A replacement key for my wife's car costs $1,200. And it's not even a newer, or expensive car.

It's been a long time since you could get many car keys done at a hardware store.

And it's not even the electronics anymore. One locksmith I called said it's about the fancy engraving. They can't afford the tools to do that kind of work, and they just refer people to the dealer and to suck up the $1,200.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if that might have been covered under insurance.