Had a good-up over the weekend that got me to learn how to break in to my car. Turned out it is extremely easy.
I drove out into the middle of nowhere in the woods to practice some trials on my new electric trials bike, closest cell reception is 20 miles away. Then I thought, well, if I leave my phone on it'll drain battery, so I put the phone into airplane mode and close the trunk. And I changed out into riding gear and my credit card clip is also inside.
Oh *sugar*! The car locked itself and now I'm screwed!
Not so fast. We had a piece of roof flashing, basically a strip of soft sheet metal folded 90 degrees. I folded it all the way to flat. You can pull the front door window down a little with your palms. Then pry it out, basically just fingers is good if you have strong hands, and have some stick ready to jam it in there. On my car at least, it is possible to get the upper back edge of the driver window at least 2cm or 2/3" out. Then slide the folded sheet metal stick up towards the front and press the door opening button. Alarm goes off and I get to grab my card key and phone.
Whew. Now I'm thinking I'll order another card key and hide it somewhere on the outside of the car, behind the hitch cover or something, to not have to do this again.
I drove out into the middle of nowhere in the woods to practice some trials on my new electric trials bike, closest cell reception is 20 miles away. Then I thought, well, if I leave my phone on it'll drain battery, so I put the phone into airplane mode and close the trunk. And I changed out into riding gear and my credit card clip is also inside.
Oh *sugar*! The car locked itself and now I'm screwed!
Not so fast. We had a piece of roof flashing, basically a strip of soft sheet metal folded 90 degrees. I folded it all the way to flat. You can pull the front door window down a little with your palms. Then pry it out, basically just fingers is good if you have strong hands, and have some stick ready to jam it in there. On my car at least, it is possible to get the upper back edge of the driver window at least 2cm or 2/3" out. Then slide the folded sheet metal stick up towards the front and press the door opening button. Alarm goes off and I get to grab my card key and phone.
Whew. Now I'm thinking I'll order another card key and hide it somewhere on the outside of the car, behind the hitch cover or something, to not have to do this again.