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Easiest way to break into a metro without breaking anything?
Topic Started: Nov 21 2010, 09:11 PM (7,258 Views)
nerys
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Grr

Ok went to the mountains to help a friend move. Not only did I NOT get myself any E0 (brought my gas cans in the minivan with me but they closed EARLY today. bastards)

but I left my damned keys up at his place. its 91 miles away so no practical way to go back in the next day or so.

BUT I do have another key IN the metro sitting right on the dash. Suggestions on ways to break into my metro (94 xfi) without breaking the metro?
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Take a slim sturdy strip of metal. Slide it down into the door at the window seal about 3/4 of the way back. It helps to remove the outer window sill seal/strip on the door. You are trying to hit the lock rod inside the door. It will be fairly low in the door. When you hit it you will push it straight down. It may take a little time to hit the correct rod, but keep at it and push down on everything you hit and you will eventually pop it open. Don't push down so hard you break something, but put about 10lbs of pressure or so on it and you'll get it open. :thumb
Edited by allmountain40, Nov 21 2010, 09:23 PM.
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I think I remember when I did this that I was able to wedge the top of the frame of the door outward enough to needle in a long metal rod and push on the lock tab and unlock the door. I first tried to put in a wedge between the doorsill and window to view the latch mechanism to actuate it there but it's very difficult to get to the mechanism that way.
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mwebb
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phone the police
here in NY
they will unlock cars with the keys locked in them -
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If you do it Jellybeans way use extra care to not damage the top of door seal. If you do it will leak like a seive. I've done it that way and ruined my door seal. I have done it twice (in one month, what was I thinking) the way I described and it only took a few minutes. Good luck.
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nerys
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Grr

I can do the pry and press method in the van in minutes but that won't work in the metro. the locks are too hard to "move" to do it that way at least in my car. I will see if my yard stick is enough to get me in :-)
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nerys
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hey it worked! I have an aluminum yard stick it was too thick but a butter knife slipped in and I was able to widen it enough to get the yard stick in. Had to bent the end a tiny bit (I think I was hitting the edges of the window panes metal plate.

took all of 2 minutes.

NOW a new issue. how to PREVENT THIS from working ? that is fralling scary how EASY it was to break into this car. Now I am even more worried :-) hehe

Might just have to get an alarm. if it chases away one person it will have paid for itself :-)

definitely going to move my butt on my home made lojack now too.
Edited by nerys, Nov 21 2010, 10:02 PM.
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Why you Mutt!

I have a really bad habit of locking the keys in my Metro. This seems to be the only car I've ever had this problem with. Had a neighbor volunteer to get into the car for me, he got it open, but bent the lock rod in the process. After doing this a couple more times, and a couple calls to Auto Club, I had to come up with another solution.

I carry two keychains in my pocket...I carry a fair number of keys, and I don't like them banging my knee when I'm driving. So I put car keys on one chain, house and work keys on the other. I now carry a set of Metro keys on each key chain, that way I always have one ready to unlock the car if I have left the other set in the ignition.

If you are a AAA member, you can also get one of those plastic card thingies with a key on it so you can unlock the door. They are free with your membership, just like the maps and the towing.
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JoeBob
Nov 21 2010, 10:10 PM
I have a really bad habit of locking the keys in my Metro. This seems to be the only car I've ever had this problem with. Had a neighbor volunteer to get into the car for me, he got it open, but bent the lock rod in the process. After doing this a couple more times, and a couple calls to Auto Club, I had to come up with another solution.

I carry two keychains in my pocket...I carry a fair number of keys, and I don't like them banging my knee when I'm driving. So I put car keys on one chain, house and work keys on the other. I now carry a set of Metro keys on each key chain, that way I always have one ready to unlock the car if I have left the other set in the ignition.

If you are a AAA member, you can also get one of those plastic card thingies with a key on it so you can unlock the door. They are free with your membership, just like the maps and the towing.
Thats a good idea :)

I put my spare key in my wallet with my fishing license. I've only locked the keys in my car once lol
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nerys
Nov 21 2010, 10:01 PM
hey it worked! I have an aluminum yard stick it was too thick but a butter knife slipped in and I was able to widen it enough to get the yard stick in. Had to bent the end a tiny bit (I think I was hitting the edges of the window panes metal plate.

took all of 2 minutes.

NOW a new issue. how to PREVENT THIS from working ? that is fralling scary how EASY it was to break into this car. Now I am even more worried :-) hehe

Might just have to get an alarm. if it chases away one person it will have paid for itself :-)

definitely going to move my butt on my home made lojack now too.
Dude, you could leave the keys in the ignition with the car running and the signed title duck taped to the steering wheel in Watts and no one would touch it..ITS A GEO METRO.

I'm kidding. sort of.

Car thieves aren't gonna waste a lot of time being careful about breaking into a low dollar car. They are more likely to bust out the window and steal your valuables, in which case a car alarm won't slow them down one bit.

It happened to me last year. About 3am the alarm on my Silverado started going off. My friend, Remington, and I went out to find a broken window and a missing IPOD and backpack. No one in sight. The crappy part was that my backpack had my term paper and all my class notes in it. Crooks don't care, it was a 'smash and grab.' It was indiscriminate and impersonal. To them, my backpack might have had drugs, or money or anything inside. To me it was a semester worth of busting my friggin ass.

The thing we love about our cars is the thing that crooks hate about them; they're cheap. There's no resale or chop shop value. So as harsh as it sounds (an please forgive me for bustin your chops with the first sentence, its all in fun, not to be mean) our Geo's are pretty safe from car thieves. Keeping your doors locked is about the best thing you can do. A 200 dollar car alarm is half the price of a new Metro anyway, so in that respect it doesn't make sense.

If you think a really loud siren is gonna make them panic and run away after they break your window to steal your IPOD or other valuables, I respectfully think you are mistaken.

Oh yeah, and as a point, I got straight A's that semester just out of the sheer fury of having to basically start all over again because of some opportunistic, selfish loser.

Edited by Spock, Nov 21 2010, 11:14 PM.
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nerys
Nov 21 2010, 10:01 PM
hey it worked! I have an aluminum yard stick it was too thick but a butter knife slipped in and I was able to widen it enough to get the yard stick in.
That's what she said.
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I took a spare key and drilled the hole out bigger, 5/16 or so. Then I tightened it down behind my license plate placing the bolt through the hole in the key. A screwdriver is a lot easier to find and cheaper than a locksmith.
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nerys
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hey ga geo where do you live exactly? :-)

seriously never announce that kind of stuff :-) hehe

as for theft. wait till gas is $5 a gallon see how much geo theft there is then :-)

I am a gold medalist olympic grade EXPERT (seasoned expert) at locking myself out of my car.

not ONE lock out since I started keeping my keys around my neck and another in the car so I never have to REMOVE them from my neck

alas while helping friend move they were getting in the way IE potentially scratching up furniture so I removed them and just forgot to grab them before I left :-) ooops alas almost 100 miles away so can't just "go get em" so easily :-)
Edited by nerys, Nov 22 2010, 12:42 AM.
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Hate to break it to ya, but somebody who is good at what they do can be in any car in less than 30 seconds. The hacks will just bust out a window or pound a screwdriver into your door and pop the lock out. The pros who don't want to draw attention to themselves will use a slim jim. And car alarms? Don't waste your money. When you hear one going off in a parking lot do you even bother to look? Most people are only anoyed by these. Just don't leave any valuables in your car and if you don't want it stolen add a kill switch to the coil. Locate the switch somewhere out of reach of the drivers seat. Thats the biggest mistake people make with their alarm switches and kill switches. They put it too close to the driver so thieves can easily locate it. I hope you didn't bend your door frame. I guess you'll find out next time it rains. I had to replace the door on my last metro cause someone had gotten into it that way, and I couldn't seem to get it bent right to stop the leaking.
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