Irish Mini Owners Club

I've managed to lock my keys in the car - in the ignition no less!

No spare - before i go at it with a clotheshanger does anyone have tips on getting into the mini without doing damage?

pop out the rear window??

I'd rather leave the window where it is if i can - probably best to pm me to avoid solutions getting into the public forum

you got mail

Thanks for the tip Kenneth - looks like it could be a long night!

have fun let me no the outcome?

will do! It's freezing out, why couldn't this have happened in the garage?

Maybe its just me and the way I lock it from the outside, but I can never figure out how you can lock keys in a car? It seems very easy to do from how common it is?

have you had any luck with this yet?

i've had to do this with quite a few cars over the years, can take a few seconds or a few minutes, just dont get angry with it

how do lock em in u'r mini, i cant lock my doors when they're open

I'm checking out lock-picking videos on youtube...

daniel garry wrote:how do lock em in u'r mini, i cant lock my doors when they're open

Same here !

I probably would If they didnt need to be locked from the outside.

pm sent

thanks for the advice folks. Car was being moved (not by me) to spray the garage. I got a message to give me the bad news. I'm guessing what happened was that the person who unlocked the door didn't give the key a full turn so the lock slipped back on slightly when the door was shut. A good jiggle of the barrel loosened it up and luckily it clicked open after a few seconds!

I can't lock the door without the keys either so that's my best guess of what happened!

Trust you to manage to do this any luck?