Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73121
Key ring holder thingie!
First to tip of the day!!
Ever wondered why the key for a £45k car is held onto your keyring by a stupid little coil of metal that distorts and allows the key to fall off?? After mine have failed tried cable ties, string, string and cable ties but nothing seems very secure, esp considering I take the key off my ring for it's many visits for TLC!
At last an alternative! Get yea down to your local Pets at Home and obtain a ring that attaches a disk to a dog's collar! Fits a treat, with a little help from some long nosed pliers, and us strong enough to do the job. You don't even need a dog, just a smile and a tale about buying discs a while ago and loising the rings!
Sorted!
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16th Mar 2010 12:34 pm
freebie2disco
Member Since: 01 Jan 2007
Location: wantage
Posts: 334
I have tried so many things and all failed. never thought of that.
16th Mar 2010 12:53 pm
Alan G
Member Since: 15 Oct 2008
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 1372
Already done it.
Local hardware, iron monger store has a parts type box with a vast variety of sizes of these rings.ATB
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73121
Confession time, nicked 2 off hounds' collars, they get the big rings that don't fit the designer mobile phone sized key! Then blagged 2 more as above.
16th Mar 2010 12:57 pm
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8147
Never keep anything attached to my car key, always seperate and on its own. Never understand these people that have a HUGE buch of keys, novelty items, etc. attached to their car key and then wonder why the steering column shroud in the car gets scratched to f k
16th Mar 2010 2:20 pm
WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3655
Agree with the above only thing that is attached to each of my D3' keys is a DISCO3.CO.UK keyring 8)1996 Discovery 1 300TDI ES Biarritz Blue, sold
1999 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Rioja Red, sold
2002 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Buckingham Blue, sold
2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Adriatic Blue, sold
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Zambezi Silver, sold
2011 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE Nara Bronze, sold
2016 Volvo XC60 D5 AWD Lux Nav Twilight Bronze, sold
2020 Range Rover Evoque P250 First Edition, Nolita grey, sold
2023 Range Rover Evoque P300e Autobiography, Carpathian grey
16th Mar 2010 7:56 pm
hensoni
Member Since: 01 Oct 2007
Location: Sleepy Somerset
Posts: 576
And if you solder the rings together (after you've fitted it...), it'll never, ever come off again. Done this several times with dog collar rings 'cos they get weakened pretty quickly and you end up with a mutt without any visible ID. The rings have to be clean so that the solder will take.
Also works very well with the latch rings on SWMBO's delicate jewelry - but you have to be good at soldering otherwise you end up with blobs and whiskers rather than a discrete silver line...Club missing my D3
The small size of ring is a standard Swiss-Army-Knife service item. They are high quality and wear through other things rather than break themselves. Available from the "proper" SAK dealers.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
30th Apr 2010 10:07 am
oldsalt
Member Since: 15 Dec 2009
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 179
I use the cable tie method - only two keys on mine - and it has worked well for at least six months....
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1st May 2010 1:44 am
ronk
Member Since: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Durham
Posts: 279
Been here and got the tee shirt!
I did a fix three years ago and its still doing well today - Just go to a fishing shop and buy their stainless steel rings - They do sizes for catching tiddlers in the park lake to pike in a pond!
Must check it out. What i have done is got a small disc and had my mobile number engraved on to it.
Just in case i dropped my keys or left them somewhere. Prompted when i found a bunch of keys in the middle of a busy road. Dropped them into a local shop. Easier if i could have rang the owner and told them where to find them.
14th May 2010 1:57 pm
Stay Frosty
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Merseyside
Posts: 82
Love that last idea!!!
13th Jun 2010 7:00 pm
Dickydisco
Member Since: 03 Feb 2009
Location: Colchester
Posts: 501
im with aston and woody. No keys on my D3 key. I have seperate house keys so car keys stay single everytime.Current: D3 commercial
Past: but not forgotten D3 HSE x2, 5 TD5 disco2's, 1 200tdi disco1, 2 300tdi disco1 one of which was a commercial, Off roader with a rather large spec, ARB's and big travel suspension to name a few.
Pajero SWB 2.8 for off road playdays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYBx3SCl8vs check this for laughs
13th Jun 2010 7:07 pm
ronk
Member Since: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Durham
Posts: 279
Just a key fob and a tag from the credit card security company.
It has a serial No and a freepost address - anybody who finds the keys can just shove them in the Royal Mail post box and they arrive back on the doormat!
30th Jun 2010 10:55 am
frenchy
Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: Liverpool
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