How to know you bought a lemon
Remember how I said you couldn't get into the driver's side of the Mazda with the key? Well the panelbeater fished a piece of a broken key out, and then I could open it if I caught the key just right on the last remaining tooth of the door lock (someone must have used a screwdriver to break into it at some point, because the lock was very loose). But then I wondered if I could open it with a different key, and sure enough my hostel key worked. And just before I parted ways with the car, I decided to see if I could open it with... well, whatever I could find. Observe.
A locksmith told me it would cost $150 to have the lock rekeyed, so I guess there's another reason I should be thankful to be rid of that car. The dealer said he could replace the lock with one from another car, but then I would have had a different key for it. He claims he told me about the lock before I paid for the car, but I don't remember that. What I remember is me handing over the cash and him saying, "Oh yeah, you have to unlock the car from the passenger's side. *flees with my $1600*"
A locksmith told me it would cost $150 to have the lock rekeyed, so I guess there's another reason I should be thankful to be rid of that car. The dealer said he could replace the lock with one from another car, but then I would have had a different key for it. He claims he told me about the lock before I paid for the car, but I don't remember that. What I remember is me handing over the cash and him saying, "Oh yeah, you have to unlock the car from the passenger's side. *flees with my $1600*"