

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