We lost the key to our little fiat last year - vanished into a mysterious puff of smoke. We ransacked house, everything and.... nada.
Luckily, we have a spare, but DH and I agreed it to be a good idea to get another one sorted. We thought, since it's a fairly oldish car, no central locking, no fancy boot opening, just a bog standard key with a fancy plastic fob, that it would be fairly inexpensive. We phoned the dealer today.
£210. For. A. Key.
In utter shock, we rang around a local garage for advice and they put us in touch with a keymaker (is that what they are called?!) - then spoke to him. He needs a 'code', from the dealer, in order to make us a new key. He'll charge us £45.
So, back to the dealer, requested the code (and all it involves is opening up a file and looking, perhaps even writing it on a post-it [note sarcasm]. He wants £55 for the effort of doing so.
Is he 'avin a laugh?!