At 12:26 PM 2/27/2004, Michael Berkowitz wrote:
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>I can tell you that there's another way (at least in the past) to take a
>car.  My family had a 1966 Mustang.  In the early 70's my dad took it in
>to Sears for some repair, I don't remember what, but I do know it
>wouldn't involve putting the car up on a hoist.  After giving them the
>key, he did some shopping and came back to find the car on the hoist,
>wheels pulled and the start of a brake job.  When he asked what Sears
>was doing, they showed him the paperwork of another car that needed
>brake work.  That other car was also a 66 Mustang, bought at the same
>dealership and with a license number only a few digits different.  Their
>key fit our Mustang.  Makes me wonder how many different combinations
>car makers use for any given model, and could you go around a dealer's
>lot with a real key and try to open similar models.

In the 60's, not many. Now, many.

--
Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/

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