Re: [T3] easy way to break into my 71 Squareback

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

I did the same thing once. It was not my most valuable VW moment :-(

The parking house I had the car in had a couple of guards/janitors etc. type of
guys there. They told me "no worry, piece of cake! It happens all the time.
We'll get your old VW open in notime!" They tried the slimjim for 10 minutes
with no luck, then went on to pry the door jamb open with a huge screwdriver,
so they could get a piece of wire over the door lock knob. After 25 minutes,
the car was opened but also wounded.

The worst thing about this was that I HAD to let them mess up my VW as the
spare keys were 3 hours of driving away. I just had to stand there and watch
them work like wrestlers on my poor eggshell.

I have learnt from this now, I have hidden a spare key in the right rear
fender. Remove the tail light lens, the light base and a spare key is stuck
under the light with a piece of sticky rubber. You have to know the key is
there to find it, and the only thing needed when the regular key is locked
inside is a screwdriver.

PerL
73 Variant L


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