car keys
UK’s Most Stolen Cars: Are You at Risk?
Car theft in the UK is on the increase with a total of 61,106 cars stolen in 2022. That amounts to a car being stolen every nine minutes and is a 26% increase over the previous year. The theft of cars is not evenly spread over all makes and models, with some being more popular…
What is the Real Cost of a Stolen Vehicle for the Victim?
Victims of Car Theft Suffer More than Just Car Loss Having your car stolen can be a traumatic experience and can result in a very time-consuming and frustrating process. You need to inform your insurer and the police immediately after the theft occurs. Once you provide sufficient information to the police, you will be provided…
Protect your Car: Top Tips to Prevent Car Theft in London
99 Car Thefts But Yours Ain’t One We‘re all inclined to think that cars are much more sophisticated and feature-packed these days, which makes them more secure and therefore safe from being stolen. The problem is that thieves are also more sophisticated and have developed a range of techniques to overcome vehicle security. Thieves also…
Five Reasons Why Every Driver Needs a Car Dash Cam
Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Every Driver Needs Dash Cams – And Here’s Why Car dash cams are becoming much more common these days. That’s not only because they’re far more affordable than previously but also due to them being compact, easy to install and use, and able to record footage that can be extremely valuable. Even…
You’ve already got an immobiliser. Now you need a car alarm.
It could never happen to me – could it? It’s disturbing to note that even though thousands of cars are stolen every year (according to Thisismoney.co.uk, there were 48,492 vehicle thefts in 2021) not even half the UK’s drivers have any kind of additional security devices installed. Perhaps they think it’ll never happen to them,…
Missing key? We deal directly with insurers
If you lose your car key or it gets stolen, we’re here to create and program a replacement for you – quickly and economically. Not only that, we also deal directly with your insurers, saving you the hassle of having to deal with them yourself. Lost key facts A company selling Bluetooth devices to help…
Ignition problems?
Of course we’re well known as Car Keys Solutions, all thanks to the thousands of positive reviews left from happy and grateful customers who we’ve helped out when they’ve had car key problems. After all, when you’re stuck by an unfamiliar roadside with a damaged or otherwise non-functioning key it’s comforting to know that one…
Key to your heart? Key to your car!
Valentine’s Day is coming up! and we all know what that means: so many keys to the heart being given and offered in so many shapes and sizes, all around the world. And if one of those keys unlocks a heart and marks the start of a long journey down the road of life together…
The Autowatch 695 CAN bus alarm system – for superior vehicle security
Elsewhere on this website we’ve talked about how we install the Ghost II immobiliser system – a system that’s far superior to standard factory-supplied car or van immobilisers. But one problem with immobilisers is, unless a thief is clever enough to disable the system, that’s all they do – immobilise the vehicle. Which means if…
How many sets of keys should you sell with your car?
First, let’s take a closer look at how many sets of keys you tend to get when you’re buying a car: A new car should be sold by a dealership with the full complement of keys to go with it, such as two fobs and perhaps a spare blade. And so should any car sold…
An A-Z of cool car keys
We’re not saying the keys we repair, replace or re-program are in any way run-of-the-mill, but these car keys here are certainly out of the ordinary! Is it a USB stick? Is it a lighter? No – it’s Aston Martin’s “Emotional Control Unit”, a tricky piece of kit that needed to be inserted into the…
Fob facts
Gone are the days when you could get your car keys copied at a department store or a shoe shop. On the plus side, copying keys was much easier back then, but on the minus side anyone with a copied key could unlock the driver’s side door … and further back in time once they’d…