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Niagara

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8. Are your car keys traditional metal keys that one would
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 11:32 AM
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Insert into the ignition to start the vehicle? Or do have a key fob that you have to start your car?

Go back out to your car. Are the doors locked? In the event that your car doors are locked your keys are in your purse, a pocket, placed down on a surface or a shopping bag.

Try to retrace your steps as best as you can. I know it's difficult to do when one is distracted and there are tons of thoughts racing through our minds.

If your car is unlocked the keys might have slipped in between the seats or in they got dropped between the car and the house.

Try to replace your steps as best as you can before calling a locksmith.

Try to remain calm. Maybe you got distracted by a phone call and put them down someplace unusual that you normally don't place them.

Years ago, I placed my keys in the refrigerator. Haha.

I hope you find them. Good luck!



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That is exactly what will happen, it is an immutable law of nature! MLAA Friday #1
Do you have a cat? Ocelot II Friday #2
oh yes totally did the "cat search" Kali Friday #7
Not as critical as car keys, boonecreek Friday #3
Do you know for certain they are in your home? Doodley Friday #4
99 percent Kali Friday #9
Where did you wash your hands before eating? Did you check the pockets of the clothing you wore? Donkees Friday #12
I am a little embarrassed to say I am pretty sure I just sat down and ate Kali 8 hrs ago #19
Very frustrating. My wife just suggested, to try wearing sunglasses and look again with a fresh pair of eyes! Doodley Friday #13
They have to be somewhere between where your car is and where you are. Ocelot II Friday #5
been out there dozens of times since, Kali Friday #10
you will find them in the last place you look lapfog_1 Friday #6
Are your car keys traditional metal keys that one would Niagara Friday #8
did all those things and even thought of the fridge too! Kali 8 hrs ago #20
This message was self-deleted by its author quaint Friday #11
Find them yet, Kali? True Dough Friday #14
A hardware store should be able to make a key from the VIN, I think. Ptah Friday #15
pretty sure you are right Kali Friday #18
Lie down, relax, retrace your steps malaise Friday #16
I have a TILE locator device attached to my keys. Being able to beep them when I can't find them... 3catwoman3 Friday #17
I should probably have some kind of tracker but honestly in 12 years of owning this car Kali 8 hrs ago #21
Are they still lost? 3catwoman3 8 hrs ago #22
yes, but I got a new car key made yesterday. Kali 6 hrs ago #25
I have a Tile LogDog75 8 hrs ago #23
I guess you'll have to do like George Jones did when his wife took his car keys away from him. LudwigPastorius 7 hrs ago #24
Many years ago dweller 6 hrs ago #26
I find success when riverbendviewgal 2 hrs ago #27
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