[V8] ignition key magic

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

As previously mentioned, I installed car stereos in high school.  We did a
lot of work for dealers.  One time, I went to a Ford dealer to get a truck
for an install.  The sales (insert explicative here, should rhyme with
bass pole) threw a key at me and pointed out at a row of trucks.  I asked
which one it was for and he said I had to figure it out myself.  So I did.
 The first door it opened was the one I put the stereo in.  It turns out
there are not that many key combinations.  Needless to say, the
sales(#$^@$) tried to blame me for doing what he said to do.  He ended up
buying a nice audiovox factory lookalike stereo system.
I learned not to like car sales ($^*%^%).

Dave


> My wife called me from Whole Foods, frantic that she couldn't lock the
> car.
> She just parked and got out and realized she had the key for the 1990 V8.
> She drove the 1993 V8.  The key would not turn the ignition when she got
> back in and tried and she couldn't lock the car.  I was on the road in
> Denver returning from Loveland and told her I was probably 45 minutes away
> and not to spend too much at WF.  I had a key with me and it worked and
> all
> seemed to be well.  Somehow, she was able to start the 93 with the key for
> the 90 and they are very different when you compare the cut.  I believe
> that