Unlock your car with a tennis ball??? *VID*

NYSpeed Automotive NYSpeed Off Topic
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Think this works
http://algebraoflife.blogspot.com/2007/02/unlocks-your-car-using-tennis-ball.html

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I’ll give it a try

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i call bs :bsflag:

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i concur

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i figureed halfway through it would have something to do with air pressure. But thats alot of Pressure to turn a whole lock cylinder. hrm, maybe someone has to try this

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i highly doubt the lock mechanism is airtight

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AWWWWWW…

I was hoping for.

  1. cut hole in ball
  2. put rocks inside
  3. throw at window.

sigh

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It is true for some cars. Some of the newer Mercedes for instance have vacuum air locks (not mechanical motor). The locking mechanism pushes air through the system to pop the locks.

I doubt it will work on older cars, but some of the new cars it will work on.

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You can do this with Audis.

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Have you done it?? I wanna try on my accord. I gotta find a tennis ball first.

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the only cars this will work on is cars that have the pnumatic locks that are directly connected to the lock cylinder

said locks also have to be a pressure / unlock - vacuum / lock set up

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VWs have this system in older cars

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lol everyone is goin to be breaking into car with tennis balls now

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this will only work on cars with vacuum locks (audi, mercedes, older VWs, older volvos i think)

definately possible.

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i could have sworn that alot of the vw’s and audi’s had electric switches which activated the pump, which then activated the locks

but i can no longer recall how the air lines were run to the lock. i want to say that a load of the ones i actualy got to play with had cams on the lock cylinder that tapped the switch, but like i said …

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agreed this will not work.

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innocent until proven guilty…

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i like your new sig

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This is how S4’s get jacked all the time… And I think it’s a bad idea posting this up. I’m sure the ones with a criminal mind will be giving it a try for the wrong reason.

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Not my fault :slight_smile: