A fortnight ago I needed to remove the battery from my car (Opel Omega) and locked the door with the remote before I finally disconnected it - I really should not do that. This car has a nice anti-burgling system, locks the doors in a way that you cannot even open it up using the handle from inside nor with the keys mechanically. Of course I slam the lid of the hood so there was no way to put back the battery or give electricity to that car in any way (or maybe I am not a professional theft at least so I had no idea how to do that). An assistance was called and the guy thought it will be an easy job, but instead he spend two hours, using those air bags and different kind of hooks but there was no luck. Finally thanks god the back window could be lowered so I could sneak inside and open the hood. BTW a month ago this car was burgled and those guys did not spend that much time with opening it up for sure. They just smashed the window and that was it, so I was wondering why is this super-anti-theft system invented when it just makes my life harder but not the other ones who wanted my old radio so desperately? What did they lead to make a car to not be able to open it's door using a mechanical key? Anyway, if you rely only on KeeLoq than you are not safe anyway. If someone wants your car no matter what you are using he/she will take it. All you can do is to make it a bit harder for them so that they will wonder over the next similar car to take that one instead. Tamas On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:14 PM, TGO Electronica wrote: > Just a short story this reminded me: > > A couple of years ago, while on vacation, my wife left the cars in the > car, > and the alarm locked it. > It was a Sunday afternoon, in a small NM town. So I walked a few miles to > an > open shop to ask for a locksmith, or a phonebook to find one. > There were about 5 listed, 3 did not answer the phone, one asked the car > model and said they could not do it (Nissan Pathfinder 2001), and the last > one said it will take him about an hour to get there. > Se after a couple of hours, this guy in an nice and 'Professional' looking > bussines van arrived. Then he started trying to pick the lock on the door, > after about 15 minutes he moved to the rear door, 10 more minutes and he > started trying one of those thin gadgets they slide into the door at the > window seal, 10 more minutes and still no luck. I was starting to get > impatient with this 'professional' locksmith. Finally he forced a small > inflatable pillow in between the top of the door seal and the body, and > inflating it he opened a crack on the top of the door (it looked like it > was > going to stay bent or crack the window) where he inserted a long wire an > pulled the lock on the opposite door. This whole thing took about 45 > minutes, and $60.00!!! > Fast forward to the present, yesterday, I left the keys locked in the same > car, but now we are in Mexico. We called a locksmith, he arrived in about > 10 > minutes in an old crappy looking VW bug, took out a specially bent wire > from > his car, and opened it in about 15 seconds. He charged $20.00... > So much for PROFESSIONAL locksmiths... > > Sorry for the wasted BW. > > Gabriel > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- Rudonix DoubleSaver Did You Know that DoubleSaver is Smaller and More Powerful FailSafe Device than Any Other You can Get? http://www.rudonix.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist