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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title></title> <atom:link href="https://www.thekeylab.co.uk/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.thekeylab.co.uk</link> <description>Car Key Repairs and Replacements - The KeyLab</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:20:48 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2</generator> <image> <url>https://www.thekeylab.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/KeyLab-150x150.png</url> <title></title> <link>https://www.thekeylab.co.uk</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height></image> <item> <title>What is a Ghost Immobiliser and why does my car need it?</title> <link>https://www.thekeylab.co.uk/ux-and-ui-design-trends-2020-3/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:04:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thekeylab.co.uk/newsite/?p=162</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Ghost is the original aftermarket CAN bus immobiliser. Protect your car from theft like nothing else on the market today.  Now TASSA verified. Who is TASSA? TASSA is a 3rd party group of industry experts from police and security testing backgrounds. For more information on them go to www.tassa.pro  The new TASSA verified Ghost-II systems also includes […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <div data-elementor-type="wp-post" data-elementor-id="162" class="elementor elementor-162" data-elementor-post-type="post"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-492398f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="492398f3" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5de355dc" data-id="5de355dc" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-33c793d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="33c793d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p></p> <p>The Ghost is the original aftermarket CAN bus immobiliser. Protect your car from theft like nothing else on the market today. </p> <p>Now TASSA verified. Who is TASSA? TASSA is a 3rd party group of industry experts from police and security testing backgrounds. For more information on them go to <a href="http://www.tassa.pro/">www.tassa.pro</a> </p> <p>The new TASSA verified Ghost-II systems also includes a special vehicle marking system used by insurance companies across Europe linking to the <a href="http://www.retainagroup.com/">International Security Register</a>. </p> <p><a href="https://www.autowatch.co.uk/veh-sec/ghost-2-menu/ghost-compatibility">Click here to check compatibility </a></p> <p>The Ghost protects your car from key-cloning, hacking, and even key theft. The Ghost has no key-fobs or LED indications to give away its location. The Ghost uses the buttons in your vehicle such as those on the steering wheel, door panels or centre console, to allow you to make a unique, changeable, disarm sequence (like a PIN code) that must first be entered before you can drive your car. Just like your credit card but you can make your car disarm sequence even safer by making it up to 20 presses long!</p> <p><strong>Get your car protected today from just £499 (RRP inclusive of VAT and installation)</strong></p> <p><strong>Contact us using the form on this page with your vehicle make, model, year of manufacture, as well as your nearest town/city and we will give you a few options for approved installers near you.</strong></p> <p>In order to make extreme security also be hassle free, we have created a smart-phone application that connects to your car and allows you to get in and drive without having to enter the disarm sequence. This Ghost-II allows 2 phones to be connected. All you have to do is pair your phone with your Ghost-II, leave the Autowatch Ghost-II application running in the background with Bluetooth enabled and you can drive conveniently and securely. However, remember that if you phone is in range (5m to 10m) and the application is running the Ghost-II will be disarmed.</p> <p>Search the Apple App Store for Autowatch Ghost-II or click <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autowatch-ghost-ii/id1447611633?ls=1&mt=8">here</a></p> <p>Search the Play Store for Autowatch Ghost-II or click <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dma.author.autowatch&hl=en_GB">here</a></p> <p>Features</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Immobilisation by communicating with the ECU</li><li>Disarm sequence via buttons on steering wheel / dash</li><li>No transmitted radio frequency signals</li><li>Uses the on-board CAN data network</li><li>User changeable disarm sequence</li><li>Service / Valet mode means the disarm sequence is never compromised</li><li>Secure, unique emergency code should the disarm sequence be forgotten</li><li>Mobile application can connect to 2 phones to allow quick disarm</li></ul> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Protection from Key Cloning and Key Theft.</h3> <p>Important notes: We are at the mercy or phone manufacturers and operating system providers (Apple and Android). We test as much as possible on as many devices as possible but a software update might change how the phone uses Bluetooth and interrupt the functions of the Ghost. This sometimes happens at the first release of a major iOS update and subsequently gets fixed as minor updates follow. Always use the app as a convenience feature and not the primary disarm method. Always remember your disarm sequence and ALWAYS have access to your emergency code.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Can you afford to have your car stolen?</strong></h3> <p>With the shortage of semi-conductor computer chips continuing across the globe it continues to disrupt the car industry. The Russia-Ukraine war, along with the covid pandemic has seen sales and production numbers taking a substantial, global hit. At first, it seemed it was only a problem for brands of appliances and computing, but the shortage of the silicon chips has seen the automotive industry halting production in some countries, therefore fewer new vehicles are available. This has led to lengthy waiting lists at dealerships, and buyers are now looking to buy second-hand vehicles instead.</p> <p>It comes as a complete shock to consumers when they are either choosing a replacement vehicle (if stolen) or if purchasing a new vehicle, when they find out the lengthy wait for a new vehicle. The best scenario would be once a vehicle has been purchased customers should look at enhancing the security of the vehicle, with an Autowatch Ghost immobiliser. Vehicles are being stolen right across the country and the rate of theft has increased. According to the P A News Agency there has been 88,915 up until March 2022. Thieves are stealing in demand vehicles for the parts and can strip one within hours. It seems there has been a 40% decrease in car vehicle production in the UK alone.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Look at average dealership waiting times</strong>!</h3> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.autowatch.co.uk/images/stats-to-change-1-4.png" alt=""/></figure> <p>t post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>What happens if you lose your car keys?</title> <link>https://www.thekeylab.co.uk/ux-and-ui-design-trends-2020-2/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:29:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thekeylab.co.uk/newsite/?p=161</guid> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Some impressive car keys you didn’t think existed!</title> <link>https://www.thekeylab.co.uk/ux-and-ui-design-trends-2020/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:13:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thekeylab.co.uk/newsite/?p=1</guid> <description><![CDATA[We’re not saying the keys we repair, replace or re-program are in any way run-of-the-mill, but these car keys here are certainly out of the ordinary! Is it a USB stick? Is it a lighter? No – it’s Aston Martin’s “Emotional Control Unit”, a tricky piece of kit that needed to be inserted into the […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <div data-elementor-type="wp-post" data-elementor-id="1" class="elementor elementor-1" data-elementor-post-type="post"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62e560cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="62e560cd" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d5cb92c" data-id="1d5cb92c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-23c11b31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="23c11b31" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>We’re not saying the keys we repair, replace or re-program are in any way run-of-the-mill, but these car keys here are certainly out of the ordinary!</p> <p>Is it a USB stick? Is it a lighter? No – it’s Aston Martin’s “Emotional Control Unit”, a tricky piece of kit that needed to be inserted into the dash in just the right way to start the engine … and removed and reinserted in just the right way to re-start it. A bit difficult, we’re told, if you’re trying to get the engine going in a hurry. Oh, and it’s made of sapphire, too<img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image4-300x188.png" alt="" width="300" height="188" srcset="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image4-300x188.png 300w, https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image4.png 750w"></p> <p><img decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image7.png" alt="" width="300" height="188"><br>When is a car key not a car key? When it’s a watch. Or the original Aston Martin car key watch – just press on the glass watch face to open up your DBS or DB9. And it tells the time, too.</p> <p>One of the more expensive keys we’ve come across, from Finnish car key specialist Awain. This diamond-studded number is worth over half a million pounds, and can be customised to start anything from that £70 million ’63 Ferrari 250 GTO to a fifty quid Reliant Robin.<img decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image3.png" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image13.png" width="300" height="188"><br>Who needs a dashboard when this little touch-screen handful from BMW offers climate control, fuel level information, headlight switches and remote parking assist?</p> <p>This isn’t actually an ignition key. What it does, though, is retract the spoiler on your Bugatti Veyron, shut the front air diffusers, drop ground clearance to under three inches so you’re ready to go slightly over any legal speed limit – up to 250+ mph.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image2.jpg" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image1.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>We’re not quite sure why Chrysler decided to create a car key that glows in the dark. Perhaps they thought it would go well with the name of the model it was made for – the Neon.</p> <p>No prizes for guessing which marque this key would start. Well, it would if it wasn’t blank and wasn’t being listed on Ebay for over £2,000.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image22.jpg" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image20.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>Perhaps not the most visibly glamourous key in this collection, but Honda’s 1990 NSX key was supposedly made from titanium and couldn’t be cut with normal key-cutting equipment. Actually it wasn’t, but what a selling point.</p> <p>When is something worn on the wrist not an Aston Martin car key? When it’s a Jaguar “Activity Key, of course. It opens F-Pace models when held at the rear of the car and, fortunately for UK owners, it’s not affected by rainwater.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image17.jpg" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image8.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>The Kia Stinger has a more aggressive design than other Kia models, and its key fob matches that design. Some say it reminds them of a remote control detonator – but how they’d know what one of those looks like is beyond us.</p> <p>If you can afford a million pound plus Koenigsegg Agera R, you might want to look behind your sofa cushions for the spare change you’d need for its key. This one is platinum and black onyx, complete with diamonds around the edge – a snip at £250k!<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image19.jpg" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image24.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>This aftermarket Mazda RX-7 key is, we’re told, educational in that it shows how a rotary engine works, but we think we’d get a better idea from one of their keychains. Still, it’s an interesting look.</p> <p>A clean, clear (and carbon fibre) design that says it all: you own a McLaren. What more is there to say?!<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image16.png" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image21.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>Possibly the earliest, if not the original key card – not thin enough to fit in a wallet, but still a somewhat thicker slice of automotive history nonetheless. Thank you, Mercedes.</p> <p>A tiny key for a tiny car. Well, it’s called a Mini, but it’s nowhere near as tiny as the original pocket-sized 1959 Morris Mini-Minor.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image14.png" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image25.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>Unlike Honda’s 1990 NSX key that they claimed was formed from titanium, the key for a Nissan 300 ZX really was made out of that particular metal.</p> <p>If you’re driving one of the hundred Pagani Huayras ever produced then you’ll want a key that’s suitable for a six-litre, seven-speed (manual, of course) supercar … with its own USB stick included – like this one.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image10.png" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image23.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>Bespoke car key creator Formawerx offer this understated key for a Porsche 911. Six holes? It’s all to do with the car’s flat-six engine. How many people are going to recognise it when it’s placed ostentatiously on the table remains to be seen.</p> <p>Porsche’s 917 was built for speed, and that meant the need to shave off any excess weight – its aluminium chassis weighed, we’re told, less than a hundred pounds … its gearstick knob was made out of balsa wood … and even the key had holes drilled into it for lightness.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image5.jpg" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image11.png" width="300" height="188"><br>Here’s another clunky key card (see Mercedes, above) – not a hope of it sitting comfortably in a wallet … or hanging happily from a keychain. This one courtesy of Renault.</p> <p>Smartphones. For everything. Need we say more?<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image12.png" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image9.png" width="300" height="188"><br>Yet another key supposedly crafted from titanium – where *did* that idea come from? Whether it was because titanium key blades are hard to cut or because titanium keys were fast becoming a cliché, these Subaru STI keys were phased out after just one year.</p> <p>Tesla’s Model S key fob looks sleek, but unless you have a copy of the driver’s handbook you’re not going to have much of an idea of where to press on the fob to open the doors or boot (front or back) … or where to find the built-in card reader to hold it against on the car itself in case of a flat battery.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image26.jpg" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image6.jpg" width="300" height="188"><br>Volkswagen. Of course.</p> <p>Volkswagen again – and back in the early 2000s, this was a seriously cool piece of car key kit. A flip-out key blade? Wow!<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image15.png" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://43fr7l4f3jlg4gecv16vz07c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image18.png" width="300" height="188"><br>Not as bulky as BMW’s touchscreen key (see above) but with an equally high-definition screen, the Volkswagen PCP key included a satellite link so you could check your VW’s status wherever you happened to be on the planet.</p> <p>Like we said, these keys aren’t exactly commonplace – especially those diamond-encrusted numbers from Awain and Koenigsegg – but that doesn’t mean we can’t repair, replace or re-program many of them. We have the expertise and dealer-level technology to get you back on the road again, wherever you are in London and the Home Counties – no matter what you’re driving!</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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