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Praise for a desrving few
del76
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On Monday I was a plonker.
I walked out to my car an old 5 series BMW which was locked, I pressed the boot release button and the boot opened. I threw my cricket kit into the boot, grabbed a plastic bottle out of the boot to fill with water, and slammed the boot.
The world went into slow motion as the boot lid closed down I spotted my keys laying on the floor of the boot just before the solid clunk of the boot lid locking into place.
All would have been well apart from my wife's car key was also on the key ring, as the battery had gone flat and it needed charging off the ignition.
So keys and spare locked in the boot. I called a local car glass firm and asked them which was the cheapest window to break as there's a hatch through from the car to the boot, they priced passenger front at £80 + VAT. The only problem was the glass wouldn't be in for 3 days, plus the rattling glass in the doors for ever.
I called my local garage who gave me a locksmith they use, £100 all in and could be there within 2 hours. 30 minutes later he turned up, He'd managed to get into the new Audi quicker than expected. For 90 minutes he struggled to pick the BMW locks before admitting defeat and telling me a wallet key from BMW would only be about £35 but it'd take 2 days. As he was unsuccessful he charged nothing apart from a coffee and a cold drink. So thank you Dave of Advanced Autolock & key.
I rang BMW and ordered a key which will be in on Wednesday, no problem, I don't need the car I can borrow the wife's but I do need my cricket kit for Tuesday.
I then hit google, this locking of keys in the boot is a common problem apparently. Many self help videos of people drilling a hole behind the number late and hooking the boot release cable with a bent coat hanger and giving it a pull, I didn't really want to drill a hole, more likely in my case 5 holes and a boot lid looking like swiss cheese.
On the off chance I thought I'd give RAC a call using my Barclays Premier policy. I called them explained the situation, and that I'd also had a locksmith out already and had ordered a key from BMW was there anything they could do? The nice lady I spoke to said they would have a go, did I need them now or would the following morning between 9 and 10 be ok? fine with me.
Alan the RAC man turned up at 09:20, In 10 minutes he was inside and I was reunited with my keys and cricket kit and made a 50.
For those interested he did it by using a little airbag to pry the edge of the boot away from the seal, hooked out a wring loom, and applied 12 volts from his jump leads to the boot release signal wire.
So well done and thank you to all who helped
Del
I walked out to my car an old 5 series BMW which was locked, I pressed the boot release button and the boot opened. I threw my cricket kit into the boot, grabbed a plastic bottle out of the boot to fill with water, and slammed the boot.
The world went into slow motion as the boot lid closed down I spotted my keys laying on the floor of the boot just before the solid clunk of the boot lid locking into place.
All would have been well apart from my wife's car key was also on the key ring, as the battery had gone flat and it needed charging off the ignition.
So keys and spare locked in the boot. I called a local car glass firm and asked them which was the cheapest window to break as there's a hatch through from the car to the boot, they priced passenger front at £80 + VAT. The only problem was the glass wouldn't be in for 3 days, plus the rattling glass in the doors for ever.
I called my local garage who gave me a locksmith they use, £100 all in and could be there within 2 hours. 30 minutes later he turned up, He'd managed to get into the new Audi quicker than expected. For 90 minutes he struggled to pick the BMW locks before admitting defeat and telling me a wallet key from BMW would only be about £35 but it'd take 2 days. As he was unsuccessful he charged nothing apart from a coffee and a cold drink. So thank you Dave of Advanced Autolock & key.
I rang BMW and ordered a key which will be in on Wednesday, no problem, I don't need the car I can borrow the wife's but I do need my cricket kit for Tuesday.
I then hit google, this locking of keys in the boot is a common problem apparently. Many self help videos of people drilling a hole behind the number late and hooking the boot release cable with a bent coat hanger and giving it a pull, I didn't really want to drill a hole, more likely in my case 5 holes and a boot lid looking like swiss cheese.
On the off chance I thought I'd give RAC a call using my Barclays Premier policy. I called them explained the situation, and that I'd also had a locksmith out already and had ordered a key from BMW was there anything they could do? The nice lady I spoke to said they would have a go, did I need them now or would the following morning between 9 and 10 be ok? fine with me.
Alan the RAC man turned up at 09:20, In 10 minutes he was inside and I was reunited with my keys and cricket kit and made a 50.
For those interested he did it by using a little airbag to pry the edge of the boot away from the seal, hooked out a wring loom, and applied 12 volts from his jump leads to the boot release signal wire.
So well done and thank you to all who helped
Del
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So on knowing how easy it is to open the boot....are you ever going to leave anything valuable in there?0
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Pleased you got it all sorted matey, but can I advise deleting this post - or at least removing the info on how to get in - just in case the wrong people see it and then suddenly know how to get into these
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Pleased you got it all sorted matey, but can I advise deleting this post - or at least removing the info on how to get in - just in case the wrong people see it and then suddenly know how to get into these
Too late I'm in....................................It's someone else's fault.0 -
Pleased you got it all sorted matey, but can I advise deleting this post - or at least removing the info on how to get in - just in case the wrong people see it and then suddenly know how to get into these
Yep, let's see old 5 series BMWs rocket up the league of most broken into cars.0 -
Not being funny, but why would a car thief waste time trying to pry open the boot, fiddle about with some wires and a battery, when a brick through the window is 100% quicker? lol0
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Well, Yes there's about 50 wires in the loom so it'd be a good guess as to which one to pick, The alarm still goes off when you open the boot, and there's still no access to the main body of the car
Also I'd imagine if you just wanted to nick stuff out of it you'd not be worried about causing damage so a brick and a crowbar would be much more effective.
Hmmmmm though the RAC never did ask to see proof of ownership.0 -
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The RAC never come out for me
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I like the RAC. I am a member (paid for with Tesco Clubcard points) and when my husband's car had a flat battery I just got them to come round with a new one and fit it. we only had to pay the price of the battery
They're brilliant.
I'm glad you got your cricket kit out of the boot! :beer:0
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