Bob Rentfro wrote: > What's the deal with these crappy keys? I've had three break in the last > three years...this last one lasted 7 months. This is stupid. I had one key > for all the years I had my 220D, one key for the life of my '81 330D, one key > for the life of my '86 190E (need I go on?). > I'm going to write to MB and tell them what crap they are sending us. In the > meantime, I'm going to take the rest of the cheap-ass plastic off and fashion > a lovely exotic hardwood fob/top like we all once talked about. > For some reason this really ticked me off tonight. >
The replacement plastic key heads you can get from Performance Products (and probably Rusty, too) seem to be stiffer and don't break as easily. It also helps if you twist the key from the bottom of the head, not the top.
