Anyone suggest some places to look?
Or how to go about opening the boot without a key, I can get in the front easy enough.
I've lost the keys to the Saloon.
I've lost the keys to the Saloon.
Bugger.
Anyone suggest some places to look?
Or how to go about opening the boot without a key, I can get in the front easy enough.
Anyone suggest some places to look?
Or how to go about opening the boot without a key, I can get in the front easy enough.
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And thanks Dan. I saw your post in the vagparts section so I have asked there.
I will buy some parts off you I just want to make sure I can get the car open first! If I cant then I'll have the locks it's just with it being a sallon I'm not sure what the lock barrel is like on the boot. so may be worth holding out.
I will buy some parts off you I just want to make sure I can get the car open first! If I cant then I'll have the locks it's just with it being a sallon I'm not sure what the lock barrel is like on the boot. so may be worth holding out.
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get a screwdriver and give it a damn good wiggling
works a charm for my oldskool yale-based stoplock, anyway. and i wouldn't have much doubt it could do the same for the actual doorlocks.
or gather a few polo owners about and try everyone else's keys in your locks. you've probably got about a 1 in 200 chance or something...... which is good odds once you grab enough people. the "31 people in a room = at least 2 with the same birthday" thing... then you just take them off to get duplicates cut.
places to look:
# pet's bed.
# your bed (yes - look under bed, under pillow, AND look IN)
# under the bookshelf / drinks cabinet (particularly if it's one with short stubby legs or a pseudo-legged design, doubly if it's in the hallway/entryway/living room).
# bookcases in general.
# sofas/armchairs.
# in the car itself if you've locked the doors but then opened the passenger one to get something out, and used the windowledge pin to lock it instead.
# kitchen and dressing-table drawers (again, particularly dressers that have found their way from bedroom to hallway) - things just tend to congregate in those two locations, strangely the incidence of this happening increases exponentially to the amount of female presence in a building......
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# mantlepiece
# inside the vac bag / dyson bucket
# in the pet water/food dishes
# inside a pet
# inside a guitar......
# coat pockets
# trouser pockets
# fleece, shorts, jacket etc pockets
# dress/skirt/blouse pockets, if so inclined
# inside socks or gloves (.....or pants)
# all of the above items of clothing to include ones you are wearing, have recently worn but aren't for washing, things awaiting the wash or drier/line, things being and recently have been washed and/or dried, and those hanging up that you haven't even used for weeks.
# the ground underneath the washing line
# the laundry basket/bag*
# the washing basket/bag*
# in the washer / dryer, or the lint filter
# in the bottom of the wardrobe
# under the wardrobe
# in your gym bag
# behind the toothpaste
# around the car itself
# google for it!
# look on ebay
# leave food out around the house to try and entice it out, into a number of cunning traps**
# on the desk next to the computer
# on another desk
# on any desk, under/between/around the piles of paper and other crap collected there
# in a backpag / works bag / lunchbox / briefcase / laptop bag / wallet / purse / handbag / etc, not necessarily limited to your own
# random desk / room shelves and drawers
# halfway up the stairs
# halfway down the stairs
# inamongst the beer crates
# in your milkmans/postie's pockets
# at your mates house
# in the nest of local magpies making early starts
# in the hamster / gerbil / rat / mouse cage / guinea pig / rabbit / chinchilla hutch.... they're suckers for shiny things that can also be chewed on
# in the hamster's cheeks
# in the guinea pig's intestines, putting it off it's food
# in the goldfish bowl
# buried under the gravel "for safe keeping"
# in the crows nest of the galleon.. hiding from the deep sea diver
# in that attractive plastic treasure chest that makes bubbles
# (predictably..) in the goldfish
# ...it IS the goldfish.... what a clever disguise!
# in your christmas stocking
# up yer bum
(see "IN the bed")
or..............
# in the miscellany / ring / key tray / box??
and finally......
# ask your mother*** / wife*** / girlfriend*** / kids
Is that enough ideas?
They're mostly serious, although it got a bit silly at the end
* if you don't realise the difference, and you're not in a student situation where laundry bag = washing basket, then you need help beyond getting into a 15+ year old car...
** dont ask me what a key would eat or what a suitable trap might be, i've never got to a desperate enough point to try it. experiment. be imaginative. create!
*** lady (or "sensitive") readers please delete or adapt as appropriate
if you're thinking i just stole that off some webpage, i didn't... that's all prime freshly made up nonsense
works a charm for my oldskool yale-based stoplock, anyway. and i wouldn't have much doubt it could do the same for the actual doorlocks.
or gather a few polo owners about and try everyone else's keys in your locks. you've probably got about a 1 in 200 chance or something...... which is good odds once you grab enough people. the "31 people in a room = at least 2 with the same birthday" thing... then you just take them off to get duplicates cut.
places to look:
# pet's bed.
# your bed (yes - look under bed, under pillow, AND look IN)
# under the bookshelf / drinks cabinet (particularly if it's one with short stubby legs or a pseudo-legged design, doubly if it's in the hallway/entryway/living room).
# bookcases in general.
# sofas/armchairs.
# in the car itself if you've locked the doors but then opened the passenger one to get something out, and used the windowledge pin to lock it instead.
# kitchen and dressing-table drawers (again, particularly dressers that have found their way from bedroom to hallway) - things just tend to congregate in those two locations, strangely the incidence of this happening increases exponentially to the amount of female presence in a building......
***# mantlepiece
# inside the vac bag / dyson bucket
# in the pet water/food dishes
# inside a pet
# inside a guitar......
# coat pockets
# trouser pockets
# fleece, shorts, jacket etc pockets
# dress/skirt/blouse pockets, if so inclined
# inside socks or gloves (.....or pants)
# all of the above items of clothing to include ones you are wearing, have recently worn but aren't for washing, things awaiting the wash or drier/line, things being and recently have been washed and/or dried, and those hanging up that you haven't even used for weeks.
# the ground underneath the washing line
# the laundry basket/bag*
# the washing basket/bag*
# in the washer / dryer, or the lint filter
# in the bottom of the wardrobe
# under the wardrobe
# in your gym bag
# behind the toothpaste
# around the car itself
# google for it!
# look on ebay
# leave food out around the house to try and entice it out, into a number of cunning traps**
# on the desk next to the computer
# on another desk
# on any desk, under/between/around the piles of paper and other crap collected there
# in a backpag / works bag / lunchbox / briefcase / laptop bag / wallet / purse / handbag / etc, not necessarily limited to your own
# random desk / room shelves and drawers
# halfway up the stairs
# halfway down the stairs
# inamongst the beer crates
# in your milkmans/postie's pockets
# at your mates house
# in the nest of local magpies making early starts
# in the hamster / gerbil / rat / mouse cage / guinea pig / rabbit / chinchilla hutch.... they're suckers for shiny things that can also be chewed on
# in the hamster's cheeks
# in the guinea pig's intestines, putting it off it's food
# in the goldfish bowl
# buried under the gravel "for safe keeping"
# in the crows nest of the galleon.. hiding from the deep sea diver
# in that attractive plastic treasure chest that makes bubbles
# (predictably..) in the goldfish
# ...it IS the goldfish.... what a clever disguise!
# in your christmas stocking
# up yer bum
(see "IN the bed")or..............
# in the miscellany / ring / key tray / box??
and finally......
# ask your mother*** / wife*** / girlfriend*** / kids
Is that enough ideas?
They're mostly serious, although it got a bit silly at the end
* if you don't realise the difference, and you're not in a student situation where laundry bag = washing basket, then you need help beyond getting into a 15+ year old car...
** dont ask me what a key would eat or what a suitable trap might be, i've never got to a desperate enough point to try it. experiment. be imaginative. create!
*** lady (or "sensitive") readers please delete or adapt as appropriate
if you're thinking i just stole that off some webpage, i didn't... that's all prime freshly made up nonsense
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Every sunday I lose my keys. Every monday morning I run around like a madman looking for my keys, and eventually take the spares. Every monday afternoon it dawns on me that I left them in exactly the same place that I did last week - the pocket of the trousers I use for working on the car. I never learn 
Seriously though, it's really, really easy to leave keys in your pockets and just not notice.. and don't just pat your trousers down, actually go into the pockets. I'm always doing this, you'd think I'd learn to put keys somewhere safe
Seriously though, it's really, really easy to leave keys in your pockets and just not notice.. and don't just pat your trousers down, actually go into the pockets. I'm always doing this, you'd think I'd learn to put keys somewhere safe
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Just incase anyone was curious, it's all sorted now.
I removed the handle from the passenger side, now able to get in the car and start engine etc...
now took a code from the handle itself, only works if you have the original handle, used the code to get a new key cut.
Cost me £4.50 for a new key, would have cost £0 if I had my own AH key blank, shame I did have one but lost that too
Just need to get the petrol cap off now Luckily it has a full tank
any ideas?
James.
I removed the handle from the passenger side, now able to get in the car and start engine etc...
now took a code from the handle itself, only works if you have the original handle, used the code to get a new key cut.
Cost me £4.50 for a new key, would have cost £0 if I had my own AH key blank, shame I did have one but lost that too
Just need to get the petrol cap off now
Luckily it has a full tank any ideas?
James.
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I'm still sticking with the screwdriver / any old other key that will fit, and a lot of jiggling.
The oldskool locks don't really inspire a lot of confidence in me
diff between halfway up and halfway down the stairs is the same as the diff between a half full and a half empty pint of ale, indeed
but also, you approach from different directions, so the angles are all changed.
best of luck dude....
personally I always make sure I have 3 copies of every key - one to take with, one to leave behind, and one to either put in a secondary safe place (eg. secured with sellotape to the bottom of a drawer) or give to a trusted relative/friend as an emergency backup that will hopefully never be used.
was always getting locked out til i got systematic like that. the amount of times i've used the 2nd copy (and indeed, the third...) are beyond belief.
that, and having a dedicated, labelled, transparent plastic box in my bedroom into which go all miscellaneous keys, name badges, work swipe cards, cashcards, etc..... rather than just scattering them when their "official" home can't be found or is too much bother.
The oldskool locks don't really inspire a lot of confidence in me
diff between halfway up and halfway down the stairs is the same as the diff between a half full and a half empty pint of ale, indeed
but also, you approach from different directions, so the angles are all changed.
best of luck dude....
personally I always make sure I have 3 copies of every key - one to take with, one to leave behind, and one to either put in a secondary safe place (eg. secured with sellotape to the bottom of a drawer) or give to a trusted relative/friend as an emergency backup that will hopefully never be used.
was always getting locked out til i got systematic like that. the amount of times i've used the 2nd copy (and indeed, the third...) are beyond belief.
that, and having a dedicated, labelled, transparent plastic box in my bedroom into which go all miscellaneous keys, name badges, work swipe cards, cashcards, etc..... rather than just scattering them when their "official" home can't be found or is too much bother.