Help, locked keys in boot out and about

[squicky]

Any suggestions other than locksmith at 130quid?
It's a Honda civic 2000 (old model)

[Liquid Knight]

Three or five door?

[Fossilface]

Any grommets in the boot floor to push through?

ETA. Do you have breakdown cover? They will get you in.
Anyone with you with cover?

[squicky]

Liquid Knight said:

Three or five door?

It's a five door, last year for its model.

[squicky]

Fossilface said:

Any grommets in the boot floor to push through?

ETA. Do you have breakdown cover? They will get you in.
Anyone with you with cover?

Nope, no breakdown.
I Can open boot if I get into the car.

[Adam111]

Find someone who's part of the AA and get them called out for free.

[Fossilface]

Go online, join Green Flag ( I think they are the cheapest), wait an hour and call them out.
It's not very ethical, but it will save you some cash.

[Liquid Knight]

Plan "B" what's the excess on a window claim these days?

[squicky]

Old Gregg said:

This.

You do have your selection of variously sized bicycle spokes with you, don't you OP?

Unfortunately not! So far may as well join aa at same price as locksmith and get cover tor a year...

[gowmonster]

i'm sure it's relatively easy to get a rear window from a scrappy, i got one for a 106 for £10. if you don't have anything that can hook teh door pin if there is one, i'd smack in a back window.

[Or888t]

This happend to my dad years ago, in france(!), he removed the rear quater pannel somehow at the pack of the rear door windows, and pushed my sister (5 at the time through, to go get it. to some interesting looking by french people walking past... (e class merk)

As for your situation now, hatchback? Smash the back window? Then just grit your teeth and buy a replacement.

[Or888t]

Smash rear window? (sorry dident read that it was the 5 door)

Just been talking to my dad about what happend that day...
Remember the alarm will go off, so you may have to disconect the battery before it will start. (Will need screwdriver- most likely)

[johnpeat]

Stupid question but would a taxi home for spare keys be cheaper?

or a taxi for someone at home (half the distance) if that works???

[Deva Link]

squicky said:

I Can open boot if I get into the car.

How does the boot open from in the car - button / lever/

What the bearkdown guys sometimes do is put wedges in the top of the drivers door to prise it open a bit and then use a wire coathanger type of thing to open the door. Doesn't work if the car is deadlocked.

[LocoCoco]

Deva Link said:

How does the boot open from in the car - button / lever/

What the bearkdown guys sometimes do is put wedges in the top of the drivers door to prise it open a bit and then use a wire coathanger type of thing to open the door. Doesn't work if the car is deadlocked.

I did this in one of my old cars, wish I'd just smashed a pane of glass in the end. I could never get the door to bend back to its original position which resulted in a lot of wind noise on motorways. I'm such an idiot, I bent the drivers side door. At least the noise wouldn't have been right in my ear if i did the other side.

However OP, bending the door is a really easy way of getting into a locked car.

[Deva Link]

I was going to put passenger door, but I was thinking there might be a boot release lever on the drivers side.

[AcidReflux]

s3fella said:

If not, the arrow, from a Bow and Arrow, will do....

[Big Al.]

Guy's go easy with the entry information this is a PUBLIC forum!

[anonymous-user]

I presume that your key fob has a seperate button for opening the boot? Why the hell do manufacturers do this? There must be hundreds of people who just open the boot, lift it open, put the keys inside along with luggage and then slam the boot shut again which locks as soon as it's shut. It's a completely pointless feature - I've fallen foul of it myself. I always just open the whole car now if I want to get into the boot.

[Deva Link]

bmw535i said:

I presume that your key fob has a seperate button for opening the boot? Why the hell do manufacturers do this? There must be hundreds of people who just open the boot, lift it open, put the keys inside along with luggage and then slam the boot shut again which locks as soon as it's shut. It's a completely pointless feature - I've fallen foul of it myself. I always just open the whole car now if I want to get into the boot.

My FIL did it a few weeks ago. His solution was to knock on someone's door to use their phone to call me and command me to bring his spare key!