I locked my keys in my car.

I have only done it once before when I was 18. SUCKS!

I knew a girl once who kept a coat hanger in her trunk just in case she locked her keys in her car. We had to point out the obvious!

If only! :P

I was supposed to leave work at noon. But guess who is still here waiting on her husband to bring the second set of keys.

And I wasn't even drinking!

the car at the same time, and both of us locked the doors and as we were both closing them, we had one of those slow-motion "nooooo!" moments as we realized what we were about to do. Fortunately, the kid had just eaten too, and had a sippy cup of juice within reach, but he wasn't old enough/big enough to figure out what we wanted him to do, which was open the door. (Plus, he was buckled into his seat, and I didn't necessarily want him knowing how he could get himself out of it.)

Fortunately, even we had stopped at the interstate exchange of a small town, there was a giant casino there, so there were several businesses that relied on dumb casino-going people, including a reasonable, very quick unlocking service, who double-timed it when I told him there was a kid in the car. It wasn't too cold, either -- only like 15 or so.

Good thing they were quick!

Then if you lock your keys in the car, you know you have a spare!

Oh wait...

:P

you could put it in your glove compartment or bury it safely in a Prince Albert somewhere at Yellowstone or give it to an old high school friend who will mail it to you when need it

which is cool.

Years ago I locked my keys in the car with it running.

Ooops. Thankfully the police in that town would do a courtesy break-in.

:P

I've only done it, many years ago, with mechanical locks, and knew how to jimmy the lock. Have no idea what I'd do now with the Volvo, which has electronic locks. :scared:

He also was somewhat challenged by putting gas in the tank and ran out a lot.

I'm in HS, it's winter, so I go out to warm up my car, start it and somehow hit the automatic lock thing on the key chain without realizing it. Shut the door, realize maybe I had hit it, try to open the door and it won't open.

Had to call someone to come out and unlock it, but the car sat there ON for like 30 minutes.

Embarrassing.

I used to be able to get into any car with a coat hanger.
No more.

Last new car I bought was a Chevy that came with a spare key that opens the doors only contained in a credit card sized card that goes right into your wallet. When you need it the (thin) key slides out and you can open the doors. It saved me more than a few times.