Deadlock your car - It could pay off.

[edals]

Yep Mrs & I always dead lock our cars. Since they are on the street 24/7. Funny thing is though that most new cars still dont have a dead lock feature such as the commies, No idea why, saved my brothers VN (even though you had to use the key to dead lock) 3 times. Broken the rear door window, but could not unlock the doors.
Then again i have left my car unlocked several times as i have had my hands full and forgotten to lock the car.
I just press is twice and dead locks

But Still with out the key your still not going anywhere to decode the Computer

 

[B-roca]

Ok I was just thinking through this scenario and I was wondering...

Lets say that you have a vy or vz and you deadlocked your car and walked away. Then 5 mins later you come back to get something out of your boot and you unlock the boot just by pressing the boot button and not the unlock. Then when you go to pick up the thing out of your boot you put your keys down in the boot and then you shut the boot and yell expletives as your realise you locked the keys in the boots. Would the fact that you deadlocked the car mean that a locksmith could no longer unlock your car simply by slipping one of those metal unlocking tools down between the window?

 

[one_and_only2004]

I believe you're right with your scenario. You'd have to break into the boot somehow I reckon, or get the spare key.

 

[edals]

Ok I was just thinking through this scenario and I was wondering...

Lets say that you have a vy or vz and you deadlocked your car and walked away. Then 5 mins later you come back to get something out of your boot and you unlock the boot just by pressing the boot button and not the unlock. Then when you go to pick up the thing out of your boot you put your keys down in the boot and then you shut the boot and yell expletives as your realise you locked the keys in the boots. Would the fact that you deadlocked the car mean that a locksmith could no longer unlock your car simply by slipping one of those metal unlocking tools down between the window?

Correct Mate, You want to hope you have your spare key at home lol Thats the whole point of the dead lock. Thats why i unlock the car, then open the boot to ensure that dont happen lol

 

[Luke52]

Ok I was just thinking through this scenario and I was wondering...

Lets say that you have a vy or vz and you deadlocked your car and walked away. Then 5 mins later you come back to get something out of your boot and you unlock the boot just by pressing the boot button and not the unlock. Then when you go to pick up the thing out of your boot you put your keys down in the boot and then you shut the boot and yell expletives as your realise you locked the keys in the boots. Would the fact that you deadlocked the car mean that a locksmith could no longer unlock your car simply by slipping one of those metal unlocking tools down between the window?

Lucky for me, I have a wagon. No boot button, so if the boot is open, the doors are open

 

[st3r3otyp3]

No deadlock in the VE..... WTF were holden thinking, another reason the VE sux to me.
What is a rolling lock?

 

[GothicKidd]

If only I could deadlock my car with the remote.. ah well.. Good to know about it! cheers

 

[pjdm1980]

I never dead lock my car the way I see it wears the locks out and makes it easier to jiggle the barrel and open your car and if they do smash a window and open the door the alarm will go off were as if it's dead locked they won't open the door hence the alarm won't go off.

 

[pjdm1980]

A rolling lock is when your turn the barrel with out the proper key and it breaks so it's no longer usable to start the ignition and the barrel will just spin, as far as I know.

 

[W84N01]

yeah thanks for that, i had no idea.

Will have to remember it for when the VN goes back on the road, and try it on the Landcruiser to see if it works