# Where and how to best hide a key on the exterior of a car or truck?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-to-best-hide-a-key-on-the-exterior-of-a-car-or-truck/707757>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 20, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-to-best-hide-a-key-on-the-exterior-of-a-car-or-truck/707757 "2014-12-20T18:02:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-to-best-hide-a-key-on-the-exterior-of-a-car-or-truck/707757/21 "2014-12-21T04:05:15Z")

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> [@Randolph](#):
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> Just zip-tie it through some mounting hole or around some strut or whatever.

But remember to check that it’s still there after you take the vehicle to a mechanic.

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-to-best-hide-a-key-on-the-exterior-of-a-car-or-truck/707757/22 "2014-12-21T05:12:29Z")

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> [@toofs](#):
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> . . . it was only then that I remembered that I had The Club steering wheel lock bar attached to the wheel. :smack:

Ouch!

(The first time I attached The Club to my steering wheel…I turned it too far and broke my windshield from the inside. Drat!)

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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-to-best-hide-a-key-on-the-exterior-of-a-car-or-truck/707757/23 "2014-12-21T05:38:22Z")

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My car won’t start without the fob attached to the key. So the reason I would need a key is if I locked myself out. Which I have done. I bought a real estate combination lock box and epoxyed it to the bottom of my car and I keep only the key portion in the box, not a fob. Still there after all these years.

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