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posted on 13/9/10 at 02:51 PM

My son just locked keys in VW Bora, HELP!!

As title, any idea on easiest way in, or what not to do!!! Quick answer needed as wife stuck at school with kids and baby seat in the car!

. Mrs isn't in the AA or RAC

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posted on 13/9/10 at 02:57 PM

AA , RAC, Police ?

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posted on 13/9/10 at 02:58 PM

There are no real 'tricks' to get into modern cars.
Either ring the AA, RAC, or a locksmith. They will either pick the lock with specialist tools or the AA / RAC often use inflating wedges to prize door open.

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:00 PM

Smash window and say some scrote did it last night.

Claim off insurance, glass excess about £50?

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:13 PM

if not in AA or RAC, then do you know someone who is, they can nip round there and say they were in the car too?

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:15 PM

smashed the rear qtr window, 4 year old son (not the guilty one) now being inserted through gap to retrieve keys from passenger seat

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:17 PM

Mate of mine did that to his Saab. After all the annoyance of getting it sorted it would have been cheaper to put the window through. Just getting it to the main dealer was a pain as the handbrake was on and the wheels at full lock. After 2 towtruck companies gave up we called a haulage firm in to move it. They hooked it to a 7.5tonne flatbed with a winch, they started winching but reversed the lorry under the car instead of pulling the car on the lorry. After a week at the main saab dealer they phone up and asked for permission to put the window through...... it would have been quicker with a brick in the first place.

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:18 PM

just looking on ebay and bloody main window is the cheaper glass!!

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:25 PM

Assuming it's got remote locking and if you've got a spare key, you can call her on her mobile and press the spare plipper through the mobile to unlock it. SWMBO saw this/heard about it the other day, and tried it on her own car with daughter.

Don't know if it will help in your case, but it's worth a try?

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:26 PM

quote:
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Assuming it's got remote locking and if you've got a spare key, you can call her on her mobile and press the spare plipper through the mobile to unlock it. SWMBO saw this/heard about it the other day, and tried it on her own car with daughter.

Don't know if it will help in your case, but it's worth a try?

Now that is a wind up!!! LOL!!!

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:31 PM

It could be a wind up but she swears it works. I just googled it and found this on ehow, which I think is fairly trustworthy.

Anyway, it wouldn't cost much to see if it is true...

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quote:
Originally posted by Humbug
It could be a wind up but she swears it works. I just googled it and found this on ehow, which I think is fairly trustworthy.

Anyway, it wouldn't cost much to see if it is true...

apart from i have no spare keys, i know, i know!!

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MK9R

quote:
Originally posted by Humbug
It could be a wind up but she swears it works. I just googled it and found this on ehow, which I think is fairly trustworthy.

Anyway, it wouldn't cost much to see if it is true...

apart from i have no spare keys, i know, i know!!

OK, that would make it rather difficult

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posted on 13/9/10 at 03:58 PM

Since you don't have the spare key, do you know a friendly mechanic? One of my neighbours locked her key in her car and the guy who does MOTs and odd jobs on my seven came round with a set of TWOCing tools - thin flexible steel bars with a variety of hooks and holes and managed to open the door quite quickly. I was surprised, as it was an 08 Citroen C1 - quite a new design, so a little odd (and worrying) that an old fashioned approach would be able to open the door so quickly.

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posted on 13/9/10 at 04:49 PM

most just pull the top of the door from the roof hook the keys out with a hook and bend back after.

thats what Mr RAC did when the wife managed that as the spare was locked in the glove Box

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posted on 13/9/10 at 05:10 PM

A friend of mine used to have this tool and most lock smiths should have it linky

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posted on 13/9/10 at 05:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Humbug
It could be a wind up but she swears it works. I just googled it and found this on ehow, which I think is fairly trustworthy.

Anyway, it wouldn't cost much to see if it is true...

And on the same page...

quote:

on 8/7/2010 I'm surprised that this urban legend is still posted on eHow. This procedure does not work (unless the person on the phone with the extra transmitter is within range of the car already - this is how many people think this "solution" actually works). This was debunked on Mythbusters

Read more: How to Operate the Car Remote Via Cell Phone | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6540567_operate-remote-via-cell-phone.html#ixzz0zQmQjIIw />

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posted on 13/9/10 at 07:22 PM

Don't you know any local scousers!

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