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20-03-2011, 04:43 PM
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Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Adelaide
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Well here i am at a friends place in the middle of nowhere with my keys locked in the boot!
Hopefully the RAA can get me back in with no damage to the car!
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20-03-2011, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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My mate is a locksmith - they have lock picks to suite most models these day.
The days of the coat hanger are gone. |
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20-03-2011, 11:12 PM
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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This was after a lot of swearing mind you...... |
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20-03-2011, 11:17 PM
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Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Adelaide
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Well, I'll finish the story off now that I'm on a computer and its easier to type than on my mobile.
First of all, I don't know what it is about me, but I am an avid "car locker". I tend to lock it at all times, even when it probably doesn't need to be locked. Habit dictates that when I close door, I hit lock button. Even at places like the carwash when I'm standing right next to it washing it. So what happened is I needed to move some stuff out of the back seat into the hatch so I could carry passengers. Unlocked doors, got stuff out, locked doors. Opened hatch with button, put stuff in, distracted by my friends for half a moment and not realising I'd sat key in hat to get it out of my hands while moving the stuff, shut hatch. So the RAA took about 45 minutes to come out, and about 1 minute to get in to car. He had this blowy uppy thing (like a blood pressure tester) that he pumped up in the pillar between front and rear door to make space for his second tool, the long metal unlocky thing, which he put through the gap, latched onto the lock and unlocked. All ended well. I guarantee it will happen again though, I really do have an unfortunate habit of locking keys in cars! :(
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Currently: 2014 Mazda6 GT (Daily) and 1999 Mazda MX5 (Fun Car) Previously: 2001 Ford Escape XLT; 2010 MC Mondeo; 1984 FD LTD; 2001 AU2 Falcon Forte; 2005 LS Focus Zetec; 1988 RE Colt; 1982 RB Colt; 1974 KE20 Corolla Quote:
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20-03-2011, 11:59 PM
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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Can't you just cut a basic steel key (no chip / plastic fob) and hide it somewhere on the car? Like inside the wheel arch lining or behind a bumper?
If anyone else finds it, the car still can't be started, and if you are locked out again you can open the door. |
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Damn! Locked out!
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