car door locks -or not

[bathurst77]

Stupid Bathurst 77 comes out a shop theother day and loads his boot up, slams the lid closed and realises his keys were in the bag, in the boot, and the doors are still locked. 75 Km from home and spare keys. A few swearwords were muttered.

Bathurst 77 rings Ford Roadside assist, no worries they will be there within the hour. A short while later an NRMA van turns up. (in NSW Ford assist is contracted to nrma).

BAthurst77 is thinking, hmm these BAs have fancy Tibbe locks and deadlocks and smartlock and smartshield etc (Never mind any alarms etc) I hopehe doesnt have to do permanent damage needing expensive timeconsumign fixing. my own stupid fault!

Guy looks at the car, says "this will take a bit of time coz im being careful and dont want to scratch or damage your car, do you want to time me?"
I said "Ok"
He said "too late its open!"

Yep in the time it took to say those few words he was in! about 15seconds.
just using a bent bit of "coathangar wire" same way every car has been unlocked since the Model T!

I got in popped the boot switch on the dash retrieved my keys and drove away.....

Moral of the story NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING OF VALUE IN YOUR CAR!

Ok maybe the smartlock etc means it cant be driven, but it can be broken into and everything taken from it. New cars are no more secure then old ones.