A few years back I was travelling convoy with some friends who have a Discovery and we pulled into a servo. They left the keys in the ignition and while in the middle of filling up the Disco decided to lock itself! The RACV guy came and it took quite a while for him to get in. He said that this happens from time to time with Discos. Guess where their spare keys were! Yep! that's right, in the car too!
jimricho said
02:12 PM Mar 17, 2012
I'm in Secure Sentinel (http://www.securesentinel.com.au/) and have a tag attached to my key ring. If someone finds them all they need do is post them to the address on the tag (reply paid) and they will follow up. If handed in to a Police Station they would be able to identify them and follow up too.
_wombat_ said
03:19 PM Mar 17, 2012
Vic, I always carry a tennis ball around with me, but it does make for a bulge in my trouser pocket.
PeterS said
03:25 PM Mar 17, 2012
Vic wrote:
No worries Peter, a bit hard with some models now that don't have door keys at all, only a transponder.
See this link for methods of gaining entry to locked cars, this tennis ball one seems interesting, be ok for home but not too many would carry a tennis ball around with them, click on;
What a load of crap. There is NO WAY that can work. I dont think! must try it one day just for the hell of it.
jimricho said
04:00 PM Mar 17, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
Vic, I always carry a tennis ball around with me, but it does make for a bulge in my trouser pocket.
Tennis Ball? You poor man, how painful that must be! I had tennis elbow once and that was bad enough!
_wombat_ said
04:23 PM Mar 17, 2012
jimricho wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
Vic, I always carry a tennis ball around with me, but it does make for a bulge in my trouser pocket.
Tennis Ball? You poor man, how painful that must be! I had tennis elbow once and that was bad enough!
JR, now you are being silly
Vic said
05:54 PM Mar 17, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
Vic, I always carry a tennis ball around with me, but it does make for a bulge in my trouser pocket.
Are you sure that is a tennis ball Wombat......and is it your pouch you mean?
(come to think of it, do Wombats have pouches like Kanga's?)
_wombat_ said
06:00 PM Mar 17, 2012
Vic wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
Vic, I always carry a tennis ball around with me, but it does make for a bulge in my trouser pocket.
Are you sure that is a tennis ball Wombat......and is it your pouch you mean?
(come to think of it, do Wombats have pouches like Kanga's?)
Yes we do have a pouch, but it's opening is towards the back so we do not fill it with dirt when digging.
Now you have learnt something today so you can go back to bed
Vic said
06:09 PM Mar 17, 2012
Thanks Womby, you're all heart as usual......
Peter, I wondered about the tennis ball myself, there is a lot of air space inside a door and I couldn't see a tennis ball having enough pressure to displace that unless it is confined to the key space somehow.
You said you will try it sometime, so let's know how you got on with it and whether it is crap or not..
_wombat_ said
06:12 PM Mar 17, 2012
GD, now you can't loose it , because it has your name on it
No worries Peter, a bit hard with some models now that don't have door keys at all, only a transponder.
See this link for methods of gaining entry to locked cars, this tennis ball one seems interesting, be ok for home but not too many would carry a tennis ball around with them, click on;
I'm in Secure Sentinel (http://www.securesentinel.com.au/) and have a tag attached to my key ring. If someone finds them all they need do is post them to the address on the tag (reply paid) and they will follow up. If handed in to a Police Station they would be able to identify them and follow up too.
Vic, I always carry a tennis ball around with me, but it does make for a bulge in my trouser pocket.
What a load of crap. There is NO WAY that can work. I dont think! must try it one day just for the hell of it.
Tennis Ball? You poor man, how painful that must be! I had tennis elbow once and that was bad enough!
JR, now you are being silly
Are you sure that is a tennis ball Wombat......and is it your pouch you mean?
(come to think of it, do Wombats have pouches like Kanga's?)
Yes we do have a pouch, but it's opening is towards the back so we do not fill it with dirt when digging.
Now you have learnt something today so you can go back to bed
Thanks Womby, you're all heart as usual......
Peter, I wondered about the tennis ball myself, there is a lot of air space inside a door and I couldn't see a tennis ball having enough pressure to displace that unless it is confined to the key space somehow.
You said you will try it sometime, so let's know how you got on with it and whether it is crap or not..
GD, now you can't loose it , because it has your name on it
Hmmmmm.......Mythbusters try it and like Peter said the tennis ball bit is crap! See;
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-tennis-ball-car-unlock-minimyth.html
Sweet of you Wombat!
I already have a bulging pocket from my keys though... see avatar!
Oh, is that what it is
No he's not.....he really wanted to say that if you were a man he would have thought you had a gun in your pocket
Don't know what you mean Vic
As if.......