Have You Ever Locked Your Keys in The Car?

[The Sailor]

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and
the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone
from your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person
at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone
on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to
drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of
miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for
your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car
over a mobile phone!':)

[romft1945]

It might well Capn but what if you have an old banger like me and lock them in the boot,Jolly old RAC to the rescue with the strip of infamous packing tape and dont ask how it happened, just doing what, She who must be obeyed ,asked me to do still it added more excitement to the afternoon,but cost me an evening meal on the way home,
ROM:(

[The Sailor]

HaHAHA, understand Rom Old Bean.
But across the world there are countless cars with auto locking and countless drivers with mobile phones that drive them.

When I read this I sat up straight and stared. Of course, I thought.

It works. So few bothered to read this. I hope everyone does.

[romft1945]

We have three cars in the family and none of them have this device iam pleased to say,my neighbour has and he had to call the RAC out,he locked the keys in went to use the spare set but wifey had dropped them in the sink,they got wet and could not swim and would not work,the air was rather blue for a few minutes,modern technology,
ROM:eek:

Its like my tank thread I thought it was rather interesting albeit not naval but seven readers no comments are we being selective

[Hookie]

A friend of mine bought a brand new BMW.
This had a facility that enabled the company to unlock the car, should he ever lock himself out. Something to do with a satellite instruction I believe.
It was fie , until one day he couldn't unlock the car to get out...
Nor could the satellite unlocking system open the doors.
In the end he got so frustrated he pounded on the dash... Hey Presto!
Open Sesame...
I like my car, because you have to use the ignition key or the remote to lock it from the outside! :)
John

[romft1945]

Capn here is a photo of my old banger 1972 Triumph Stag,
ROM

[The Sailor]

They were out here in Oz Rom. Not a bad looking little car for their day.
Most of the ones here were yellow in colour. I never saw that colour.

[romft1945]

It is Emerald green a not to popular colour and it is a classic car Tax free and all that jazz,as are all cars registered on or before 31st Dec 1972,
ROM:p

[astraltrader]

Correct me if I am wrong - but it has the old aluminium 3500 Rover engine in it?

[romft1945]

You are wrong,it has two 1750 joints side by side,the Rover engine was a modification,why some owners did it we do not know,
Rom

[johnny07]

I was going offshore one morning and while taking my bags out the boot I had put my keys in the boot. Before I got the last bag out the tailgate closed locking my keys inside. I had to break a quarter window to get back in cutting my hand in the panic. It was my first time on that rig and they were a really tough lot. when they asked me what happened to my hand I told them and they said -dont tell anyone else that, they will think your stupid, tell them you were doing something normal like fighting. :confused::confused:

[Scurs]

No, but a female work colleague locked herself out of her Volvo.........I owned a "Del-Boy" Reliant Regal.....inserted my door key into Volvo............hey presto door opened fine!
I would mention this was way back in early 1970's! :D

[CYLLA]

I did it a few times , while I was at the "cash and carry"...train of thought and all that :eek:

Though at the time, I had a rascal van, and there were a couple in the car park with the same type of vertical, and it so happened their keys could open my rear door .O.M.G that was a fluke.

So most days I left the off side, sliding side door off the catch ...

[Mr Woo]

It might well Capn but what if you have an old banger like me and lock them in the boot,Jolly old RAC to the rescue with the strip of infamous packing tape and dont ask how it happened, just doing what, She who must be obeyed ,asked me to do still it added more excitement to the afternoon,but cost me an evening meal on the way home,
ROM:(

Many years ago I took my trusy Cortina to the beach, went for a swim locking my clothes in the boot. When I got back to the car - Yes you guessed it - The keys were in my trouser pocket in the boot. I had a spare key at home so had to walk 3 miles through the city centre bare foot in just swimming trunks,:eek: get the spare house key from my neighbour get the spare care key and return to the beach.

G

[bluestreak]

I managed the evil deed in a Miami multi storey car park many years ago. When I phoned the rental company and told them what I had done they said " Go to the hotel next door and ask for "George". George appeared with his trusty wire coat hanger and after about two seconds had the car opened. As I slipped him five dollars we heard a quick burst of a police siren. Parked two cars down was a couple of Dade County's Police officers in their unmarked squad car. As soon as I spoke one said" You're English" followed by " You are not the first to employ George".

[John Odom]

We all do it. I keep a spare key in my wallet. It won't operate the ignition lock, but works the doors just fine.

[exile1]

Sorry, it's an urban legend as does NOT work.:(

[spruso]

Sorry, it's an urban legend as does NOT work.:(

Tried it in Oz with no success.

[Francis Stanley]

I got a phone call from my son he was in a supermarket car park with his young kids, it was wet and windy and he had locked himself out of his old banger and could I help, it was late afternoon and the car park in question was on the other side of town through busy traffic. Me with my grumpy old mans head on negotiated all the traffic armed with coathangers, pliers tape and other assorted tools to try and gain access to the car. When I finaly got there muttering and moaning, I found them huddled in a doorway awaiting my help. For the next few minutes I tried unsuccesfully to get in through the drivers door, "let me try one of the rear doors," sez I, I pushed the coathanger into the back door window, as I was doing this I had my hand on the door handle, the rear door swung open - he had forgotten to lock the damn thing, I left the car park as I had arrived, muttering and mumbling!

[John O'Callaghan]

Hi All! In the event of locking both keys and mobile phone in your car.It is handy to carry a small rock or half a house brick in your pocket. For a female a large handbag will suffice. Simply remove rock/housebrick from pocket and throw forcefully at car window.Enter vehicle and drive off. Caution,prior to using this method double check to ensure you have correct car.
Cheers John O'C.

[barracuda]

I once sat in my car reading whilst the family went round a garden centre. A man and woman approached, pressed a gadget and the car next to mine flashed and clunked as the doors unlocked. But they walked straight past it to an identical model three bays up and got into that. Can these gadgets open other people's cars then? Not very good security wise, eh?

Peter

[exile1]

Although the frequency is common to most car keys in Europe, the key fob generates a 40 bit code generator which the cars receiver picks up because it also has that 40 bit code generator. The secure combinations are such that the chances of you opening another car by transmission is about a billion to one.