Is it really possible??

BrianM

BrianM

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Got this video in an email telling how easy it is for people to break into cars. I was wondering if these methods are really possible? The first of the video is in a woman doing sign language but the breaking happen about halfway thru.

 
Figured so, esp the plunger one.


I've had the one used to get in the door used before, couldn't thank the cop enough for getting me into my locked, running, setting in the middle of the road truck that day.
 
The wedge pumps are great, but I can't imagine it doing what it did in the video.
Put it in the top corner of a door, pump it up, and you can get enough room to put another tool in there to grab the lock button. Not that quick or easy though.
 
i was under the impression the plunger one is real. ive heard you can take a tennis ball and cut a hole in it...place over lock, and smash. the air forces the lock.
 
Reid said:
i was under the impression the plunger one is real. ive heard you can take a tennis ball and cut a hole in it...place over lock, and smash. the air forces the lock.
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Ha, I guess you've never had a car door lock or even a car door apart before? Think about it...

I do have a set of jiggler keys that can open a lot of car doors in seconds though. Will open 90's-2000's gm locks sometimes first try.
 
braxton357 said:
Ha, I guess you've never had a car door lock or even a car door apart before? Think about it...

I do have a set of jiggler keys that can open a lot of car doors in seconds though. Will open 90's-2000's gm locks sometimes first try.
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Id assume the key just rotates tumblers into position. if enough air was forced in, wouldnt the tumblers rotate? i dunno how much air that would take though.
 
mmm...except the cylinder has to turn as well. nevermind. post this in the fail thread.
 
ah...a snopes to the rescue....not verified snopes, but in the snopes forum. i think my rover has this, i might try it later.

some cars have electronic locks, activated by solenoids when the key turns. rather than push a tumbler, the key pushes the actuator, which energizes the solenoid and moves the latch. if enough air is pushed through the lock, you could move the actuator enough to open the door, but youd have to have good timing.
 
Reid said:
some cars have electronic locks, activated by solenoids when the key turns. rather than push a tumbler, the key pushes the actuator, which energizes the solenoid and moves the latch. if enough air is pushed through the lock, you could move the actuator enough to open the door, but youd have to have good timing.
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Again, bullshit. That was likely posted by one of the same people that posts up on "yahoo answers".
 
seemed plausible. then again, i guess it wouldnt get around the internet if it didnt atleast seem plausible.
 
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