really really fudged off!!!

[VL2NV]

ok can someone plz explain to me why i can open my friends VL with my key and he can open mine wit his? im pretty sure dis aint normal.. so can someone tell me a reason why this could happen? and how can i stop this from happening again??

[rattattack1313]

You will probably find that the key is worn down a fair bit....I had a new key cut for my HJ wagon once...had to put it over the sander to get it to work..take all the edges off......

[harry3]

as VL locks wear over the years, almost any VL type key will open them, this is known to car thieves and is a reason why so many VLs are stolen

I got another VL for parts, it came with no keys but the key from my VL worked on all the locks and the ignition

an easy antitheft thing is to run some chain around the seatframe and over the steering wheel rim with a good quality padlock, the prospect of having to saw thru the chain will hopefully make the thief steal somebody elses car!

[My Car Pwns]

lol yer my mates key unlocks my doors n starts my car.. thats the beauty of having an alarm & immobiliser..
Gettin solex locks soon so that'l be gooooooood...

[VTSSDUDE]

Yep the joys of Holdens.
This was common back in the good old Kingswood days.

[walesy]

haha yes its true i can open and start 2 of my mates vl's and 1 of my mates vh's and 1 of my mates vk's... get different locks if your worried because yes it is as easy as turning a key. i changed mine with those round keyhole ones and get a clublock aswell this deturs alot of theives

[walesy]

oh yeah and an alarm and immobiliser

[Stewart1000]

yeah i remember when i was really young and i used to open my old mans cortina with the house key... now thats REALLY bad.
can he start your car?
the locks and keys get work away, your locks must be more work than your mates.
get new locks if you dont want it to happen with someone that isnt your mate

[VLACS]

can you get new vl key holes. I dont want to get solex locks really.

oh and can you get a key cut out of a really worn and skinny key. cos its so old and skinny it looks like itll snap easy. the key im using is the one that only unlocks and turns the car on.

[walesy]

no thats the thing only 2 of them can open my car but none of them can start my car... my mate with the VH said he couldnt come aroud coz he was at the movies with his g/f so we went down there found his car which was parked on the side of the road i moved it to the same spot but parked it the wrong way and waited for him to come out it was hilarious he was like WTF? then he saw us and went off calling us all types of names

[vlv8vic]

can you get new vl key holes. I dont want to get solex locks really.

oh and can you get a key cut out of a really worn and skinny key. cos its so old and skinny it looks like itll snap easy. the key im using is the one that only unlocks and turns the car on.

yep, mine was like that vlacs, got a new one cut and it worked a treat.
Solex, unfortunately are starting to become not so theif proof anyway. so many of them now too - must be soemthing new!!! piss off the locks and dedicate remote central....

[VL2NV]

i couldnt start his and he couldnt start mine... which is good i guess. i have an alarm and im thinking bout either getting rid of all my locks and just getting remote control locking or solex locks... money is the thing that has got me stranded between the two.... does anyone know what the average price is for both?

[Scooter79]

I had a flatmate who owned a VL turbo. I remember him telling me that Holden were only using a dozen or so locks at that time. So every 18th or 19th car or whatever came out of the factory with the same locks as a previous one.

[michaelw]

Not a VL but if I remember correctly when the VN was released in NZ, Holden sent a plastic key to every house in the country. The idea being that 10 of these keys would open the cars on display at the dealers. So everybody went down with their key to the holden dealerships around the country to try their luck. The ten winning keys worked, along with another ten or so that opened with 'losing keys'. The whole affair was very embarrasing for Holden at the time...

Mike

[vlv8vic]

I had a flatmate who owned a VL turbo. I remember him telling me that Holden were only using a dozen or so locks at that time. So every 18th or 19th car or whatever came out of the factory with the same locks as a previous one.

....im no mathematical genious but if only a dozen locks were used wouldnt every 12 or so cars (ie 2 in 24)have the same locks? maybe i missed something....

[coolngroovy]

funny as phark, mate bought a calais turb0,brought it around 15mins after he grabbed it, left it idling out in the street & closed the doors. Locked shut! God damn central locking ! I opened it with the worn key from my SLR. Should have seen his face!

[VL2NV]

ahhh ####!!!! i just tried a vc key and dat worked on it aswell... dis sux

[VL2NV]

oh btw... does any1 know how i can make my pics smaller? coz i cant have a profile picture coz it says it is too large

[michaelw]

download infranview (search on www.download.com). Load picture into infranview. go image->resize/resample and punch in some smaller numbers.

Mike

[MarzVP]

We locked our keys in our mitsubishi van once and someone opened it with a toyota key!!

[VLACS]

i locked mykeys in my car once. i opened it with a coat hanger

[Jules86]

I locked my keys in the car once...rang my mate up, and he come around in his vl, pull his keys out of the ignition while the car was running and unlocked my car for me.

Does everybodys keys come out while running?

When i seen my mate about the damaged manual sl he was telling me there should be 2 or 3 different keys for the vl, boot 1 and glovebox are suppose to be different to the ignition one, but one key does all for me, and he went to my coloumn and started up my car no worries...theres prob something wrong with the ignition that allows this to happen. My key opens 5 and starts 4 of them, the 5th has a f**ked lock and any key will open it. But i don't mind, i have solex and an immobiliser; and 2 of the cars are write offs now

[VL2NV]

i can take my key out of ignition and keep it running...
how much are solex locks?

[Jules86]

i paid 70 for mine from supercheap...but there is a thread here with advantages and disadvantes of them.

[VLACS]

I locked my keys in the car once...rang my mate up, and he come around in his vl, pull his keys out of the ignition while the car was running and unlocked my car for me.

Does everybodys keys come out while running?

When i seen my mate about the damaged manual sl he was telling me there should be 2 or 3 different keys for the vl, boot 1 and glovebox are suppose to be different to the ignition one, but one key does all for me, and he went to my coloumn and started up my car no worries...theres prob something wrong with the ignition that allows this to happen. My key opens 5 and starts 4 of them, the 5th has a f**ked lock and any key will open it. But i don't mind, i have solex and an immobiliser; and 2 of the cars are write offs now

i am led to believe that ther are 2 keys. one for your self. which opens everything and one for a mechanic for example. so he can open the door and drive it but cant get into the glove box or boot. security you see