DanM

Here is a typical key case. Mine looks similar to this. No one else uses this? I don't really want a smaller version of the key to make it fit into my (small) keycase, I want to find a larger keycase to accomodate my larger key.

So I recently got my FFH (Finally!), and my only concern is not with the car itself, but the key! It's HUGE! I'd like to put it in my leather key case, but there's no way it will fit on any of the rings. I haven't bought a car since 2002 -- are all keys this big now? I'd like to know if anyone has found a keycase that will accomodate a key of this size. My current key case has, in addition to the 6 rings inside the case, a detachable key ring (I think it is referred to as a valet ring) that I can fit the key on, but that defeats the purpose. I put my keys in my pocket (don't most guys?), and if the key is on the external ring, it is outside of (although attached to) the key case, and tearing up my pockets. I want to find an oversized key case to put my oversized key in, so that my key won't tear up my pockets. All the key cases I've found only accomodate "regular-sized" keys, like the kind you get for your house. I haven't found anything on this elsewhere in the forum.

Thanks! That's the example I was looking for.

Thanks for the reply. It is entirely possible that my search skills are lacking, but I cannot find what you are referring to. When you say "Ask the IRS why their own form" I assume you mean Form 8910, Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit. I cannot find any reference to ordered date either on the Form itself, or the instructions to the form. (I also cannot find the example you refer to). Am I looking at the wrong form? My search results show a lot of people talking about using the ordered date, but I am looking for some concrete evidence. When asked by the IRS why I thought I could use the order date rather than the purchase date, I don't want to reply, "Well, someone poseted it on their blog or in a forum, so it must be true...." Thanks in advance!

I don't think the order date matters. I ordered my Fusion Hybrid in early August, hoping to get it before Sept 30 so I could get the $1,700 tax credit. (I ordered it because I couldn't find the car with the color/options I wanted anywhere in the greater Chicago area.) It doesn't look like I'll get the car today. I looked at the IRS website yesterday, and all documentation on the tax credit referred to the purchase date, NOT the order date. To clarify, I called the IRS. They said the car had to be purchased and placed in service by 9/30/2009. I mentioned that I had heard the ordered date would suffice. She replied that "Well, they are trying to sell cars". It appears that I'll only get the $850 tax credit. If anyone has any actual proof (such as a IRS website page or a scan of an official document) that the IRS will accept an order date as opposed to a purchase date, please let me know!