unlock your car using a tennis ball

[Avatar Viper]

must see to believe!!!

http://qala.blogspot.com/2007/02/unlocks-your-car-using-tennis-ball.html

 

[Kalvin00]

I call BS

 

[hjo3]

You can do it with a plunger too. But it only works on cars with vacuum locks.

 

[Midlander]

It's easier with a garden hose. You just turn it on full blast.

Don't do it in the winter, though, because your locks will freeze.

 

[smopoim86]

Originally posted by: hjo3
You can do it with a plunger too. But it only works on cars with vacuum locks.

Is there really such thing as vacuum locks?

 

[eelw]

Originally posted by: Midlander
It's easier with a garden hose. You just turn it on full blast.

Don't do it in the winter, though, because your locks will freeze.

Sure why not. We always carry around a garden hose and a water source.

 

[AaronB]

It's bs.

Volume of the door is too great for the air displaced by squeezing the ball to increase pressure to the point where the lock is popped up. Add in the fact the door isn't even air tight and I doubt that you will even create a measureable pressure spike.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: AaronB
It's bs.

Volume of the door is too great for the air displaced by squeezing the ball to increase pressure to the point where the lock is popped up. Add in the fact the door isn't even air tight and I doubt that you will even create a measureable pressure spike.

What about using a plunger?

 

[Midlander]

Some of you guys need to adjust your meters....

 

[thehstrybean]

*runs outside*

HEY WAIT!!

 

[AaronB]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: AaronB
It's bs.

Volume of the door is too great for the air displaced by squeezing the ball to increase pressure to the point where the lock is popped up. Add in the fact the door isn't even air tight and I doubt that you will even create a measureable pressure spike.

What about using a plunger?

I won't say that is impossible but you couldn't do it just by plunging the key hole. That hole is too small for air to pass through quickly enough. (remember the door isn't air tight)

I suppose it would be worth a try if you plunged the door handle since there are probably larger gaps there.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: smopoim86

Originally posted by: hjo3
You can do it with a plunger too. But it only works on cars with vacuum locks.

Is there really such thing as vacuum locks?

Absolutely. The 80s Mercedes-Benz S-Class is one model that comes to mind... unlike usual power door locks where all of them snap locked/unlocked in unison immediately, when you turn the key the locks take about two seconds to actuate, and each door lock's completion is usually slightly staggered from the rest... the low whine noise of the system is pretty unique too, sounds like a hydraulic foley effect for a cyborg movie.

 

[MX2]

You can unlock your car doors with a brick too

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: smopoim86

Originally posted by: hjo3
You can do it with a plunger too. But it only works on cars with vacuum locks.

Is there really such thing as vacuum locks?

Yup. Read about it on Boing Boing.

EDIT: This story was covered by Boing Boing and Digg two weeks ago.

 

[Midlander]

Originally posted by: AaronB

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: AaronB
It's bs.

Volume of the door is too great for the air displaced by squeezing the ball to increase pressure to the point where the lock is popped up. Add in the fact the door isn't even air tight and I doubt that you will even create a measureable pressure spike.

What about using a plunger?

I won't say that is impossible but you couldn't do it just by plunging the key hole. That hole is too small for air to pass through quickly enough. (remember the door isn't air tight)

I suppose it would be worth a try if you plunged the door handle since there are probably larger gaps there.

Drilling a 1" diameter hole in the door should work if you find the other openings are too small.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: MX2
You can unlock your car doors with a brick too

Yeah, but this is so much cooler

 

[b0mbrman]

You can also unlock it with a key

 

[IGBT]

..mabe that tennis ball will suk out parking lot dings.