Plastic Key

[jim_hoyland]

My '06 987 has this black plastic key. I put it into a hide-a-box under the render in case I lock my keys in the trunk; I can open the door and trunk ? Anything else worth knowing ?

[jdavis8361]

It can operate the door lock on your vehicle and can start the car. I think it cannot lock your glove compartment, but not 100% sure about that. If your trunk has a key'd lock, it should operate that lock too (my Cayman 987 doesn't have one).

FYI, Porsche calls it an emergency key.

jD

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by jdavis8361

It can operate the door lock on your vehicle and can start the car. I think it cannot lock your glove compartment, but not 100% sure about that. If your trunk has a key'd lock, it should operate that lock too (my Cayman 987 doesn't have one).

FYI, Porsche calls it an emergency key.

jD

The key can open door locks... start the car... but can't open the glovebox? Odd. Maybe to keep valets out of the GB?

Doesn't the "key" need the "pill" to start? Or, is that different with the year car OP has?

[jdavis8361]

Originally Posted by Starter986

The key can open door locks... start the car... but can't open the glovebox? Odd. Maybe to keep valets out of the GB?

Doesn't the "key" need the "pill" to start? Or, is that different with the year car OP has?

I don't know the answer to your question about the pill. I got my key from (or through) my local dealer, so it may have a pill embedded in it. It definitely will start the car, which is also an '06 987.

I just checked and learned that it will lock/unlock my glove box.

jD

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by jdavis8361

I don't know the answer to your question about the pill. I got my key from (or through) my local dealer, so it may have a pill embedded in it. It definitely will start the car, which is also an '06 987.

I just checked and learned that it will lock/unlock my glove box.

jD

Leave your dealer made key in the house... and try to start your car with the plastic key.

Nappenin.

[jdavis8361]

Originally Posted by Starter986

Leave your dealer made key in the house... and try to start your car with the plastic key.

Nappenin.

Au contraire mon frère.

Thinking I might have had another senior moment, I put my regular keys on my computer stand; started my car in the garage with the emergency key and drove about 3 blocks from my house; parked and turned off engine with the emergency key which I then removed from its receptacle; restarted the engine with the emergency key and drove back to the house.

jD