Ever locked your keys in your car?

by **Commando** » January 14th, 2008, 8:26 am

I got this in an email this morning, might be an interesting thing to try out (test at AFD maybe?

). It's probably bullshit but worth a shot.

Email:

Have you locked your keys in the car?

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

by **TUFED6** » January 14th, 2008, 8:30 am

Sounds like BS, I doubt the frequencies that the remotes operate at would be within the input range of a mobile phone's microphone- or the output range of the speaker...

by **Gunns** » January 14th, 2008, 8:34 am

I call BS. But I am happy to be proven wrong.

by **Bipolar** » January 14th, 2008, 8:51 am

LOL. I got this about 4 years ago. Punch it into snopes.com. (I'd do it if I was on a PC)

by **Commando** » January 14th, 2008, 9:01 am

This thread is all that I could come up with for a monday morning :oops:

by **mooseman** » January 14th, 2008, 9:32 am

Snopes denied it.

by **LTDHO** » January 14th, 2008, 9:58 am

What a load of BS!!!

by **TUFED6** » January 14th, 2008, 10:09 am

Hows this- someknt reckons to me that if you bang on the roof of an E-series it will unlock. Supposedly so the doors will unlock if the car rolls.

I've never seen any kind of smartlock shock sensor in the roof of an E-series! :lol:

by **Eb Barbie** » January 14th, 2008, 10:37 am

Haha yeah doesn't sound right. Clever if it did work. Snopes=Todd's forte

by **Damo** » January 14th, 2008, 11:30 am

That is sooooooo old.

Doesn't work.

And yeah I locked my keys in my car once, and broke the key in the door once on a Galant.

by **[Sterling]** » January 14th, 2008, 3:01 pm

my keys have a 2k raduis plus if i bang the roof with it locked ill have to put up with alarm until someone finds my remote!

by **nommic** » January 14th, 2008, 3:26 pm

Bullshit emails like that piss me off. How can people be so retarded!

Even more disappointing when people you think highly of fall for them.

by **Airved** » January 14th, 2008, 3:36 pm

I heard you can unlock a Falcon by lifting up lifting up the driver's side door handle 20 times, yelling at the car, lifting the boot handle once or twice, yelling at and kicking the car a few times, POSSIBLY trying to open it with a coat-hanger down the side of the window, then finally breaking a window and opening it from the inside... or calling a locksmith? Anyone tried this?

by **Schmee** » January 14th, 2008, 3:59 pm

calmy apply 20,000 foot pounds of force with large hammer to any window except for windscreen, and hey presto within 5 seconds its unlocked and your driving away albeit sitting on bit of broken glass.......

Chuck Norris does not need car keys, using the force it takes him where he needs to go.....

by **Daniel88** » January 14th, 2008, 8:49 pm

I (THOUGHT) i locked my keys in the car one night, so stupid me tried to break into it and broke the door handle. I gave up and went to bed the keys turned up on the hook the next morning :shock:

by **pHaT`eL** » January 14th, 2008, 8:54 pm

Is it possible to lock keys in cars these days?

by **ORSMEB** » January 14th, 2008, 9:01 pm

Um...I didn't believe it...but tried it..

IT WORKED

No joke.

by **Damo** » January 14th, 2008, 9:33 pm

lol were you standing next to your car when you did it Steve. :roll:

by **Jake** » January 14th, 2008, 10:49 pm

but how can you lock the remote in the car when you need the remote to lock it?
you would need a key to lock it without the remote, but then the key is out side the car!

by **mooseman** » January 14th, 2008, 10:56 pm

My mate managed to lock my keys inside my boot... Took me forever and ever to get them out. Eventually I pulled out one of the rear speakers and got my mate dangles (named so because of his unusually long arms and legs) to reach in and get them amongst a sub, gas tank and 3 footy bags.

by **Commando** » January 15th, 2008, 8:08 am

Jake wrote:but how can you lock the remote in the car when you need the remote to lock it?
you would need a key to lock it without the remote, but then the key is out side the car!

pHaT`eL wrote:Is it possible to lock keys in cars these days?

Depends on your alarm system. My EB is pre-smartlock but has a remote locking/immobiliser system. Sometimes when you unlock the car with the remote, it will re-lock itself after about 30 seconds if you don't start the car. So, there's the possibility that you unlock the car, put the keys in the ignition (OFF, not accessories, etc), then go back to the house or whatever because you'd forgotten something. You come back 1 minute later and hey presto, your keys AND remote are locked inside the car!

My front door holder-openerers are stuffed so they swing back shut, unless you're parked downhill. But I tell my passengers it's a special Ghia option ("self-closing doors"

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by **Eb Barbie** » January 15th, 2008, 8:11 am

mooseman wrote:My mate managed to lock my keys inside my boot... Took me forever and ever to get them out. Eventually I pulled out one of the rear speakers and got my mate dangles (named so because of his unusually long arms and legs) to reach in and get them amongst a sub, gas tank and 3 footy bags.

Wow he must have REALLY long arms. Lol. I am scared of locking my keys in the boot, i only have one set!

by **nothin suss** » January 15th, 2008, 8:48 am

I have a heap of funny 'locking-keys-in-car-stories'...

On a mates' way home one night pissed (20klm trip down the Midland highway), about 5klm into the journey he realised he shouldnt be driving so pulled over and started walking... Got a few klms down the road and thought he left his keys in the car, so ventured back to find the thing locked!
CBF walking anymore so found the biggest branch around, started laying into the patrol's back window hitting every panel bar the window making a mess of the roof, quarters, plastics etc. Sat down against the tyre for a bit of a 'rest' and woke up at dawn with a truck tooting him on his way past. All with his keys in his pocket... lol.
At least he stopped driving i guess? Shouldnt have started but hey.

I locked my keys in my Gemini heaps of times, luckilly i always had the sunroof up which was one of those dodgy flip up types. Just had to pull out a red pin, remove the glass and scale right in. Was even funnier when the Police drove past once in busy Packington street, 20 quick questions!

by **EDFalcon** » January 15th, 2008, 9:58 am

my brother actually managed to lock his keys in the car.....
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......WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING!!!

i had to go with a spare set to give him shit and unlock it for him.

by **ned** » January 15th, 2008, 11:13 am

ORSMEB wrote:Um...I didn't believe it...but tried it..

IT WORKED

No joke.

I'm gonna go out there with this one too and say that it worked for me as well.

Not joking either.

by **Airved** » January 15th, 2008, 11:42 am

I'll believe you guys and spread it as a rumor simply because of my CBF factor when it comes to trying it out for myself.

by **Nikk O'lass** » January 15th, 2008, 7:42 pm

I will LOL at anyone who has locked their keys in their E-series, because i cant see how it can happen.

by **[Sterling]** » January 15th, 2008, 7:46 pm

my car when started about 5-10 second after doors lock ive got a "viper" imobilisor and security system and i hate it that it does it

by **needfordspeed** » January 15th, 2008, 7:50 pm

My brother said he tried it with my uncles BA and said it worked......but he never lets the truth get in the way of a good yarn sometimes.....

Me and a few mates were at watergardens a few months ago, we parked the car and noticed that the car next to us had it's keys in it and was still running, anyways we went in, watched a movie, came back outside and it was still there running! The owner was there with her son in-law or something, we ended up getting the boot open and smashing the back seat down for em to get inside lol, was pretty funny the radio was on and all.

I locked the keys inside a family friends Festiva today (i'm driving it around for her) had to call RACV to get em out, the guy done it in about 5 secs, if I knew it was that easy I would have done it myself.....ah well it was free anyway!

by **Amon** » January 15th, 2008, 7:53 pm

I heard that if u jump on a skyline roof the doors will unlock, safety mechanism incase it rolls... anyone wanna try it... :p im guessing its bs...

At work if we lock keys in the car we use wiring diagrams to pulse the central locking thru a loom near the front guard... not that we have to do that often :lol:

by **[Sterling]** » January 15th, 2008, 7:58 pm

i heard and belive that if chuck norris and superman both pull on the handle at the same time the car turns into a lemon and a sachet of pepper :lol:

p.s amon theres a skyline down the road tha guys a massive hard on, should go try it out!! steal his seat cover so he looks silly

by **Rollin** » January 15th, 2008, 9:46 pm

My alarm does the 'auto re-lock' thing if the doors haven't been opened within 30 seconds of unlocking, and it's caught me out once.

Was leaving my (then) girlfriends house, unlocked the car, put the keys in the ignition and let the door close (due to the hill the car was parked on) turned round to give her a hug, heard 'wiiiiiirclunk' of the doors locking behind me :shock:

I mustn't have had the door open long enough for the alarm to register or something...ended up getting the drivers door open without damage, with a broom handle.

Me > Chuck Norris.

by **eb pete** » January 15th, 2008, 10:16 pm

Nikk O'lass wrote:I will LOL at anyone who has locked their keys in their E-series, because i cant see how it can happen.

i have a couple years back....... a mate left his ED keys in my centre consol, went to sports day at school. sneaked out to have a smoke, lent in to grab them from the centre consol and grabbed what i thought were my keys after i had dropped mine on the front seat. had the smoke, covered myself in lynx, shut the door, remote didn't work back then anyway so i used to lock it using the key and done so. started to walk away and noticed my keys looked different.......what a way to get caught smoking!

by **Steady** » January 15th, 2008, 10:36 pm

LOL, I've always wanted to lock someone elses keys in there car that way.

by **Airved** » January 15th, 2008, 10:42 pm

My car COULD do it, that's why as a precaution I'll always put the window down if i have to get out of my car while it's running. I could still quite easily lock my keys in the car through being a n00b, but at least I haven't had to resort to carrying around a spare set like my friend.

by **get_an_ea_today** » January 16th, 2008, 10:39 am

eb pete wrote:
Nikk O'lass wrote:I will LOL at anyone who has locked their keys in their E-series, because i cant see how it can happen.

i have a couple years back....... a mate left his ED keys in my centre consol, went to sports day at school. sneaked out to have a smoke, lent in to grab them from the centre consol and grabbed what i thought were my keys after i had dropped mine on the front seat. had the smoke, covered myself in lynx, shut the door, remote didn't work back then anyway so i used to lock it using the key and done so. started to walk away and noticed my keys looked different.......what a way to get caught smoking!

I have locked my keys in the eb, how? well my mate wanted to charge his phone in my car while we were at this party so i plugged the charger in the cig lighter and turned the key. But i didnt want to leave my car unlocked with the keys in it while im at this party with heaps of drunk kids running around so i took the buttons off the keys and tried to lock the car.... nope that didnt work. So i climbed in through the back door and pressed the lock doors button inside the car, but i kept the back door open thinking it wouldnt lock, so i got out shut the door and thought oh crap wtf did i just do haha. One phone call to racq and one hour later i got my keys back

btw i was pretty drunk, thats why i did it

by **Airved** » January 16th, 2008, 11:02 am

Haha! Sounds like something a drunk me would do. I would've blamed it all on the car too - "feckin' thing just locked itself! Since when do the doors lock when they're open??"

by **Rollin** » January 16th, 2008, 7:27 pm

If you lock the car at all, the rear doors will lock even if they are open, AFAIK all e-series are like that.

by **EdFairmontGhia** » January 16th, 2008, 9:05 pm

Does anyone know how RACV manage to unlock any car so quickly, i saw RACV use a piece of wire on my gf's corona, then some metal slip down the door window....
should be a tutorial on it somewhere??? 8-)

by **Steady** » January 16th, 2008, 9:16 pm

VN-VS they just bend the top of the door open and put a bit of wire down to pull the lock up.
A mates brothers VL could be opened and started with literally anthing that fitted in the lock.
Including the handle end of a plastic spoon.

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