WTB: Original Foldable Key Blank

[GoFaSSter]

The folding key looks really cool and I love gadgets. However, what purpose does this key serve? I do not have one, so this is a real question.

[Conserv]

44 minutes ago, GoFaSSter said:

...what purpose does this key serve?

 

Well, that's pretty obvious: it opens the doors, starts the car....and it folds!  What further inquiries are necessary?  It folds!  ?

 

Are you suggesting it needs to do more than that?

 

I used the one in my '70 for a couple years and I have to say, it folded, every day!

 

Even, or especially, in my pocket, it folded -- although the trunk key -- which, sadly, did not fold -- then became the limiting factor.

 

I'm hoping another forum member has a brilliant explanation of why BMW engineers made it fold, or made the end of plastic, e.g., even if your car's chassis becomes electrified, you can still turn off the ignition without being electrocuted. Did it mean that a key in the ignition would not be something to poke your eye out in the event of a crash, provided you didn't attach any other keys to it?  All I know for certain is that folding keys don't happen by accident, and they sure are cool!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited August 12, 2016 by Conserv

[danco_]

44 minutes ago, GoFaSSter said:

The folding key looks really cool and I love gadgets. However, what purpose does this key serve? I do not have one, so this is a real question.

 

 

2002 owners with a folding ignition key are better than 2002 owners without folding ignition keys. That's about it.

 

We are glorified Porsche owners in that regard. 

 

 

[Conserv]

44 minutes ago, danco_ said:

 

 

2002 owners with a folding ignition key are better than 2002 owners without folding ignition keys. That's about it.

 

We are glorified Porsche owners in that regard. 

 

 

 

Damn, Ryan!

 

I feared that that would be the answer.  And I have no working folding key so I am humbled, a second-class '02 citizen...

 

But when I find my '70's folding key -- never mind that I totaled the car 42 years ago -- don't be surprised to see me "accidentally" leaving it on the bar: "Oh, that old thing, it's just an original folding key for an old BMW..."

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 12, 2016 by Conserv

[danco_]

Steve, if you need me to send you a spare folding key, even if it doesn't actually go to any car we possess, I can do so. 

I want you to elevate your stature in the 2002 community. 

 

When being pulled over for driving recklessly on a regular basis, I will often hand the officer a copy of my license, insurance, registration, and the spare folding 2002 key I keep in the glove compartment. The conversation between myself and the officer will quickly divert from endangering pedestrians, to how cool I am because of my folding key. The officer usually lets me go, but not before offering me a cold beer on the spot. 

 

Folding keys work. 

 

 

 

[GoFaSSter]

You guys are awesome! Thanks for the explanations. ??

[ray_]

Also it's perhaps true, that one's knee is in less likelihood of peril in case of an unintended altercation.

 

 

[Conserv]

27 minutes ago, ray_ said:

Also it's perhaps true, that one's knee is in less likelihood of peril in case of an unintended altercation.

 

 

 

Oh, oh, there it is, my '70's folding key.  Thanks for finding it, Ray.

 

I think I'll do some smokey burnouts on the West Side Highway and, afterwards, enjoy a beer with the local constabulary!  ??

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[ray_]

BTW Ryan, I think if you were able to find an actual cut foldable key, you could produce a working unit by cutting a regular steel blank to fit the handle.

 

Cheers,

[ClarenceTE72]

You can scan it and have it 3d printed. At least for the handle portion of the key.

[danco_]

5 hours ago, kris said:

Purchased years ago on eBay. Going to have it cut for my M2. 

 

 

 

Well paint me green and call me jealous.

 

If I buy the m2, does the key come with it? 

 

 

[ray_]

1 minute ago, danco_ said:

Well paint me green and call me jealous.

 

If I buy the m2, does the key come with it? 

 

 

 

 

Probably better off buying a running car.

[kris]

1 hour ago, danco_ said:

Well paint me green and call me jealous.

 

If I buy the m2, does the key come with it? 

 

 

 

You can't even call it an M2 without a folding key