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I dunno. I have a 30 year old 4Runner. Any key from any Japanese car will start it. Or a screw driver.
by tsomctl 6y ago
I dunno. I have a 30 year old 4Runner. Any key from any Japanese car will start it. Or a screw driver.
- jeffbee 6y agoYeah people really overestimate the security of regular keys. The key of my 1985 Mazda would open about 10% of all 1985 Mazda cars. The lock of a standard US house door can be picked by a 9-year-old child in seconds (source: my 9-year-old child). They are superficial security measures.
- londons_explore 6y agoUS doors always allow unlocking from the inside (fire regulations?)...
- jeffbee 6y agoI'm talking about from the outside. Anyone can learn to pick a mainstream US residential door lock, even Hollywood film style, with a paperclip, in seconds.
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y agoWith or without a tension wrench?
- jeffbee 6y agoHere's a (crop from a) photo of a small child who has just picked a front door lock with a bent paper clip and a small screwdriver for the tension. This was not an exercise; we were really locked out! https://imgur.com/a/1leW6Ij https://imgur.com/a/1leW6Ij
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y agoNicely done.
- sgerenser 6y agoI’ve been in a similar situation and got in within seconds using an old credit card. The lock in the handle (as opposed to the deadbolt) of most home doors is basically worthless.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoI've opened up the front door of our old house before (when I was like twelve? ish?) with a bit of wire I found in the shed; my parents didn't lock the door and the latch on the inside was hook-shaped, so getting in with a wire through the mail slot was pretty easy. I learned it on TV, a segment criticizing that exact type of lock, lol.
- peter303 6y agoYes, I have entered someone elses old Honda Civic with my key. Some of them look pretty much alike at first glance.