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[timwilky]

Frosty this morning, so went out to defrost car before taking the wife to work, started the engine, tuned on heaters and went back in to get my brew.

5 minutes later came back to find all doors are now locked. Bloody central locking. I have noticed it suddenly lock as I drive down the road but never whilst the car is on the drive. No spare key.

So had to break a door window to get in and stop the engine. I hate Fords what a stupid idea to automate the locks.

[Diveboy]

When I had a ford they gave me a spare key :shock: :lol:

Cut backs eh!

[timwilky]

yeah The company admin bod keeps the spares. problem is they are 150 miles away

[Scoobs]

Tim,

I'm not laughing at you.....honestly! :lol:

[timwilky]

yeah

I am not in the best of moods, Last nights disaster. United should never have been given that penalty. Van Nisteroy deliberately kicked the ball at Zurab Khizanishvili. Justice was Brad Freidels save. So we should have had one when Ferdinand handballed.

United were extreamly dirty in their play and there was a deliberate attempt to take Pederson out.

I hope Savage gave Ferdinand a smack or two in the tunnel. Who does he think he is hitting savage as they were leaving for half time.

So with that, my deserved headache (How I wonder) and now the bust glass. not a happy chappy. Still it means a day working from home

[mudge32]

My Accord only came with 1 set of keys, and it's over £90 to get a spare key +immob.

I've managed to lock them in the boot twice now :oops: because of the effing central self-locking thing!!! :evil:

Such are the joys of senility :lol:

[thor]

Why didn't you call the AA? They can break into cars no problem. They use a wedge to open the door a crack, ad then a stick to pull the lock open. Takes about 3 minutes, no damage to the car. If it's a company car, don't you have breakdown cover?

[timwilky]

err engine still running. and blocking the drive so we could get no other cars out and all wanted to go to work.

[thor]

Fair enough. An alternative is one of theose magnetic key safe thingies.

[mac]

But he only has one key....................

[thor]

Ah - er, good point that man! :lol: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[Well Oiled]

I'm old enough to remember when the universal solution to that problem was a wire coat hanger and a pair of pliers. :wink:

[timwilky]

I'm old enough to remember when the universal solution to that problem was a wire coat hanger and a pair of pliers. :wink:

Even better was the plastic packaging band, fold it in two. push past seal, pull on on side and it opens up, slide over push catch pull back tight and lift.

Trouble these days car designers go to great lengths to make cars thief proof. Pity they don't think their designs through a bit more and this would never have happened.

[mudge32]

Or in the case of a Mk3 Crapi...any old Yale key :wink: :lol:

[T0mm0]

....then there was the half a tennis ball trick. :wink:

[Warren]

you should have used www.rentachav.com to get him to break into it for ya.

[will]

....then there was the half a tennis ball trick. :wink:

eh?

[Carsick]

....then there was the half a tennis ball trick. :wink:

eh?
Put half a tennis ball over the lock and give it a good tap. It used to trick the lock mechanism and unlock it.