PPV Auction - No Keys?

[Tahoe14]

Did someone win the auction or is it still available? Depends on the police agency I guess on the same keying of several vehicles. Never heard of that before but anythings possible. At my agency with a fleet of 1600 vehicles we did not do it.

 

[Higgins18ppv]

Having just bought an 18 there are/were service records available. The mileage is on the records. There were also indicators under the dash. Yellow paint marker for the air filter, white for the anti-freeze. If the keys are all the same, I was given seven of them.
Anyone in the market for a key? Lol

 

[Rdr854]

Keying multiple fleet vehicles alike is an option - especially if they do not use an immobilizer. The Fire dept vehicle assigned to me is a police interceptor utility that does not have an immobilizer chip in the key.

 

[Plimbob]

For future reference, In many of the auctions you can hire an inspector that will go to yard and look it over and write a report. In most cases the auction people know the inspector and supply info and allow good access.

 

[BlackoutTX]

For future reference, In many of the auctions you can hire an inspector that will go to yard and look it over and write a report. In most cases the auction people know the inspector and supply info and allow good access.

Where would you find these inspectors?

 

[Plimbob]

You might have to do some googling for them in the location of the auction. In the case of let's say copart auctions the inspection service is on their auction site.

 

[Sparksalot]

So I actually ended up getting someone via email this morning that was willing to help. Unfortunately the auction ended this morning and I was not able to get over there in time to check it out. For the record, they DO have keys for it. He even offered to try and start it for me. This is not the info I'd received previously. But he also told me, "due to all of the police Tahoe’s having identical keys we are not able to release keys after purchase."

Has anyone ever hear of this about the identical keys? I have not.

I have two PPVs. The keys are different.

 

[PG01]

Not available on 2014 or earlier but option 6e2 or something common key cut for full fleet option 2015+

@BlackoutTX

 

[CrashTestDummy]

No keys, and can’t touch the vehicle before buying?!? They are making it too ******* you to buy THEIR vehicle. Not worth the effort, IMHO. Walk away. Let them choke on the thing. There are better ones, and better deals out there.

 

[BlackoutTX]

No keys, and can’t touch the vehicle before buying?!? They are making it too ******* you to buy THEIR vehicle. Not worth the effort, IMHO. Walk away. Let them choke on the thing. There are better ones, and better deals out there.

This is where I landed and did exactly that. I ended up snagging a 2012 in October after meeting with the head of the center for an inspection. He was so great and after speaking with him I couldn't have been more comfortable bidding. I've been daily driving it since then and I have not had one single issue with it. The only thing I've done to it is paint the roof (was white) and put new windshield wipers on it. I was actually so impressed that just won two more 2016 from the same facility. I'll be selling the 2012 and for sure driving one of the 16s. Can't wait to pick them up next week. The 2012 was a bit of an experiment. But not that I'm confident in loving these PPVs, the 16 I keep will really start getting the aftermarket treatment.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I'll be around here more often now on!