Hello all,

Bought my 1998 XJ8 Vanden Plas from a guy who was going to give it to a salvage yard. He was tired of throwing money at it. A right timing chain and tensioner, 4 tires, resolder the brake control module & detail job later... I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO SELL IT!

The more I drive it, the more I like it. Last night (Thanksgiving), I locked the only key and remote I have in the trunk. A google search brought me to you folks. I hope to leave work tonight and get my keys out of the trunk with the help of one of the threads from this forum.

I look forward to developing my affinity for Jaguar and my new project car with you all.

Stay warm,
Joe

 

Hey there Joe and Welcome aboard, good to have you with us .....a great intro story, thanks for sharing.

I really hope we can help you out and you enjoy your time here.....

If you like forums, I think you'll like it here! Some of the best guys around and a really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun

I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the site...................................

 

Welcome Joe. You saved her from the junk yard...KEEP her. Let us know if you were successful getting the key.

 

Welcome to the forum,

I hope you got the keys out and can enjoy the Jag experience.

 

Welcome to the forum Joe.

Great little story, thank you for sharing.

Enjoy all the site has to offer!

 

Thanks for the warm welcome, Rick, Jim, Norri and Mohrd. I did indeed rescue the keys. It's scary how easy it was. I have to think about how to prevent unwanted intrusion by this method and allowing myself a failsafe that only I know about.

The car smells like Thanksgiving dinner now. I locked leftovers in the trunk along with my key. The food still smelled great, but, into the trash can it went.

I now have three keys and will attemp programming with my diagnostic interface. I bought new keys that the dealer cut by vin code. The trunk would not open with the new keys. I thought they were cut wrong. It turned out to be my fault due to the attempted lock picking (futile).With the help of another thread, I got the trunk and door locks working well with WD-40 and a little persuasion. (After I already had it opened.)

Gotta go to work now.

Thanks again,
Joe

 

Jim,

Thanks for the manual uprgade. I appreciate it.

Joe