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Re:Rental car keys are too bulky by jason_wang on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @11:39PM (#6557882)
Very interesting to find someone else who is also perplexed by the double keys. I've thought about this as well and I arrived at a different conclusion. My guess is car rental companies give you two keys in case one doesn't work. Maybe one fob is out of battery or one of the keys doesn't work. Having a hot stand-by is much cheaper than having to rescue you from a distant location.
Re:Rental car keys are too bulky by icodestuff on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @04:18AM (#6558566)
Huh. I can't remember the last time I didn't get either one key, or the second key was a valet key. That's _quite_ a nitpick.
Re:Rental car keys are too bulky by evilrevolution on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @01:19AM (#6558144)
Wow, <i>this</i> is a trivial first world problem.
Re:Rental car keys are too bulky by probolsky on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @02:58AM (#6558388)
Yes evil...we live in a first-world country, for now.