The spare key adventure.

Had to use the spare ignition key since the usual one was some 30km away from my location. The engine did crank but it just wouldn't start, it seemed that the car immobilizer didn't recognized the spare key. I had a car, I had a key for that car, but what I really had, at that moment, was a very big paperweight.

Had someone pick me up to get my usual key and the engine started just fine, paid a visit to the dealer the next day to get the spare one recoded, 32.35€ and a hour later, the key was back in order and with also a new battery fitted.

Headache?

"Check engine" light went on... got it to the dealer and turned out to be a problem with the catalytic converter, that got damaged due to a malfunctioning ECU (it was working on a wrong mixture I was told).

Since it is still under warranty from the Toyota dealer, this means no expenses for me... Nice! Since it would be something over 2300€ without taxes.