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Your car keys are precious to you; even if your car isn’t valuable, it likely enables you to get to work every day, pick your children up from school or carry out any number of activities outside of your home. So, if you’ve lost your car keys, they’ve been stolen or even if they’re sitting inside the locked car, you’ll need to get to them or have them replaced, quick smart!

Most people mistakenly assume that for car key replacements, you need to visit the car dealership, but in the majority of cases, this couldn’t be further from the truth; let’s look at why:

Why should you call a local locksmith to replace your car keys?

For starters, it can be a big inconvenience to make your way to the auto dealership, especially as your main form of transport is currently unusable!

It’s a lot more convenient – call up your local locksmith, on the other hand, and they’ll come to you. Often, they can reach you in a matter of minutes, but even if you have to wait for an hour, it’s still a lot more convenient than trekking to the dealership.

Not only that, but once you finally get to the dealership, you’ll need to provide them with your driving license or permit, automobile I.D. and your cars’ registration number. Without these documents, you likely won’t get your replacement keys. Does the locksmith require all that paperwork? Nope.

Who can also say how long you’ll have to wait for your replacement keys? It could take as long as two weeks to get new keys from a dealership, and what are you supposed to do in the meantime? Call up your local locksmith, on the other hand, and they can have you back on the road in a matter of hours, not days.

Replacement keys don’t come cheap – It’s common knowledge that replacement car keys typically cost a lot more when they come from an auto dealership, and in fact, can cost up to three times the amount when compared to a locksmith’s fees.

Locksmiths are experts with keys and locks – car dealerships deal with cars; they don’t deal with locks and keys. While they can of course, replace your car keys for you, they don’t have the expertise and training that locksmiths possess, whose knowledge far outweighs that of any car dealership.

 

 

So, the next time you lose your car keys or need to get them replaced in a hurry, make a call to your local locksmith. It’s useful to note that even those locksmiths who don’t advertise as ‘auto’ locksmiths specifically, may still have the skills and experience to replace your car keys professionally and efficiently.

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