Locking Your Keys In the Car
Published by simon on August 20, 2005I just read fishtail’s entry about locking your keys inside the car. I’m sad to say it has happened to me at least twice (I say ‘at least’, because I’m pretty good at forgetting embarrassing incidents. Like that time when my dog… er… I can’t remember much).
The first time was no biggie, I left my pal with the car, borrowed his motorbike, went home and got the spare key. It was a good thing I had kept the spare, if not I’d have to shell out like RM50 for a locksmith.
The second time was at a New Year’s Day party at my friend’s house. It was like 3am in the morning and I was about to leave after the party, when suddenly I realized that I had locked my keys in the car!!
My conclusion at that point in time was that it only happens when:
- I’m driving a car without central locking. (you would press the alarm button if you had central locking, thereby ensuring you’d never forget the keys)
- I wait in the car after stopping and killing the engine. (Thereby forgetting to remove the keys)
For the record the car I drive now have central locking. The two incidents happened when the cars I drove were so old that they were bought before central locking was invented.
Coming back to that incident on New Year’s Eve (well, actually it was already New Year’s Day).
So having found out that I left my #@!*& keys in the car, I went back in to ask for help. In the end, the party host, who learnt the trick from his old swimming coach, used a fork to unlock my car. I won’t go into the specifics here, all I can say is that he can make a decent living from the dark side.
So bottom line,
- Always have a spare key somewhere;
- Drive a car with central locking;
- Don’t drink too much wine at 3am at a New Year’s party;
- Always know where to find a fork (or part time car jacker);
- Don’t bloody well lock your keys in the car.
eh i also got thot of this topik befoh … last time i drive a nissan sunny with super bumper. I put a pad lock like Mr.Bean outside the car so i wont forget my keys ever again! LOL!
i got that experience before…
my central lock system is too high tech for me, it will automatically lock the car in two minutes after the engine killed.
i dun use fork la.
30CM plastic ruler can buka most malaysia car. kancil is the easiest..
Yet to lock the keys in the car…and I hope I won’t.
Thanks for the comments on my blog.
my father-in-law has faced this problem several times. He upgraded his security system and the door automatically locks if the engine is running. The only problem is that he has a habit of going out while the engine is still running. Once faced this at KLIA, had to wait around an hour for my sister-in-law to bring the spare keys in the house.
Must sing the song ‘those were the days my friends’. I used to drive a Honda Civic 1st generation. But never kena before. However, forget to lock car got lah.
This is all. too. familiar. for me.
Sucks even more when you’re one hour away from home, where you kept your spare key.
Thanks for the insights to this phenomenal and universal (bad) habit of locking our key in our cars. Now I’m beginning to form the habit of actually feeling the keys in my pocket before locking the car.
wingz - aiyo, i think i’ve that car in PJ b4…
mengz - nowadays most bar got that safety bar to prevent opening using ruler oredi.
nsds3 - hope it doesn’t happen to you, too…
adam - wow that’s very dangerous, someone could steal the car easily…
lilian - wah, 1st gen civic. that’s an ah beng racer dream car…
kenny - it would be much worse if your car is in Sarawak and you left the keys in Perth, eh?
fishtail - but somehow no matter how careful we are, it’ll sure happen again…!
I used to drive a Mazda 323 (which was replaced by a datsun 120Y wagon after I crashed the 212). At one point, ANYTHING could open the lock, no kidding including a 1 Cent coin. Go figure
typo - 323
Folks, duplicate a S P A R E K E Y; tape it on a card and put it in your purse and you can drive in P E A C E anytime anywhere unless….
…unless we don’t have a purse. We have wallets instead.
Anyway, to spare the headaches why don’t just get a Knight Rider…
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