Anyone have any idea how to stop a running car if you're locked out of it?

[CyraKrin]

Originally posted by: acemcmac


damn you auto locking doors

block the tailpipe (very well) it should choke itself out.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Ha, it's been 15 hours since the OP posted this..

maybe he tried the potatoe trick and died when it fired out an hit him in the face

 

[mobobuff]

I was in your shoes just last week.

Got my car stuck in a huge snow drift at the end of my driveway. Stuck good. Left it in drive, got out with intent to try and shove it a few inches, and the wind blew the door shut. Auto-lock FTL!

Thankfully the wind hadn't shut it all the way, and there was still a bit of wiggling room to stick something down into the car. Got a thin metal bendy yard stick, bent it at just the right angle, shoved it between the top of the door and the roof, and then managed to jab at the unlock button. Fixed! And only 40 minutes late for work.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: middlehead

Originally posted by: KK
Tap your windshield.

I know somebody who could really use that. Might have to be a late christmas present

That is an awesome product. I'd never buy it, but funny at least.

 

[Looney]

That fingertap thing is cool. But how difficult is it to install?

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: lozina
EMP pulse?

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: GroundZero
ok idiots, if you can get under the hood, yank the coil wire


problem solved, and you'll get a little jolt when you do as an incentive to not be a dumbass and lock your keys in the running car next time

NO! Please, folks, do NOT pull ignition wires off on a modern vehicle while it is running...they are capable of producing 50,000+ volts...many a mechanic is six feet under because they made the mistake of yanking off a plug wire.

DONT DO IT!

Are you serious?

I am quite serious. It is a serious danger, do not attempt this stunt.

While you're right about the voltage thing, one time I was using a spark plug tester (Has a high voltage for you to of course test the spark plug) and while it was a very high voltage (Which is required for it to be the resistance of the gap), I tried it on my self, didn't do anything to me. Wasn't a very big deal, obviously cause I'm alive and not "6 feet under". An alternator in a car simply converts low voltage high amps into High voltage low amps, so it shouldn't exactly be much of an issue...

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Blow up your V6 Mustang, claim arson, and get a real car.

:thumbsup:

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: GroundZero
ok idiots, if you can get under the hood, yank the coil wire


problem solved, and you'll get a little jolt when you do as an incentive to not be a dumbass and lock your keys in the running car next time

NO! Please, folks, do NOT pull ignition wires off on a modern vehicle while it is running...they are capable of producing 50,000+ volts...many a mechanic is six feet under because they made the mistake of yanking off a plug wire.

DONT DO IT!

Are you serious?

I am quite serious. It is a serious danger, do not attempt this stunt.

Bwhahahahaahahahahahahahahaha

Dude, you're cool and all, but don't go around pulling sh!t out of your ass.

Nobody has ever died by ignition coil.

Well, I'm sure someone somewhere with a bad heart has.. but you get the point.

For enough money I would hook an ignition coil up to my nipples or tongue, and I'd certainly get to enjoy the money once I got up off the floor.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: GroundZero
ok idiots, if you can get under the hood, yank the coil wire


problem solved, and you'll get a little jolt when you do as an incentive to not be a dumbass and lock your keys in the running car next time

NO! Please, folks, do NOT pull ignition wires off on a modern vehicle while it is running...they are capable of producing 50,000+ volts...many a mechanic is six feet under because they made the mistake of yanking off a plug wire.

DONT DO IT!

Are you serious?

I am quite serious. It is a serious danger, do not attempt this stunt.

While you're right about the voltage thing, one time I was using a spark plug tester (Has a high voltage for you to of course test the spark plug) and while it was a very high voltage (Which is required for it to be the resistance of the gap), I tried it on my self, didn't do anything to me. Wasn't a very big deal, obviously cause I'm alive and not "6 feet under". An alternator in a car simply converts low voltage high amps into High voltage low amps, so it shouldn't exactly be much of an issue...

An alternator does not "convert low voltage high amps into high voltage low amps".

An alternator turns rotational force into 3-phase alternating current, and then a diode bank rectifies it into DC current to charge your battery.

The ignition coil does what you speak of.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: acemcmac


damn you auto locking doors

Update:

Let me tell you what happened so you can stop bumping it. First, I was 3 hours from home where I have my only spare anything- a spare keyfob, which won't work while the engine is running anyway. Spare keys for late model fords have HUGE plastic heads on them for the ignition chips so it's prohibitively large to keep in your wallet. A straight door-only key might have fit though and I will have to look into that.

A locksmith came and got the door release latch on the inside of the passenger side door.

As he was doing that, I was running the fuel consumption numbers, assuming that idling at 600rpm is a ratio less fuel consumption than 2500rmp <- cruising at 85-90 and I figured that the car might have made it til morning when I had a new key cut from the VIN at a ford dealer. Not sure if there would have been any consequences to running the car completley dry except for having to bring it more gas.... mabye I should have done that instead.

Oh well. I fvcked up. I pwn3d myself. $116 and change

/thread

Regarding the fuel consumption, you would actually be surprised.

The fuel consumption graph of an engine is bowl shaped. That is, the engine consumes more fuel at idle than it does at a high idle, because as the throttle butterfly opens the engine becomes more efficient. But then of course as you climb to a certain point in the RPM range, fuel usage climbs fast.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: GroundZero
ok idiots, if you can get under the hood, yank the coil wire


problem solved, and you'll get a little jolt when you do as an incentive to not be a dumbass and lock your keys in the running car next time

NO! Please, folks, do NOT pull ignition wires off on a modern vehicle while it is running...they are capable of producing 50,000+ volts...many a mechanic is six feet under because they made the mistake of yanking off a plug wire.

DONT DO IT!

Are you serious?

I am quite serious. It is a serious danger, do not attempt this stunt.

While you're right about the voltage thing, one time I was using a spark plug tester (Has a high voltage for you to of course test the spark plug) and while it was a very high voltage (Which is required for it to be the resistance of the gap), I tried it on my self, didn't do anything to me. Wasn't a very big deal, obviously cause I'm alive and not "6 feet under". An alternator in a car simply converts low voltage high amps into High voltage low amps, so it shouldn't exactly be much of an issue...

An alternator does not "convert low voltage high amps into high voltage low amps".

An alternator turns rotational force into 3-phase alternating current, and then a diode bank rectifies it into DC current to charge your battery.

The ignition coil does what you speak of.

Actually, you're right, I must have confused the two! My bad..