Carlifehacking

"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit) 07/05/2016 at 16:31 • Filed to: None

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If you ever lose the keys to your car, just jam a screwdriver in and start twisting until the car starts. If someone sees you doing this, they will know you just lost your keys and that this looks perfectly legal and not at all like a criminal activity.

Tareim - V8 powered > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 16:40

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except with cars nowadays they have a transponder in the key and the car wont start without detecting it

RallyWrench > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 16:42

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Also, assuming you’re doing it to your own car, this only works if your tumbler is completely worn out, and may well destroy it if it’s not. This the makes it really hard to replace because they’re designed to be removed with the key in.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 16:42

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I actually accidentally hot-wired my own car before

Slant6 > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 16:44

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i think the gif is actually a real key with a screwdriver handle

Probenja > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 16:47

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except with cars nowadays they have a transponder in the key and the car wont start without detecting it have push button start. FTFY

Ash78, voting early and often > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 16:50

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What is this, some janky old Subaru?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Slant6 07/05/2016 at 16:53

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Yep.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 07/05/2016 at 16:54

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*Has Nam style flashbacks to the tumbler replacement in his W124*

Die-Trying > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 16:58

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its a lot easier to just leave a hidden spare ignition key inside the car.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 16:58

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To save time when changing your oil, never use jack stands. Simply rely on your jack, slightly off center, away from the side the oil pan resides on.

Frenchlicker > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 17:03

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So far I’ve only had one car this would work with. The other would turn a $190 repair into a $300-$500(this is in a shitty early 2000's car!).

Tareim - V8 powered > Probenja 07/05/2016 at 17:06

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not every car has push to start, also when I said cars nowadays I was including cars upto 15 years old

LOREM IPSUM > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 17:11

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Unless it’s a ford, in which case you have to yank the tumbler and spin a gear inside there, which can be tricky unless youre looking up from below the hole.

...and the security light on the dash will flash a bit, but it won’t stop you from starting or driving the car.

Source: Had to borrow a friends Lincoln Continental. He lost the keys, then pretty much stole his own car and let me borrow it for a week.

Let me tell you. Driving around in a lincoln with a busted column and two blown front air shocks, so the front end bounces like you’re on hydraulics as you drive down the road, won’t actually draw any police attention whatsoever. Doesn’t stop the unfounded paranioa though.

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/05/2016 at 17:12

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Me too, and W123s, and 126s, and 107s... I do so hate that job in an old Benz when you have to drill the damn thing. I got really good at using an air hammer on the low setting to rap the key lightly and turn it one last time, it worked about 75% of the time. The problem is the car has to be in the shop to do that, and getting the car in on a floor jack or GoJacks first was fun.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/05/2016 at 17:13

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/remembers when he was part of a friend’s W124 tumbler replacement...

oh... oh god.....

/begins rocking back and forth and moaning

(in related news the steering column and ignition switch in a 1989 Ford Escort can be completely dissembled and bypassed with only a Swiss Army Cybertool

deekster_caddy > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 17:21

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Works especially well on modern cars if they have a remote starter installed that tricks the computer into thinking the right key is already inserted, bypassing all security features!

deekster_caddy > Tareim - V8 powered 07/05/2016 at 17:21

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But if they have a remote starter that tricks the system into thinking the key is present, all fixed!

deekster_caddy > LOREM IPSUM 07/05/2016 at 17:25

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LOL. Reminds me of a time I was working on my car at the shop I drove wreckers for and got stuck halfway through changing the rear shocks. Drove it home with the back shocks disconnected, car bouncing around like crazy. Yup, I got pulled over. The cop laughed her ass off at me and told me to get the piece of junk fixed as soon as possible. What made this possible and funny is that a few weeks earlier I had towed her cruiser and another tow truck out from behind a building where they slid down a hill on wet grass (after anchoring my tow truck to a nearby tree...) and she asked me not to tell any of the other cops in town about it! so yeah, good times... good times...

RazoE > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/05/2016 at 18:14

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Or maintain a slow valve-cover leak, and just add oil every few hundred miles. Eventually all the oil would have circulated and only fresh oil will be present.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RazoE 07/05/2016 at 18:15

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Self-changing oil for life! Dealerships HATE him!

RazoE > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 07/05/2016 at 18:17

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I remember whenever I boosted in my Supra, the keys would fall out of the ignition and onto my lap.

Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/05/2016 at 23:33

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I have encountered a few people that follow that logic.

Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/05/2016 at 23:40

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For even faster change tap a valve into the oil cooler lines connect hoses and start.