DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
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First to tip of the day!!
Ever wondered why the key for a £45k car is held onto your keyring by a stupid little coil of metal that distorts and allows the key to fall off?? After mine have failed tried cable ties, string, string and cable ties but nothing seems very secure, esp considering I take the key off my ring for it's many visits for TLC!
At last an alternative! Get yea down to your local Pets at Home and obtain a ring that attaches a disk to a dog's collar! Fits a treat, with a little help from some long nosed pliers, and us strong enough to do the job. You don't even need a dog, just a smile and a tale about buying discs a while ago and loising the rings! 
Sorted! 
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freebie2disco
Member Since: 01 Jan 2007
Location: wantage
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I have tried so many things and all failed. never thought of that.
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DSL
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Heading here ^^^^ :)
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Confession time, nicked 2 off hounds' collars, they get the big rings that don't fit the designer mobile phone sized key! Then blagged 2 more as above.
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| Tue Mar 16 2010 1:57pm |
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astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
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Never keep anything attached to my car key, always seperate and on its own. Never understand these people that have a HUGE buch of keys, novelty items, etc. attached to their car key and then wonder why the steering column shroud in the car gets scratched to f  k
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WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
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Agree with the above only thing that is attached to each of my D3' keys is a DISCO3.CO.UK keyring 
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| Tue Mar 16 2010 8:56pm |
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hensoni
Member Since: 01 Oct 2007
Location: Sleepy Somerset
Posts: 534
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And if you solder the rings together (after you've fitted it...), it'll never, ever come off again. Done this several times with dog collar rings 'cos they get weakened pretty quickly and you end up with a mutt without any visible ID. The rings have to be clean so that the solder will take.
Also works very well with the latch rings on SWMBO's delicate jewelry - but you have to be good at soldering otherwise you end up with blobs and whiskers rather than a discrete silver line... Club ATR
Club Wintrac 4 Xtreme
Club – “it looks like a scrapyard out there” - getting tidier!
Club Dixon Bate - it nearly fits
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Navigator
Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: GM1VBE on www.aprs.fi
Posts: 2018
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The small size of ring is a standard Swiss-Army-Knife service item. They are high quality and wear through other things rather than break themselves. Available from the "proper" SAK dealers. 
Land Rover - Making mechanics out of drivers since 1948.
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| Fri Apr 30 2010 11:07am |
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oldsalt
Member Since: 15 Dec 2009
Location: Melbourne
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I use the cable tie method - only two keys on mine - and it has worked well for at least six months....
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| Sat May 01 2010 2:44am |
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ronk
Member Since: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Durham
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Been here and got the tee shirt!
I did a fix three years ago and its still doing well today - Just go to a fishing shop and buy their stainless steel rings - They do sizes for catching tiddlers in the park lake to pike in a pond!
Oh an the best thing, they cost next to nowt ! 
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gerbal
Member Since: 08 Mar 2009
Location: ballivor co meath
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Must check it out. What i have done is got a small disc and had my mobile number engraved on to it.
Just in case i dropped my keys or left them somewhere. Prompted when i found a bunch of keys in the middle of a busy road. Dropped them into a local shop. Easier if i could have rang the owner and told them where to find them.
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| Fri May 14 2010 2:57pm |
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Stay Frosty
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Merseyside
Posts: 53
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Love that last idea!!!
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Dickydisco
Member Since: 03 Feb 2009
Location: Somewhere on the Trent
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im with aston and woody. No keys on my D3 key. I have seperate house keys so car keys stay single everytime. Current:
05 HSE TDV6 silver,
Puma for SWMBO
Past: but not forgotten
2 TD5 disco2's
1 200tdi disco1
1 300tdi disco1 commercial Off roader with a rather large spec, ARB's and big travel suspension to name a few.
Pajero SWB 2.8 for off road playdays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYBx3SCl8vs check this for laughs
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| Sun Jun 13 2010 8:07pm |
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ronk
Member Since: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Durham
Posts: 185
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Just a key fob and a tag from the credit card security company.
It has a serial No and a freepost address - anybody who finds the keys can just shove them in the Royal Mail post box and they arrive back on the doormat!
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| Wed Jun 30 2010 11:55am |
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frenchy
Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: Halewood
Posts: 491
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cable ties for me 
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