Toadfish Monastery

Quote from: Sibling Lambicus the Toluous on November 30, 2007, 09:27:02 PM
Yeah... though smashing out the windshield isn't usually a good idea if you want to get to where you're going afterward without the cops taking issue with you.

Apparently not a big deal out here, according to the Cochrane RCMP.  They've let me drive off with only about 1/3 of a windshield left.  Not sure what the Calgary Police would have thought about the smashy + the blood and (deer) hair, but didn't pass any on the way home.

Quote from: Sibling Lambicus the Toluous on November 30, 2007, 09:27:02 PMWhen I still had CAA, I sometimes had to wait upwards of 3 or 4 hours for them, even in town, so smashy-smashy has a certain immediacy that appeals to me.   

  They are usually quick here, unless it's an all around bad weather day.  They use whatever towtruck they can get, not just CAA employees.  Now, in Kelowna (keys) they showed up in 20 minutes, then took 2 hours to get the job done.

Taped inside (or on the underside of) the back bumper of every car I have ever owned is a spare key. Heavy gaffer's tape, waterproof and big enough to hold the single key in place, it's the ultimate in NOT having to break a window to get in.

Yeah, you gotta get under the bumper to get your hand far enough in to get the key, but it's a cheap way to get going again.

My car is one of a particular batch made to only ever allow two keys total. What makes it even worse is, new ones have to be ordered from France and take weeks and you have to surrender both keys to have the new ones programmed. Bought the car off my Dad (he had it from new) and he knew but failed to mention it...... LOL.

I blame modern technology.  My first car (MK 1 Ford Escort) could be unlocked with a lolly stick.

Oh if we are talking old cars, my first, a mini with go faster stripes, worked well when I hit the engine with a hammer (after I got stuck just outside Royston (Beagle will know)) and someone came and showed me the technique).