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OK..... Bit of a story first.

As an owner of a R32 ADM GT-R I am keen to follow the progress and sale of a lovely ADM recently listed at Shannons for a NSW auction on October 21.

I have a mate who is interested so another mate and I went to look and chat about the car.

I bought my ADM from the same auction 3 years earlier and during that time I have built good re-pore with the Shannons Auction staff. I have also sold cars through them and have 7 cars insured with them. So, with all that said they are very helpful towards me whenever I pop in for a gander.

The one thing this car has that mine doesn't (for those who know me I'm anal about originality) is the original Nissan Valet/Service key. I'm not talking about the GT-R key, I'm talking about the key that opens the doors and works the ignition. You cant open a locked glove box nor can it open the boot if the self release is deactivated. The idea is to leave valuables in the car when you take it for service of when ever someone else may drive the car.

Anyway....... I knew I was missing the key but I never know what the difference was which made it work the way it does. The Shannons staff were kind enough to show me both keys and it was obvious when you had the keys side by side. The gap between the 2 slits was considerably thinner and the key code had a Y followed by the 4 digit key code.

Nissan Australia checked with Nissan Japan and the key came back NLA.

OK, but they did give me the part number 0000075 - Key Blank.

As we all do, I Googled the part number with some moderate success. After finding numerous suppliers I shot off about 6-7 emails. Only one came back with a positive result.

I went through their website and order 2 keys, apparently Nissan USA were showing 2. I didn't hold out much hope thinking that they won't have them when it comes time to pick.

Last Friday morning I awake to see an email from the dealership stating that they weren't able to validate my overseas credit card and the order has been cancelled and if I wanted to reorder the keys I would need to pay by Bank transfer or Pay Pal.

After a bit of tooing and frowing I went through the purchase again and checked out via Pay Pal.

I got a Pay Pal confirmation at 5:02am Friday morning Sydney time.

Not long after that I got a DHL express Post Tracking number.

Hmmm... This are progressing. The Nissan/Infinity Dealership I bought the keys from is in Phoenix Arizona. It went through Phoenix to LA and then on the first flight to Sydney. At 8:10am this morning there was a knock on my front door..... Yep DHL man with my two keys.

In 75 hrs I had the key in my hand and I took it to my locksmith who computer cut it off the the code. Works perfect!

I know a lot of you are thinking "what a load of crock over a key" but for those who appreciate originality and collect stuff you will appreciate why I do this.

Thanks for reading........ Bob.

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I can definitely appreciate the logistics involved in all that! I'm especially impressed by the service quality given by DHL. I have a set of Bilstein B6's on the way to me from Germany via DHL and can only hope for similar service. :yes:

Edit: Wow that box is huge, did it just contain the two keys? I would've thought they'd fit in a DHL sachet haha

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Edit: Wow that box is huge, did it just contain the two keys? I would've thought they'd fit in a DHL sachet haha

Yeah...... ridiculous but that's what it came in.

My wife asked what's in the box? I told her...... She didn't believe me!

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