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pancakes · 07-14-2015, 03:28 PM

I've never purchased a car from auction before. It's an 89 hatch, auto, bone stock fwiw. The auction is at a local wrecking yard that holds the auctions for cars that were towed by the city. I have seen the car drive around town, and then it was parked in front of a house for a year until the tags expired and it was towed.

Odds a locksmith can cut a new key (and if not, the cost of new ignition and locks)? Will I have to file for a lost title? Any advice is much appreciated!

pancakes · 07-15-2015, 08:48 PM

anyone have any insight?

ESmorz · 07-16-2015, 12:12 AM

If the title is in your name and reg'd to you with an ID, any locksmith worth his salt will make you a key.

Felipe · 07-16-2015, 01:48 AM

Sometimes once in a blue moon junk yards will have keys attached.... Sometimes lol

Lugged · 07-16-2015, 02:52 AM

Look in the glove compartment. Should have a sticker there with a key code. Take it to a shop and have them make a copy. Cost me around $15.

If the sticker isn't there, another thing you can do it, take apart the left passenger door and use the key code from the lock cylinder.

!Zar! · 07-16-2015, 10:02 AM

Taking the lock cylinder to a locksmith is your best bet.

pancakes · 07-16-2015, 12:31 PM

Awesome, thanks for the info!

qigunblop · 07-17-2015, 06:57 AM

Taking the lock cylinder to a locksmith is your best bet.

wild streak · 07-17-2015, 03:25 PM

My locksmith says he'd need the passenger door handle to make a key.

07-14-2015, 03:28 PM	#1
pancakes Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: pnw Age: 34 Posts: 69 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	HELP with buying a 240 (no key) from auction I've never purchased a car from auction before. It's an 89 hatch, auto, bone stock fwiw. The auction is at a local wrecking yard that holds the auctions for cars that were towed by the city. I have seen the car drive around town, and then it was parked in front of a house for a year until the tags expired and it was towed. Odds a locksmith can cut a new key (and if not, the cost of new ignition and locks)? Will I have to file for a lost title? Any advice is much appreciated! __________________ WTB s14 abs 5 speed drive shaft and vlsd

07-15-2015, 08:48 PM	#2
pancakes Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: pnw Age: 34 Posts: 69 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	anyone have any insight? __________________ WTB s14 abs 5 speed drive shaft and vlsd

07-16-2015, 12:12 AM	#3
ESmorz Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: It Looks Like A Dong Posts: 6,902 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	If the title is in your name and reg'd to you with an ID, any locksmith worth his salt will make you a key. __________________

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Felipe Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: No pues wow Posts: 2,965 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Sometimes once in a blue moon junk yards will have keys attached.... Sometimes lol __________________ Late Night Crew #1

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!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	Taking the lock cylinder to a locksmith is your best bet. __________________

07-16-2015, 02:52 AM	#5
Lugged Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: CA Posts: 20 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Look in the glove compartment. Should have a sticker there with a key code. Take it to a shop and have them make a copy. Cost me around $15. If the sticker isn't there, another thing you can do it, take apart the left passenger door and use the key code from the lock cylinder.

07-16-2015, 12:31 PM	#7
pancakes Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: pnw Age: 34 Posts: 69 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Awesome, thanks for the info! __________________ WTB s14 abs 5 speed drive shaft and vlsd

07-17-2015, 06:57 AM	#8
qigunblop Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: CA Age: 38 Posts: 2 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Taking the lock cylinder to a locksmith is your best bet.

07-17-2015, 03:25 PM	#9
wild streak Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NC Posts: 97 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	My locksmith says he'd need the passenger door handle to make a key.