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Locked keys in car - now WTF?

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Old 10-15-2004, 10:33 AM
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Default DEALER WILL GET YOU KEYS

Take your title to your nearest Porsche dealer and they will call Stuttgart and get the code for your keys and make you one.

Fourteen posts and no one has said this yet? As expensive as a key is from the dealer, it is far cheaper, faster, or easier than everything else suggested here.

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Old 10-15-2004, 10:57 AM
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They make the keys in Atlanta. I'm amazed your locksmith could not pick the lock. It should be pretty easy. Find a real locksmith, or get a heat gun and a suction cup and pop out a rear window.

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Old 10-15-2004, 11:55 AM
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GO to howstuffworks.com.

Recent article on how to pick locks.
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how did you lock them in the car?
as far as I know the driver door will not lock without using the key on the outside.....
Old 10-15-2004, 01:16 PM
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pop out the side window CAREFULLY.. I've done this a couple times on 944s...
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Yeah, i bet popping the window out, picking the lock, or using a coat hanger would be quicker, and easier than going to the dealer. but that's just me.
Old 10-15-2004, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Campeck
how did you lock them in the car?
as far as I know the driver door will not lock without using the key on the outside.....
The passenger side locks without needing a key however. Ive done it plenty of times, opening the passenger side to take something out of the glove box or back seat, throwing my keys on the seat or the floor, then closing the door.

If you have access to a slimjim, use one. The doors are pathetically easy to get open using one.
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Screw it man pull up on the hatch til it opens
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Originally Posted by Rock
Screw it man pull up on the hatch til it opens
...just remember to repair/replace the latch afterwards...
Old 10-15-2004, 03:35 PM
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Wow this thread is making me feel really insecure about my car...
Old 10-15-2004, 04:24 PM
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Neither my 944 n/a nor the 951 requires the doors to be locked from outside. The 924 I'm fixing up for my friend does require them to be locked that way, just for the record.
Old 10-15-2004, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Friendan
Wow this thread is making me feel really insecure about my car...
My thoughts exactly... Can we delete this thread after all is said and done? I don't want a "how to break-in to 944" thread floating around forever....



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