Oh no, I've done a Jimmy!

[petem]

On Isle of Wight, wife has dropped car keys in the drink. Ggggrrrrr.

 

[petem]

Needless to say Lex Leasing and BMW Assist all appear to be sodding useless.

 

[sarabande]

Insurance job ?

 

[rafiki_]

Bad luck Pete. If it's a newish Bimmer, then BMW connect should sort it out.

 

[kashurst]

I seem to recall Jimmy just donned his snorkel and mask and dived in
how warm is the water today?

on a more helpful note - a friend of mine dropped her house keys in the water at the back of our boat. I used the glass insert from a coffee cafetiere to look in the water. With a magnet on a string we did get them back.

 

[MrB]

See if the marina has one of those magnet on a rope things.

 

[henryf]

See if the marina has one of those magnet on a rope things.

He's on the Isle of Wight. They would see a magnet as the work of the devil and arrest you for witchcraft

H.

 

[Trevor Collins]

On the plus side, BMW keys are supposedly the cheapest of all the major car manufacturers to get replaced

 

[Mr Googler]

He's on the Isle of Wight. They would see a magnet as the work of the devil and arrest you for witchcraft

H.

Bloody grockles slagging us off

 

[Rivers & creeks]

Did the same but one of those big magnet things found them- took about an hour though!

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Doh! You'll be extending your bathing platform next...

 

[AIDY]

Lost ours once in muddyford carpark... BMW assist towed the car home to Oxford on a back of a truck.

 

[petem]

Yup, sat in the back of the AA van as I type. Waiting for the guy to drag the car on with his Slippery Jim's

 

[petem]

See if the marina has one of those magnet on a rope things.

Yep, the marina were very helpful. They said they used to have a magnet but not any more!

 

[Mr Googler]

Yep, the marina were very helpful. They said they used to have a magnet but not any more!

Probably sat next to your keys!

 

[AIDY]

Yup, sat in the back of the AA van as I type. Waiting for the guy to drag the car on with his Slippery Jim's

Hope you get home soon... just need to laugh about it...

Reminds me of this advert
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5dBOo00L1fk

 

[burgundyben]

Pete - only just seen this, for fture reference I live in Cowes if you need anything.

 

[benchmark]

Hard luck, hope you find it.

This is one of my worst nightmares so i bought a less intrusive self activating key float fob. it is always attached to my car and house keys.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Davis-Instruments-530-166-530-Floating-Keychain/dp/B000ZOV6TU

 

[petem]

Pete - only just seen this, for fture reference I live in Cowes if you need anything.

Thanks Ben, that's very kind.

 

[petem]

Well we finally got home at 11pm after arriving back at the boat at 3pm.

BMW Emergency were pretty useless, their best offer was a hire car that we could use to drive home, collect the keys, return to Hythe then drive home again. Strangely enough, a 300 mile / 6 hour drive isn't my ideal end to a weekend.

Lex Leasing were equally useless. As their assistance line is shut on a Sunday, all their calls are diverted to the AA who are only authorised to do a 50 mile recovery.

Fortunately I have AA breakdown cover with my bank account. They sent a patrol man who very quickly came to the conclusion that the only way the car was going to get back to Cheltenham was on the back of a recovery truck. We then had to wait three hours for the truck to come before we were on our way.

Moral of the story is, do what your wife tells you and put a float on a spare set of car keys and take these down to the boat! Alternatively keep the keys in your pocket and don't let your dozy wife start jumping off boats when them at the top of an unzipped handbag.

I'm now facing a load of hassle trying to get a new set of keys authorised by Lex / BMW / my employer.