How did someone get a key to our car?!?!

[Franco Barber]

Scott,
Did it look something like this key:

http://elektro.cmhnet.org/~feb/mechanics_key.jpg

This is the standard mechanics (valet) key that should come with
any Audi.  The one pictured above is from my 95, and your 2001 could
look different (I think the shank of the key is different.)

Did you not get one of these when you bought the car?

Franco

On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:30:28PM -0800, Scott Sutherland wrote:
> My wife's 2001 Audi A4 Quatro was stolen about a month ago, and it 
> was just recovered.  Surprisingly,  guy the police arrested in the 
> car actually had a key!  It wasn't one of ours -- we still have the 
> three originals.  This  was a straight key (not one that flips out 
> from a key fob).  It has a metal blank and a square-ish plastic head 
> that has an imprint of something that looks like a wrench, just below 
> the Audi logo.  On one side of the blank it has "AKS", and on the 
> other there's a small "w" near the head and "NAA" near the top of the 
> groove.  It appears to be a valet key, since it won't open the trunk. 
> We're in Seattle, Washington, USA, if it matters.
> 
> Does anyone know what kind of key this is or how the thief might have 
> obtained it?  We're pretty upset that a car that was supposed to be 
> so tough to steal was so easy, and any help/insight will be much 
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Scott

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Franco Barber                   feb at febsun.cmhnet.org
95 A6Q w/Gamma CD mit RDS!      Columbus, Ohio  USA
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