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    Horror Story - Defender in for Service I took a loan car

    Defender in for a warranty job, I took a Loan car and they gave me a brand new Evoque, Not too disappointed with that, but then the warranty job went from a few days to a week.
    Now the horror part.

    Drove to the airport with the Evoque, and parked it. I flew interstate for the day. Returned to the airport and key is not in my pocket

    The only good news is that I did sign the excess waiver.

    Im afraid its going to cost me a fortune.
    Apart from finding the key, and Ive sent messages, how can I avoid the costs.

    Im letting the dealer know the bad news tomorrow.
    2015 Defender 110

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    sheerluck Guest
    You should have asked for the keyless entry version.

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    Tombie Guest
    Hang on! Are you asking how you can avoid responsibility for losing a key fob? Horror Story - Defender in for Service I took a loan car

    That will totally be dependent on how the dealers service guy is feeling I would suggest.

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    Wow, get out the chequebook lol

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    Once you've had long enough to remember, you'l find it.
    Cheers, Billy.
    Keeping it simple is complicated.

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    Smile

    Found them at Adelaide airport in the lost property section

    Moral of the story
    Treat keys with respect. I'm think of buying a few of these or these

    i.e. keys, wallet, phone, laptop, beer bottle
    2015 Defender 110

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    Don't go then, go with TrackR. Has cloud tracking so if something is lost you tell the server and then anyone who walks by your missing TrackR is an antenna - they don't know they did it but you get an alert with a location..



    I have Wallet, Bike keys, Car keys, Shed Keys
    Emma has one in her Purse and one on her Keys

    I also have one hidden in each vehicle, Camper and the motorbike...
    If they are stolen and drive by someone who is also a TrackR user I get the info.. There's a huge network out there.

    They're brilliant!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    Don't go then, go with TrackR. ....
    I just did a bit of research and chose Pebble Bee. Just 10 mins ago, ordered a 6 pack. I'll post a review in a few weeks.
    Some of the review sites heavily bagged the TrackR (*seems like complaints on facebook are deleted by them).
    Tile, another product with similar features to TrackR looked promising, but didnt have replaceable battery.
    I dont know if Pebble Bee is better or worse than the others, but I chose it because it had a loud alarm (my ears are stuffed because of long term motorbike riding).
    2015 Defender 110

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    Hi,
    Put your mobile phone number on a key tag. That has worked a few times for us - even when it was not realised they were lost.
    Cheers

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    That's the joy of the trackers. If you put seperate on alarms on your phone and the item the tag is on start letting you know..

    It's like electronic separation anxiety.

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