Came across this when i was looking up some general information about car locks:
http://lifehacker.com/software/macgyver-tip/unlock-your-vehicle-with-a-tennis-ball-272105.php
Apparently it works on a lot of older euros and imports. :hick:
Looks like I'm getting a BMW:hick:
The first time I saw that vid I was talking to the guys at work and the one ownes a newer BMW and he told me that the interior panels are such a tight fit the any kind of compressed air shot thru the door handle are will pop the lock up on the inside.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe that for a second.
Examine the fuzzy surface of a tennis ball. There is no way you could feasibly hold a tennis ball (with a hole) against an automotive lock and force that much air pressure to actually break or disable the lock.
I'd like to know how that idea got started.
Drop the ball in liquid nitrogen...then throw it through the window....
"let me get my tool"
"that ain't no tool its a brick" :D
Better have a good insulating glove...
Holding it your bare hand, would be about like holding a red hot charcoal briquette...
I never said hold it in your hand ;)
there's also the cell phone trick
If you kick the rubber door trim on an 85/86 Mustang with power locks, they will unlock. My 85 and Moller's 86 both did this.
They might have to be white though :hick:
Did the door-lock area look dented in from performing this stupid stunt?
Yes right below the lock looked dented.
Speaking of strange ways to get into a car, ever throw a small piece (maybe 1/4 to 3/8" in diameter) of spark plug porcelain at a tempered glass window?
Don't. At least don't do it to a window you care about or might get in trouble for breaking. I can only say that it's a good job I didn't know about that when I was a kid...
every time i go to the junkyard, hee hee.