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Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Tom — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:44:48 -0000

Thanks for the the post. It helped me this morning!

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

rstuetzle — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:21:38 -0000

My Passat is a 2006 and has no overdrive button. The key is stock and no mater how many times I presss the button on the side of the shifter, the key will not release.
Any new ideas?

Re: Faith vs Hope

Carrier_aviator — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:48:34 -0000

By faith we begin, ... Through hope we continue.

Re: Possible Bigfoot sighting in Erie, PA

Doug — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:24:05 -0000

my friend and i spotted a big foot in wintergreen gorge while camping up by the highway in the late70's the encounter lasted for two hours i will never forget the blood curdling screams it seemed as if he was stalking us tying to scare us off. it didnt work and we stayed.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Christi — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:10:03 -0000

Awesome! Thank you! Saved me a lot of money!

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Sheri — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:31:36 -0000

I tried it, but the buttin on my shitfter won't even let me push it. It is stuck, but thnx anyways it was worth a try.

Re: Redbox movie rental - very slick

Capiznon 2009 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:32:49 -0000

I love to put comments here it helps me a lot.

Re: Wordpress comment email notification fixed

Rob Layton — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:44:16 -0000

Here's how I got mine working: http://www.roblayton.net/archive/wordpress-not-...

So many people have this problem

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

blindsquirrel — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:07:00 -0000

Larry, I did say how to fix it in the post. Put the car in park and press the shifted button a few times and the fob will release.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Larry — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:53:44 -0000

Great, have this problem and this is the first site to come up... But you NEVER put in how to fix it and I can't find it in VWVORTEX.com anymore...

Can you just add HOW you fixed the problem?

Thanks.

Re: So, how was your day?

Dr G — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:55:27 -0000

I am so very proud of you for taking the high road with your new friend. Any knuckle head can stoop to the gutter to join people like myself and drop F bombs, but the truly worthy are much better than that. Her reward will come in time.

A very politically incorrect comment and a suggested 4th lesson for you. When teaching each of my children the joy and skills of driving, I distinctively recall saying to each and yes to the young lady "...be very careful while driving in shopping centers because they are filled with women drivers...". Women have their own set of rules only known to them.

I am also very surprised and proud to see you roll u your sleeves to diagnose your VW. I know how much pride you take in the little guy.

Lastly, were you able to squeeze some work into this hectic day of yours? with all the back and forth driving, multiple wardrobe changes, the love-fest with your new best friend and shopping at Best Buy, just wondering how much quality time was spent "strategizing". LOL. You do work for the government don't you???

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Lonnie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:57:11 -0000

This blog was very helpful, I'm in DC for the Inaugeral festivities and a tow truck just wasn't an option.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Jim — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:00:54 -0000

This fixed my problem too. Thank you very much!!! 10 below zero here and the wind chill is more like -30.

Re: Is God real?

Tim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:55 -0000

I agree with "satan???" (what a lame nick). Relying on scientific evidence is good... but what is science? Using the fife senses we have... touch, smell, taste, vision & hearing... but what if there is another sense - our inner person. What if there are other dimensions that only our spirit has access to.
I came from where you are and I realized that it is not wise to rely only on the five senses, while invoking the inner experience, which may just have the answer.

Re: Is God real?

Tim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:43:55 -0000

I know this post is a lil' outdated, but...
It's funny that the suffering in the world makes you suspicious. We're all sinners, are all deprived from anything good and deserve death. We should be happy that at least God decided to reach out His hand out and offer hope so that one day we can be reunited with Him, where there is no suffering.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Mary — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:29:43 -0000

Thanks - that solved my stuck-key problem!!

Re: Worst Lyric, Best Lyric

waskendaffer — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:01:23 -0000

Are we human, or are we dancers... That ranks among the worst for me...

Re: Bailout no longer necessary

Dr G — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:32:15 -0000

The "Squirrel" buying habits never cease to amaze me since they span the gambit.

Shop for a "live" toy like little Sammy and the process is a grueling 5 month R&D, try-buy, you-name-it kind of process albeit with very successful results. On the other hand, put you and the little Mrs in a toy store and look out, the impulses take over and you're fighting some little old lady for the last Barbie on the shelf. Please tell me you won't be in Best Buy on Black Friday at oh-dark-30 for some electronic/techno wizard gadget.

On the other hand, the way you raved about the ease of doing business with Red Box from an earlier posting, I would have guessed you for a 100% online shopper with the UPS truck pulling up in front of the house daily.

Very complex, very complex you are.

Now, if the "squirrel" truly wants to stave off the government bailouts, buy your kid a Chevy......no lines at the Cochran dealership.

Re: Worst Lyric, Best Lyric

Dr G — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:57:37 -0000

....it's better to burn out, than to fade away. My, my, hey, hey.

Neil Young

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

cmhodgson — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:53:45 -0000

I want to thank you for posting this information as it was extremely helpful. I own a 2006 and 2008 VW Passat and accidentally inserted the wrong key into the ignition. Using the information posted above I was able to release my key from the ignition. Thanks again, it was a true lifesaver!

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

robyn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:13:47 -0000

this post was a life saver... i thought i was gonna have to go to the dealership tomorrow and pay to have this crap fixed

Re: iPhone and Outlook Web Access

ralph — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:15:29 -0000

I hate Microsoft... been trying for days to get Exchange to work ... clearly they don't want anything to work on the iPhone.

It's a joke ... they think they can control the market ... but really their pissing off their own users ... and pushing us more to apple.

I've moved to Gmail for the same reason ... Hotmail just isn't supported by iPhone.

And they want me to "upgrade" to vista?! lol

Re: Worst Lyric, Best Lyric

dlaudette — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:41:07 -0000

Best:
freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose (me & bobby mcgee)
did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage (wish you were here)

Re: Firefox, Outlook Web Access, and cursor position

blindsquirrel — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:33:52 -0000

By the way, I just tested FF 3.1 alpha and it behaves the same way.

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/...

Re: Firefox, Outlook Web Access, and cursor position

blindsquirrel — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:20:25 -0000

Unfortunately , no. I am in the same boat where all I can find is the question. The Mozilla forums gave me a glimmer of hop, but it ended up being a solution on how to do this for their mail client. Making the same changes in FF did not eliminate the issue. It is frustrating. I ended up back with WebKit for now, but would like to be able to use Firefox as it works better for me when I use Citrix.