Did you ever notice or think of ways to release some extra weight from your keychain? This may seem like a trivial matter, nevertheless, it can cause some bigger and more expensive issues down the road that all car owners should take into consideration. Let’s take a look at 2 major points pertaining to heavy car keychains and some tips to avoid costly repairs.
Excess Weight on Your Ignition Switch
Having too many keys, keychains or knickknacks on your keyring can cause extensive damage to the vehicle’s ignition switch. Every keyed ignition has a small part near the steering wheel where one inserts his car key to start it. The ignition switch itself is a small automotive part mostly made up of plastic pieces and little metal. Its main purpose is during the use of starting & turning off the car; however, when that motion of starting and stopping has extra weight added onto it, it starts to wear at the ignition switch, somewhat pulling it down, and can cause future malfunction and damage. This would result in ignition replacements which can cost anywhere between $800-$2000. A simple change in habit and upgrade to one’s car keychain ring can avoid such costly repairs.
Aesthetics and Efficiency
Psychological studies have shown that minimalism and decluttering effect the brain and how one functions daily in a positive way. By upgrading or removing unnecessary things in one’s daily life, it allows for the brain to operate more clearly and be more productive when there a less things around to “worry about or distract them.”
How does this play into revolutionizing your car keychain? Well, first comes the decluttering aspect. Some older model vehicles were not as technologically advanced as new cars today. If your vehicle didn’t have a factory anti-theft system in it, MPI would need to install one of their own to prevent break-ins. These same vehicles, if equipped with some functions like door unlock/lock, had a separate Keyless Entry FOB. And finally, the car key itself. That’s 3 things one 1 keychain to start your car. Fast forward to today where a capable automotive locksmith can streamline and declutter your keychain’s mess into one unit. So, there’s less visual mess, promoting minimalism and decluttering at the same time. Upgrading the components on one’s car keychain also reduces weight on the ignition switch when the key FOB is in the ignition itself- solving this article’s first problem of ‘Excess Weight on the Ignition Switch.’
These may seem like small, trivial changes to something you carry around everyday in your purse or pocket, yet they make a big difference down the line when it comes to maintaining your car’s operations and decluttering where possible.
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