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Unlock Your Car with a Tennis Ball

http://algebraoflife.blogspot.com/20...nnis-ball.html

Interesting little trick here.

Burn a small hole in a tennis ball.
Hold the ball with the hole against the lock of your car.
Press the ball firmly against the lock.
Give a solid punch to the back of the ball, against the lock.
The air pressure will force the lock open.

Wow that is cool, of course I wonder if it really works.

My guess is that it works on the newer cars, with the remote locks.

Scary... and by the comments on the site it looks like it works.

My purse is too small for a tennis ball....can't I just blow really hard?

That is interesting. Sure would be cheaper and quicker than calling a locksmith.

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Originally Posted by ngdawg

My purse is too small for a tennis ball....can't I just blow really hard?

Same idea as behind bump keys.

Nothing really new there...

Not the same as a bump key. It says in the video it's air pressure that forces the knob up. Wouldn't work on my car with all the rust holes I've got :)

The Mazda3 will open the locks and disable the alarm if you punch hard enough to dent the door just below the passenger side lock.

Maybe that's why you see them on peoples antennas, a spare key?

Sorry, I gotta call bull on this. I see no way to explain how it properly works. The lock rod is connected through the locking mechanism. By simply blowing pressurinzed air into the lock, I see no way that it could be possible. I say we call Mythbusters!....

i wa sthinking the same thing deltona.. how do we go about contacting them?

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Originally Posted by Deltona Couple

I don't know how it works, but I've done it and it does.

Wouldn't it be easier to carry a spare key around than to carry a special tennis ball?

Yes, but I don't have a spare key to my next-door neighbour's Lamborghini.

If you look on the video the car door on that car is dented just under th lock.

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Originally Posted by dlishsguy

i wa sthinking the same thing deltona.. how do we go about contacting them?

Hey, I have the answer for you. Anyone want to join the Discovery Channel discussion boards? Apparently that's how we contact MythBusters.

From this site: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/talk/talk.html

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Very interesting....Anyone else try it?

They did it. A tennis ball couldn't open the door, nor could any pressurized-air-blowing apparatus they could devise.

They pointed out that the famous video that shows it working has a big ol' cut right between the girl squeezing the ball and the lock latch popping up.

Doesn't work, peoples. My brother pops cars for a living. If it has doors... he can get into it.

i think the issue is the sealing of the door, if you've got a door that is well sealed, it could work.

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Originally Posted by Crompsin

Doesn't work, peoples. My brother pops cars for a living. If it has doors... he can get into it.

your brother is a car theif?

No, he's Mr. Goodwrench.