# Where to stash spare car key/house key?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 28, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stash-spare-car-key-house-key/651620 "2013-02-28T10:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stash-spare-car-key-house-key/651620/21 "2013-03-01T18:16:02Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Have you considered a keyless deadbolt, a la [this](http://www.gokeyless.com/images/product_thumbs/1/9/195e37e44c979150e131b4466008b04f.jpg) (electronic keypad) or [this](http://www.gokeyless.com/images/product_thumbs/b/0/b07e70882c148365d3850e377848b892.jpg) (mechanical)? I

This is what we have on all of our house doors. It also means we don’t have to worry about the kids losing their keys and if we need workmen or someone to be able to get in we can easily set up a temporary combination for them and delete it when they’re done.

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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:** [March 1, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stash-spare-car-key-house-key/651620/22 "2013-03-01T19:04:07Z")

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Hasn’t anybody else ever heard of a [fake rock?](http://www.amazon.com/Hide-Key-Fake-Rock-Looks/dp/B003UVKR04) ?  
cheap and easy.  
But I suppose not too useful in Manhatten.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-stash-spare-car-key-house-key/651620/23 "2013-03-04T03:53:04Z")

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A spare car key is best attached to the car, since you can be far away or it can be very late at night, or both. I have hidden spares inside taillights, or taped to the back of a license plate, or attached with wire underneath the car. The most I would need to retrieve the spare is a screwdriver.

Unfortunately the new, expensive and large keys preclude doing this.

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