So where do you hide your spare key?

Back when I used the magnetic key cases in my personal car, they worked pretty well. I remember the magnet being very strong.

 

3 keys...

1 stays in the ignition at all times

1 stays on my belt at all times

1 is securely attached somewhere under the hood or on the chassis.

 

I've never carried a wallet it messes with my sciatica. I've owned several and they always stayed in whatever vehicle I had. Now days, I have a portfolio type wallet that keeps all the important cards, license, insurance etc and just take the card I need and leave the rest secured in the truck.

As far as I spare key, I have one secured to the truck and then taped over with black rubber tape. Black tape on a black frame unless you know what you're looking for you'll miss it every time.

 

Yep.. me too.
Inconspicuously placed in the engine compartment.
You'll look right at it and not see it if you're not looking for it.
Been using that spot for Many Moon.

 

Just a few thoughts after reading some of these comments. I took notice of how many say they keep a key in their wallet. My last 2 keys would not fit in my wallet. I also know of a lot of drivers that have left their wallets in places. Also, I spoke to a Freightliner parts guy once about Century Class keys. If I am not mistaken when Freightliner started making these trucks they switched to a key with a plastic handle. The FLDs had a flat all-metal key. That parts guy told me that Freightliner only had about 75 different key combinations for the Century class trucks. Today, if you are parked in a large truck stop and are using a stock locks and keys, and are driving a Freightliner, there is a great chance there is another Truck parked there that uses that same key. Heck, my Chevy S-10 used the same key one of my dispatchers had in his Blazer. You want security, change that lock and park as securely as possible when you are not in the truck. A thief can get in that tractor in just a few minutes. I once saw a deputy sheriff open a truck in about 30 seconds. Another thing about security. Don't be flashing your business. Keep your valuables out of sight. Short story here now. Back in the late 90s I was stuck at the Atlanta Petro for 2 days. I was standing behind a driver that made a big show of all the "C" notes he had in his "cash clip". He took it out at the cash register and several seen it. I took the time to follow him. So was 2 others. They were setting up to get that cash. I got there first and stopped it. I'm morphing the topic I know. Security goes way beyond a dang key, you can trust me on that!

 

I keep one in the ignition and one on my main key ring that is always with me. But if I locked myself out, all I need to do is find another 579 nearby and borrow their key to get in

 

I always had the one lone key no ring on the ignition. And had the spare connected to my house keys and always carried it. Never got locked out:

 

One in my chain drive wallet. Another in the boot. a third somewhere on the truck and a forth hither thither and yon. and maybe one ducttaped to the radiator cap.

 

Mine stays in my pants pocket. Since I never leave the truck without my pants, it works out well.

 

I don't keep a spare key. An old girlfriend of mine had what she called a "crippling OCD" where she only allowed herself to lock the door with the key from the outside, and had to have her key IN HER HAND before she could close the door.

I saw that, told her to stop complaining about a great system, and stole it from her. Lol