Ever locked yourself out your car?

Redgie

Redgie

Redgie

Associate
Joined
18 Nov 2008
Posts
2,430
Location
Liverpool
Few days ago I did something rather stupid, I put my keys down ontop of a box in my boot while I loaded some stuff in, and then shut the boot. The friends came over arguing about who called shotgun first, only to realise I was stood there blank faced staring at the car.

See in most cases this just means you need the spare key, but my car only came with a spare key, no original, no master key, thus making the process of obtaining a spare key an expensive Ford job of replacing all the locks, and as a student that's hardly something I can afford.

After being on the phone for 48 minutes I got through to someone at the AA, who understood and sent someone out (within 2 hour). They arrived about half past midnight, to my car at the back of Tesco's car park, put a wedge in the door frame, then put an inflatable balloon type item in the gap and inflated it to pull the door a bit more, then stuck a coat-hanger down and unlocked the door. (Primitive much?).

Granted I realise I'm an idiot, but figured I'd share my stupidity in the hope I'm not the only one...
 
I got locked out of my old car 3 times. 2 times were other peoples fault and the other time i threw the key in the boot by accident. Surprisingly easy to break into without damaging anything, thin flathead screwdriver and a pair of needlenose pliers was all i needed. Those silly pop out rear windows are so easy to open from outside...
 
Hard to happen for me since there are 2 keys (and 2 remotes) for the car.

I have however, locked myself inside once, I was changing some bulbs in the back and sat in my boot, and the boot lid closed in on me with me still in the boot, luckily it's a station so I could climb over the back seats and release myself, would have been ****ed if it was a saloon :p.
 
Last edited:
oh dear lol.

I haven't personally done this (touch wood) but the problem i have if it did happen is I dont have a spare key either. I have two keys because the muppet who had the car before me decided instead of fixing the lock, to add a different one for the front passenger door :confused:
So my dad reckons I should keep both keys on me in case I ever have an instance where I can't get into the drivers side.

When I was much younger my uncle managed to leave his keys in the car and had to get a coat hanger to get the boot open. My family had to then lift me into the car so i could crawl through and open the door, was rather amusing :D
 
I have to say its something i worried about with my old car, never actually did it.My new one simply wont lock with the boot open, so no problem :)

Hawker
 
Yes I got locked out of my car. I will always remember the face on my mate who came round with his lock-out kit: "Had a little mishap have we?"
 
Been there and done it with my previous car. I had not had it long and the novelty of having central locking was yet to wear off. The button on the dash was even better, open door, push button, close door and locked car. Great! Well it was untill I did that and forgot to take the keys out of the ignition :cool:
 
Yes, but with a twist. I was 150 miles from home, locked myself out because my key fell out of my pockets, so even if I had managed to get back in I wouldnt of been able to get anywhere. Luckily found the key the next day, it was like a real life nightmare
 
One day, you'll be able to afford cars that won't allow you to do this. :p :D

Fortunately I didn't ever manage to lock myself out of my car when I had one that didn't know the key was inside. I can only image what a PITA it can be.
 
I did exactly the same thing on a Citroen - opened the boot with the boot button, put my shopping in (and the key) and shut the boot. Fortunately my spare key was only 6 miles away.

The later version of the same car I bought unlocked the doors when the boot button was pressed which prevents this problem. My current Ford doesn't though, I'm always double checking I've got my keys when I shut the boot.
 
thepharcyde said:
Yep, same thing with the balloon but he fired a charge down one of the wires on the central locking.
Click to expand...

That is why I rang the AA, I assumed that is what they would do. If I would have known all I needed was a wedge and a coathanger, I would have gone into the Tesco I was outside of, got the stuff and been on my way :p
 
managed to do it twice within a week when i had my first car. first time wasn't a problem, as i rang a friend and got them to pick up the spare set from home and bring them to me. however, i'd put said spare set in glovebox, forgot about them and then did it again 4 days later. Rang the AA and when he arrived he was in within 10 seconds. Won't be doing that again, i thought!

also with my second car (only had one key) managed to drop my key down a roadside drain cover whilst coming out of co-op. stood there looking a bit worried until my dad turned up coat hanger in hand.

It appears i'm good at this!
 
Back when I had my nova I managed to lock myself out.

I had to park really close to another car due to limited space, so climbed out of the passengers door and locked it from the inside before closing the door.

Then I realised I had left my keys in the ignition. :o

Dad came to the rescue with the spare :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom