Saving our 20 yr old car

[SpiritedHaunts]

We have a major car issue right now and l am looking for help and ideas.

I cannot walk or stand so mom is the only driver now. The car is over 20 years old and came with two keys and fobs. She lost her key under her seat and no one can find it. The fobs have died years ago, so she has been using my keys for a semi long time. Which ment that no matter how many times I said to put my keys back where I keep them and I think you know where this is headed. After parking in front of the house she needed to get in fast.

Usually if she is going in somewhere quick I stay in the car with the keys. This time was more of a hurry so she took the keys and cannot remember where she put them or have not been able to locate them in the house. She is now talking to some family members about going into leasing a car and I have been pro get on hands and knees and crawl and look behind everything and in everything before getting a new car.

Since the keys went missing all of our appointments have been ubered which did not come in handy for me on the way to get a back M.R.I I stupidly tried to get into a Jeep. They have gotten much bigger since I drove one 25 years ago. That ended with me even further out of commission and no way to leave the house.

She has talked to family members and the closest local car dealership and have not been able to find a way to even get into the car. She has as not called our local mechanic yet and I do not know if there is any way to get into a 20 year old car.

Any ideas about how to solve any of these setbacks would be much appreciated.

 

[GAN]

This may be kind of obvious, but have you reached out to your local locksmith? They usually will do this for a lot less than a car dealer. This option is much better than looking at getting into lease payments for the next 3-years, especially if the car is mechanically sound. Best of luck….

 

[SpiritedHaunts]

Thanks. I am not lead in this ,she is but locksmith before all this said the car has some feature that make that undoable and now the dealership has also said that cannot be done. That will have to be asked again before this is over. If it can be we will still need a way to operate it so where does that go in the list? We will at least know if it can be before I give up.