You're right..... who would have 3 keys? What idiocy.... I find 5 to be a sane number..... One on "my" key ring that I use when driving "that" vehicle..... one hanging on my spare key board...... Two in my loving brides purse and one in a very good spot on the truck (you will need to be very, very lucky in a very creative way or have a long, long time to be able to find it).
Personally, I like the system... especially since, if I do lose a key, I can have that key programmed out of the system. Sure, a lucky finder might open the door, but the truck will still be there when I return.... Fwiw, if someone wants to open a car, they sure don't need a key to do it...
I keep spare keys for the same reason I buy insurance, the same reason I wear approved safety boots at work and the same reason I wear safety glasses when necessary...... Because bad things happen - even to good people. Armed with this realization, are we to believe that your oversight is Fords rip-off?
The alternative is that your Ranger might not have been equipped with PATS... and that instead of kvetching about the key, you'd be all pissy because your truck was so easy to steal....
I am old enough to realize that there are people that will never be pleased - no matter what might be tried.... You, young sir, are one of those people. When those you deal with get to know you as "unpleasable"... they will, in all likelihood, stop trying...
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