The cost of replacing your car keysLocked out with no way to go
With huge advances in car security, lose your keys and your car will do a very impressive job at keeping its doors firmly locked, leaving you peering vainly through its windows from the outside. Car manufacturers have, over the last decade, produced increasingly more sophisticated locking systems. Which is a good thing, as it keeps car thieves at bay and car insurance claims low.
Definitely not the key to economical motoring
But if you mislay your keys and all the techno-gadgetry that goes with them, you’ve got rather an expensive predicament on your hands, if you haven’t got their electronic counterpart. To remake and re-programme a new set of car keys can cost you anything between £200 and £400. That’s a lot of money for a couple of keys.
Keep a spare and keep on the road
With that in mind, it pays then, to make sure you’ve a spare set tucked away where you can easily and quickly get hold of them. So make sure you don’t keep them in your car’s glove box – you’ll be surprised at how many people do!
Most car insurance companies provide cover should you find yourself on the outside looking in, with no way whatsoever, of getting in. The only problem here is that if you don’t have your No Claim Discount protected, lose your keys and you could lose it.