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Good riddance 2020!!!! Posted: December 22, 2020

Automotive Cybersecurity: Discovering Your Car’s Vulnerabilities Posted: December 11, 2020

The Threat of Automotive Cybersecurity Car theft went up 20% between 2016 to 2019. All those conveniences we love, such as keyless car entry and built-in navigation increase our risk of cyber threats. This makes automotive cybersecurity an important aspect of vehicle ownership. Vehicles have built-in security systems that offer protection, but that isn’t enough […]

Lockdown restrictions COVID-19 round 2 Posted: November 6, 2020

2nd lockdown starts on November 5th 2020 As the numbers of COVID-19 cases are rising at a very fast pace in the UK, new measures are now going to come into effect in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The new lockdown restrictions are starting on Thursday 5th November and will last until  Wednesday 2nd […]

Is the vehicle security provided by the factory enough? Posted: October 30, 2020

Can carmakers do more or should they do more? The short answer would be no, for most makes and models. Some makes and models do have enough security to give one’s peace of mind. One can argue, why car manufacturers are not doing more to boost the security in their vehicles before they hit the […]

A week on the road with Catalin Acatrini Posted: October 10, 2020

Meet Catalin Travelling from London to West Byfleet can be rather challenging especially when someone new to London such as myself, would not know the ins and outs of London. Yes, it was a little bit hard navigating the narrow streets of London and the cities outside of London, but while driving and at times […]

When mistaking a steering column lock problem for the ignition switch Posted: September 17, 2020

In my previous article “ A week on the road with Lorin Andrei Chirila” I was talking among other things, about DIY kind of repair on a 2007 Mercedes Sprinter, where a faulty steering lock was mistaken for a bad ignition switch, and that happened on two occasions which I will detail soon. In the […]

A week on the road with Lorin Andrei Chirila Posted: September 2, 2020

London not as I thought I knew My second week in the field was with Lorin, and yet again, I got to see parts of London and outside of London, as far as Ipswitch, that I have not yet seen. I must say that driving through, and outside London, it is just excellent, and it […]

A week on the road with Vasile Croitoru Posted: August 17, 2020

As I mentioned in our last blog article, starting this week, we will feature our mobile auto locksmith technicians with the good, the bad and the ugly. I was just kidding, no bad and ugly, just fun stuff. To kick off this series, the past week I have had the pleasure of being the co-pilot […]

Meet the team behind the scenes Posted: August 4, 2020

It is about time that we introduce our team We think that it is about time that we make our team known to the public and so every one of our customers new or returning know who they are talking with when visiting us. But, in all honesty, we also wanted to recognise our team’s […]

*** NEW *** Car Keys Solutions has a NEW location!!! Posted: July 27, 2020

Kilburn is our second home away from home: 286-288, Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 2DB If there is anything that COVID-19 has taught us, that would be, to not take anything for granted. That goes for just about anything that is going on in our daily lives. And it is just about the same thing […]