> So either replace it with some half-fitting generic switch(es) or just hotwire your car every time.
Be careful to not develop bad habits if you do that.
When I was a in high school something went wrong with the key mechanism for our ignition switch. My dad was able to remove part of it leaving it so that you could shove a screwdriver in and turn the switch that way.
That worked great and so there was no hurry to actually get it fixed to work with the keys.
After a while we got out of the habit of taking the keys when we were going to drive somewhere.
Then one day I'm driving home, which was in a rural area in central California, and got a flat tire. The spare was in the trunk, which was locked. This was in the '70s so no cell phone to call for help. There weren't any houses in sight, just farm fields. The road I was on didn't get much traffic, so it could be hours before someone would drive by. And it was in the middle of the day in summer.
I had to walk home, get the keys, and walk back to the car to change the tire. It was very annoying.
Be careful to not develop bad habits if you do that.
When I was a in high school something went wrong with the key mechanism for our ignition switch. My dad was able to remove part of it leaving it so that you could shove a screwdriver in and turn the switch that way.
That worked great and so there was no hurry to actually get it fixed to work with the keys.
After a while we got out of the habit of taking the keys when we were going to drive somewhere.
Then one day I'm driving home, which was in a rural area in central California, and got a flat tire. The spare was in the trunk, which was locked. This was in the '70s so no cell phone to call for help. There weren't any houses in sight, just farm fields. The road I was on didn't get much traffic, so it could be hours before someone would drive by. And it was in the middle of the day in summer.
I had to walk home, get the keys, and walk back to the car to change the tire. It was very annoying.