Locked out

Have you ever locked yourself out of your car?

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Only time for me was last year. It was pretty cool outside so I had the window cracked about 1/2" while I pumped some gas. When I saw that the door was locked I went inside the gas station and called my wife to bring her key. Shorty after, the station manager said "I know that sometimes the police can get cars open" and he called them. Shortly after a police officer arrived and got the door opened for me using a stiff wire that I guess he had made himself. I met my wife on the road almost half way home. The worst part was that we were getting ready to go out of state at the time.
 
After I locked myself out of the car (and apartment) when I was in college, I realized that I needed to be better prepared in that regard. I started carrying a spare car key in my wallet, which has saved me a few times in the decades since then.
 
murat1983 said:
Once I went to the school with my car and returned home taking a ride from my friend, forgetting that I went to the school with my car :) :) :) Worst of all, when I went back to school to get my car, I could not remmember where I parked it :) :) :)
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I've done that too.
I called the cops and spent half an hour ranting at them about how my car was stolen. They put me into the patrol vehicle and drove me around to see if I could spot it. One block away we found it parked right where I had left it!
That was reeeaally effing embarrassing!😳😵‍💫
and for those of you think it was old age I was 19 at the time and sober!
 
Locked myself out of an old ‘72 Chevy 1500. Luckily it had the window wing vents and you can slip a knife in between the seals to flip up the lock. The vent is just big enough for a scrawny 16 year old to reach in and unlock the door.

Another time a friend did something similar on a later model truck. It had the sliding back window. With a firm enough hit, similar to the Fonz, you could pop the lock on it and slide the window open.
 
I could pop the lock on my ‘94 Chevy pickup with my radio antenna quicker than some people could use their keys.
My ‘98 took a bit longer and a different tool but it was still doable. I haven’t tried on anything newer unless you count semi trucks.
 
darsk20 said:
Locked myself out of an old ‘72 Chevy 1500. Luckily it had the window wing vents and you can slip a knife in between the seals to flip up the lock. The vent is just big enough for a scrawny 16 year old to reach in and unlock the door.

Another time a friend did something similar on a later model truck. It had the sliding back window. With a firm enough hit, similar to the Fonz, you could pop the lock on it and slide the window open.
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Same, 79 Silverado with the split rear slider. Push it to one side, unlock & open. Then squirm in.
 
Mendoman said:
I’ve done it plenty of times. Twenty something years ago I had a 1994 Corvette. The key fob had a sensor in it that locked the doors when you walked away with your keys, and unlocked the driver door when you approached the car. It was very convenient and you couldn’t lock yourself out. I’m not sure why that’s not more common. You could still use the key manually if needed.
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Code scanners have made those too easy for car thieves.
 
I've honestly never locked myself out of a vehicle, but I've locked myself out of various houses/apartments numerous times, beginning from when I still lived with my parents. When I was younger and dumber, I had to spider monkey up to the 2nd floor of at least 4 different places I lived in, to get in after locking myself out 😂.

What I CAN say, is that being fascinated with lockpicking and teaching myself how to pick locks at about the age of 14, really came in handy (probably watching too many James Bond movies 🤔).

My mom and brother used to lock their keys in the car all the time. When they discovered that part of my 'training' was practicing on the door of mom's car, they turned to calling me to come open the door when they locked their keys in it (rather than call my dad, who had all the spare keys, then have to deal with his, "Again?!" and a lecture 🤣).

Mind you, this was way before cellphones, so they'd wait for me to get home, then call home, and tell me where they were and they'd be waiting with the fee for the cab ride (before I could drive).

Same thing when friends found out I could open their doors when they locked their keys in their vehicles.

The most memorable/fortunate timing for having that skill was when a group of us piled into a friend's car to drive to a remote beach, then locked the keys in the car with the engine running. This was before cellphones and the closest town might've been a 2 hour jog/run.

When I used to practice regularly, I could pick the locks on car doors in 5 seconds or less, with the screwdriver or chisel on my Swiss Army Knife (not all though. There were locks that it wouldn't fit into, and some locks that were much harder to pick. BTW, I was actually picking the locks, not breaking/damaging anything).

Out of more curiosity, I also taught myself how to use a slim jim, or a coat hanger for a slim jim (not to mention the regular 'coat hanger to reach the lock/button' method.
 
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Private Klink said:
Only time for me was last year. It was pretty cool outside so I had the window cracked about 1/2" while I pumped some gas. When I saw that the door was locked I went inside the gas station and called my wife to bring her key. Shorty after, the station manager said "I know that sometimes the police can get cars open" and he called them. Shortly after a police officer arrived and got the door opened for me using a stiff wire that I guess he had made himself. I met my wife on the road almost half way home. The worst part was that we were getting ready to go out of state at the time.
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Thank you for this post. I had Abigail talk to the School Resource Officer at school and Voila! I wish I would have thought of that sooner.
 
Steven65 said:
I've done that too.
I called the cops and spent half an hour ranting at them about how my car was stolen. They put me into the patrol vehicle and drove me around to see if I could spot it. One block away we found it parked right where I had left it!
That was reeeaally effing embarrassing!😳😵‍💫
and for those of you think it was old age I was 19 at the time and sober!
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They give them assigned spaces now. 😅
 
I don’t ever recall locking myself out. I’ve opened plenty of cars over the years for people. I did however slam my thumb in a car door. I was about 16 at the time. Had my Trans am all shined up, arrived on time to pick her up. Opened the door for her and the way the car was parked ( hill ) I was leaning onto the car. To this day I don’t know how but, I slammed that giant door closed on my thumb !!!!!! It was a mess !!! Blood gushing and hurt like hell !!!! I thought to myself no way I was calling it. So I splinted it with one half of a pliers. Wrapped with a piece of T shirt and duck tape. And off we went She felt bad but couldn’t help laugh.
 
osprey888 said:
WOW!!! I am TOTALLY amazed at the number of people who have confessed to their “locked out sins” in such a short period of time!! 😁😁😁😁😁
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Jo the Machinist said:
All for a good cause. :)
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Let's be honest, if you have lived a reasonable number of years on the planet and you have gotten out of bed regularly............ you have done stupid s**t!😆

When I was a youngster admitting to such was an embarrassment and I went out of the way to forget and gloss over it.
As I have gotten older I realise such incidents and accidents where some of the most fun I ever had. The stories are truly the stuff of personal legend.

If all limbs and lives are intact afterwards and you can laugh at yourself, happiness can't be far away.;)
 
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