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ScotsSarah

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  1. We purchased our Lexus IS200 with only one key and I misplaced it (stupid ***) we had to get a whole new ecu & lock system installed into our car which cost £2000. Our insurance didn't cover it so had to pay it out our own pocket. A lesson learned I think - we now have 3 sets of keys.
  2. Hiya - I know What Car can give you a estimate of what your car is worth as my partner has been on that website before! Good luck!
  3. I had a quick scan through them the other day and I am sure it doesn't cover lost keys - I will have another proper read though see what it says. If in doubt or not specifically mentioned call them, and tell them you have lost the keys and see what they say... Just called my home insurers and I amm not covered as I don't have personal belongings in my policy.
  4. sorry to hear of your sad news - things will ease with time my thoughts are with you - take care
  5. I had a quick scan through them the other day and I am sure it doesn't cover lost keys - I will have another proper read though see what it says.
  6. thanks very much appreciate that - I have emailed them. Sarah xx
  7. Yeah I phoned Lexus Aberdeen & Edinburgh and they both informed me that due to the model I needed new locks etc but it says in the manual duplicates can be made with a key number and surely they must hold this information.
  8. Wee bugger - checked there and no luck unfortunately I last used them just to take something out the inside of the car and then put them back into my handbag!
  9. I tend to use sites like elephant to gauge "what if" scenarios. What if I got a disqualification, what if I crashed, what if I made a claim? That way you can work out what the worst case scenario is before you buy a car, and the chances of something happening whereby you can't keep it anymore. In this case you could get a quotation for your current insurance with egafant, and then just go back one page, add a claim with the appropriate details, and see what the difference is. ( The first part is important, because it gives you the difference, as opposed to the difference between your current insurance and if you were with egafant ) As for the second thing, I'm afraid that if it were the case then you'd both be very silly buyers. Leaving a private seller with a set of keys to you car is dangerous. It's one of the reasons why I don't give the seller my address. They could just come along one night and take the car back! OTOHT, most sellers are genuine, have no reason to want to keep keys, and what you got is what he had. Hope you get it sorted, preferably by finding the keys! G Thanks for your reply The person we purchased the car from works offshore with my partner on certain jobs although he doesn't see him that often - he purchased some 3l Honda civic thing. Tbh I don't know why he only had one set of keys so i'll possibly be contacting him to see but, i'm sure if he had a duplicate he would have passed them over as we live 3 hours away from him. Our current insurer is Elephant.co.uk and my partner was disqualified from driving in 2002 and has only had his license back 2 years 7 months - thats why I was considering paying it myslf rather than through insurance as he still has to declare his disqualification and with no claims I would imagine the premium would be bounced up big time but. I appreciate what you are saying by getting a quote to see what our options are - you have to explore every possible option.
  10. I have been searching round the house with no luck. I have reported them to the police and I have also kept in touch with the only places they could have went lost but with still no luck. I keep dreaming that I have found them only to wake up with still no keys :duh:
  11. We are both 24 and have 2 kids and we purchased a Lexus IS 200 about 6 months ago and I find it is older people driving Lexus's around here too
  12. congratulations to the both of you - I have 2 daughters aged 27 months and 15 weeks.
  13. Yeah - tbh I don't know why we never got a second set made (common sense really) but, I am the only one to blame as partner is offshore and I had the keys - I didn't want to tell him and he was really calm when I told him and he laughed I thought he was going to kill me. He said these things happen. Anyway atleast if we go down this route i'll be getting duplicate keys made so in the future I don't want to be in this situation. I have 2 kids under 2 and it ain't good lol
  14. pmsfl - I know very stupid really but it's normally my partner who has the keys and I had them in my handbag because he was offshore and I needed to get something out the car and left them in my bag and I think my oldest daughter possibly could have been in my bag
  15. Thanks for your reply. My partner is offshore at the moment and we haven't discussed where we are going to go from here if we do need to get a new locking system put in. I wasn't too keen in claiming on our insurance as we would lose our 3 years no claims but, then would my insurance go up that much, I don't know how it works. We only got one set of keys when we purchased the car so, surely their must be another set kicking about somewhere or surely someone must have a keycode for lexus to give a new key? I was going see if my partner still has the Mans card who we bought the car off privately to see of he possibly has the duplicate (anything is worth a bash if it's going to save some money at the end of the day)
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