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Personal 02 Feb 2007 01:50 pm

Unlock Car with Tennis Ball

I can’t believe this works… has anyone tried this? Seems so insecure. Maybe it’s just a fake video, and they’re actually using the keyless remote to unlock the door, but I pulled this guy’s anecdotal evidence out of the Digg comments.



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My original source.

9 Responses to “Unlock Car with Tennis Ball”

  1. on 02 Feb 2007 at 3:40 pm 1.Ralph Dagza said …

    unbelievable

  2. on 02 Feb 2007 at 8:41 pm 2.mike said …

    That’s pretty funny. Wonder if it actually works.

  3. on 03 Feb 2007 at 12:12 pm 3.jeremy said …

    it actually does work. not on luxury brands, but camrys, accords, etc.

  4. on 03 Feb 2007 at 1:09 pm 4.Andrew Parker said …

    Wild. I gotta try it. Too bad I’m in the city and carless. I don’t think it’s a good idea to experiment with this on other people’s cars ;)

  5. on 09 Feb 2007 at 7:21 pm 5.Jonas Swenholt said …

    Jesus Rocks!

  6. on 09 Feb 2007 at 9:59 pm 6.J. D. MacDonald said …

    I suspected that some locks would be more difficult than others so I procured a variety of different sized hollow balls. All the vechicles on the lot where I put the theory to work yielded to my efforts. I had to hit a basketball with a sledge hammer on a Hummer. A Jetta opened with a ping pong ball.

  7. on 10 Apr 2007 at 6:56 am 7.John Smith said …

    Cute.

  8. on 13 Apr 2007 at 3:53 am 8.justin papa said …

    ur lying J.D Macdonald. cos as u would kno about the air pressure.. wher a ping pong ball is HARD with no air PRESSURE at all..

  9. on 13 Jul 2007 at 4:48 am 9.Bobby H said …

    I used a golf ball with a slice. It looked as if it was smiling. It did not work at first. So I took it to the driving range,
    hooked the ball , broke my window and unlocked my car