Why have a spare key?

It matters not how strait the gate,   

  How charged with punishments the scroll,   

I am the master of my fate:

  I am the captain of my soul.

Such were the words of poet William Ernest Henley when reflecting on his triumphant emergence from the darkest depths of human suffering. His resounding, poetic anthem is a testament to the steadfastness of his resolve in the face of tribulation. 

But William Ernest Henley probably didn’t own a car, and thus probably never had the opportunity to test his “unconquerable soul” against the plight of lost car keys.

We’ve all been there - patting empty pockets, overturning purses and backpacks, sifting through garbage that should’ve been thrown out a long time ago, searching desperately for that ever-elusive bane of the modern man: the car key.

After an hour of searching, a fight with spouses, kids, cousins, or anyone else who came within touching distance of the keys within the past day, and a consideration of just how many streaming services you’ll have to cancel in order to pay the dealer for a new one, it’s time to finally give in and give up: the keys are lost lost.

But, there is good news yet!

First of all, if the keys have indeed gone the way of the blue-suede, you do not have to call the dealer - you can call your friends over at South Shore Lock & Key for same or next-day service at around half dealer price for a brand-new key from scratch!

Second, we can help you before you ever even get to the place of needing that service. How? A spare key.

Maybe your dealership only gave you one. Maybe someone (husband, wife, kid, mechanic - definitely not you though, right?) lost the spare some time ago. Whatever the case may be, South Shore Lock & Key can get you on the road to a new key, sparing you the stress of an all-keys-lost situation, often at a price less than half of what you’d pay at the dealership!

We can make duplicate keys to nearly any make, model, and year on the market currently; from Volkswagen to Audi to Toyota to BMW to Land Rover to Jaguar, we can get you a second key with all the same buttons and functions as your current one.

As Bruce Lee once said, it’s better not to pray for an easy life, but for the strength to endure a hard one;  great sentiment, but, when it comes to keys, at least, why make life needlessly harder? Call South Shore Lock & Key to discuss your options for a duplicate car key today!