Flash VATS

[terryk]

I paid $30 at the dealer for my spare PK3 key for the 2000 GTP.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Parmer" <gparmer at acesag.auburn.edu>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Flash VATS


>
> > The friend thinks he's a truck thief, or the truck thinks the friend's a
thief?
>
> The latter. :)  If anything, the truck is taking all *his* money...as is
> the
> case with most of us helpless gearheads.
>
> > Isn't the passkey system incorporated in the ignition cylinder?  Are
there any
> > obvious differences in the keys?
>
> Not really. On our 2000 Olds it's got "PK3" stamped on the key. The
> trickery is
> apparently in the rubberized part of the key.
>
> I read about it in the manual, then verified by having W-M cut a plain
> key. It'll
> get you in out of the rain, but the starter never engages. The dealer
> has them
> in stock. I'll know soon just how much GM like$ those fancy keys.
>
> It would've been easier to look for the security light, but I'm too
> stubborn to
> take GM at their word.
> -greg
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