Breaking into your own shite

[CortinaDave]

Being the tit that I am I've just come back from a late night trip to tescos and committed the ultimate fail. I locked the Escort with the key for a focus I have a shot of at the moment, then to my horror noticed I'd left the Escort key sitting n the drivers seat.

 

Ford keys have this annoying feature that any Ford key will lock them, but not open them again.

 

So... whats the best way to get the door open causing as little damage as possible?

[ashmicro]

Think that was Vauxhalls, Tayne.

 

Try the boot? Any Chubb-type key would open the boot on my Escort. Back and forth a whole lotta times.

[trigger]

I'd imagine that leaving it unattended in the car park for 20 mintues will get it unlocked pretty quickly.

[Guest]

If its a 5 door break the rear quarter light window. Should be easy to replace from the scrappy. Failing that any mates with ford keys you can try?

[catsinthewelder]

Pulling up the door pins with a strip of the non sticky thick plastic tape that's always round heavy parcels works on some stuff, you need to bend the top of the door out slightly with a big flathead screwdriver (wrapped in cloth to protect the paint) fold the tape in two to form a loop then kink it again about 45 degrees 6 inches further back. A copper taught me this on a mk2 Astra that a stoned mate had locked the keys in.

 

Served me well on the old HiJet at work that had only one key. I must have been locking myself out of it about twice a week at one point, got down to less than 30 seconds to get back in

[chaseracer]

Many moons ago, I opened a Rover 200 with the key to my house alarm...

[254575]

when i locked my keys in my granada scorpio. the RAC bloke had an inflatable pillow and used it to pry the top of the door frame back.

[cort16]

I've got into a couple of my cars with that packing strip stuff but it only works if you've got a pull up door lock thingy.

[theorganist]

Could you not just call the AA or RAC etc (assuming you're a member of course)? I borrowed a friends Escort and locked the keys in. The AA man got into it in ten minutes!

[catsinthewelder]

Ah

 

Anyone know if there's any point in you finding a piece of flat metal like a steel ruler and fishing about down the window seal?

[HillmanImp]

I have got into several cars with the wire coathanger down the window technique. Might take a while and a bit of fiddling but its always worked.

[andrew e]

Shoot a pigeon, break the windscreen, arrange evidence, call autoglass, get £60 out of a cash machine.

[richardthestag]

I have used a cutdown lolly stick in the past, but that was on a Banglia 105e which you could unlock just by giving it a strange look..

 

cut it down so it just fits, then get it real wet and bang the bastard into the lock then turn.

[ashmicro]

If you're really stuck, the original supplying Ford dealer will give you the key number. A pukka locksmiths will then cut you a key. I had to do that when the only key for my 3i snapped in the petrol cap.

[CortinaDave]

Success! pair of pliers to wedge the door frame open a bit, coathanger down the side of the window, hooked on after about ten minutes of farting about and swearing, one open Ford Escort.

 

I am however going to drill the next tennis ball i find and try it, just out of interest.

[ashmicro]

Nice one. Now get another key made!