# High cost chip keys **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 18, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-cost-chip-keys/832725 "2019-04-18T16:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-cost-chip-keys/832725/21 "2019-04-23T22:30:17Z")
I avoided making spares for my honda ridgeline and on several occasions paid dearly for replacements. Amusingly enough after accidentally smashing my key fob leaving me with a chunk of plastic attached to just the metal part of the key…it works just fine without the electronics of the fob ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-cost-chip-keys/832725/22 "2019-04-24T03:36:10Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m not sure which Rental car companies, but this has happened to my Wife a few times - > > We’d get a rental car, and it came with two keys. BUT they where attached together on the same ring. Inseparable. Pisses me off since I would like to have a key and give one to my Wife. > > Their excuse? Easier to keep track of. :rolleyes: Yep. We bring wire cutters when we rent cars. Seriously. Losing one key would be painfully expensive. Losing both would be a serious problem. Some years back we rented a small SUV from a local agency, for a long weekend trip. We immediately separated the keys. When we returned the car, we put them both on a regular split ring. 3 weeks later, we need a rental car again - and would up with the exact same car… complete with our split ring! The OP was fed a line of bullshit. Hertz had that second key somewhere. If I were purchasing a used car, I’d definitely walk away from the deal or insist on a price reduction - I need that spare key! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-cost-chip-keys/832725.md?page=1)