If anyone knows how, could you PM me and let me know? I've just locked my car (corsa B) with the key in the ignition and I don't own a spare

If there are any OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG posts about spreading this info then Im sure several members on here can vouch for me not being a pikey

rac or aa can open them from the window as the car wont be dead locked they can put in a rubber inflateable bag in the door and pull the latch open.

if it has a rubber quarter light surround you used to be able to remove the quarter light without damaging the window (even if you do they are about £15 from scrappers) and then pull the handle.

(if you dont have a quarter light get the RAC or AA.

good luck with that.

other option is order a spare from vauxhall which will cost you about £30-40 and come next day.

if the car is running just put ye foot over exhaust it will stall.



cheers



dave

Hope it is in a secure area. Otherwise I would break the window before somebody else does. Insurance won't want to cough if the car is nicked that way
I have had success using length of thickish wire and poking about between doorseal and frame. That was a mid 90's cavalier though, sharp end on wire, bent so I could force it against the lifty uppy tap and get enough grip to pull it up.
Otherwise car breakdown peeps may be able to help if you are AA/RAC/Green flag etc etc member?

Im an AA member so that might be easiest.

The engines off, just forgot to lift the key before I shut the door. Cars TPO insurance anyway but yeah, key sitting in the ignition isnt ideal!

Rear windows are bonded in and fronts are one piece.

I'd make your self a slim jim or some thick wire with a hook, remove the window seal/rubber if you want to save damage. Then pull the door lock pin. The Corsa B wasn't made with security in mind. I wouldn't bend the door frame. I've seen people make a pigs ear of it and crease the metal.

Called the AA in the end (didnt know they did it) and a gent came out on a motorbike and eased the frame with plastic wedges and an airbag and wound the window down with a long wire