Gents,
Thought I'd share this funny anecdote that happened to me yesterday, comes as a bit of a warning also.
I had a wedding in Harrogate to attend at the weekend, drove up from London Friday afternoon, returned back yesterday afternoon, no incident involving the snow after a +400 mile round trip until the last ten or so yards to my house, where the roads were still heavily covered in snow, after a few minutes of back and forth managed to get it on the drive, had to laugh.
Got out to the car, had a stretch and closed the door. What I didn't realise that somehow the car had, during my attempt to get up the drive/road had self locked itself and somehow got confused and so when I closed the door, still with my wallet, jacket, phone and keys in the ignition (thankfully engine switched off, but with the lights and stereo on) it locked me both out of the car and the house (as the house keys were on the car keys, still in the ignition!). Obviously I called my roadside assistance, only to discover that I didn't have some sort of home assistance and that they couldn't add it on immediately. Therefore had to stay at my neighbours for over five hours, waiting for my cousin to return home so that I could get the second set of keys to get into the car again. By which time the battery had run dry and now I have a dead battery...
To then top it off, managed to get in manually, only for the alarm to go off (which I have to say, is rather disappointing with no flashing lights, hardly any of my neighbours drew their curtains to check, it was 11.45pm by this time, prime car theft period, not that I have done such a thing, just assuming!). Had to remove the fuse to the alarm because I could not get it to stop. So now I had a dead battery, locked but unalarmed (but not worried because it won't start) car, half-way up the drive.
So my question is, how come my car managed to lock me out, with the keys still in the ignition, isn't it a safety feature that it shouldn't do so? Also, is the alarm I heard the best it can do, more of an annoyance than a deterrent? And to all of you, always, always, have the key with you before you close the door!
Thought I'd share this funny anecdote that happened to me yesterday, comes as a bit of a warning also.
I had a wedding in Harrogate to attend at the weekend, drove up from London Friday afternoon, returned back yesterday afternoon, no incident involving the snow after a +400 mile round trip until the last ten or so yards to my house, where the roads were still heavily covered in snow, after a few minutes of back and forth managed to get it on the drive, had to laugh.
Got out to the car, had a stretch and closed the door. What I didn't realise that somehow the car had, during my attempt to get up the drive/road had self locked itself and somehow got confused and so when I closed the door, still with my wallet, jacket, phone and keys in the ignition (thankfully engine switched off, but with the lights and stereo on) it locked me both out of the car and the house (as the house keys were on the car keys, still in the ignition!). Obviously I called my roadside assistance, only to discover that I didn't have some sort of home assistance and that they couldn't add it on immediately. Therefore had to stay at my neighbours for over five hours, waiting for my cousin to return home so that I could get the second set of keys to get into the car again. By which time the battery had run dry and now I have a dead battery...
To then top it off, managed to get in manually, only for the alarm to go off (which I have to say, is rather disappointing with no flashing lights, hardly any of my neighbours drew their curtains to check, it was 11.45pm by this time, prime car theft period, not that I have done such a thing, just assuming!). Had to remove the fuse to the alarm because I could not get it to stop. So now I had a dead battery, locked but unalarmed (but not worried because it won't start) car, half-way up the drive.
So my question is, how come my car managed to lock me out, with the keys still in the ignition, isn't it a safety feature that it shouldn't do so? Also, is the alarm I heard the best it can do, more of an annoyance than a deterrent? And to all of you, always, always, have the key with you before you close the door!
