Well,
after a fabulous Rally V, Mrs Texas Mongrel and myself headed home to Houston (via Pittsburgh) with a mostly uneventful trip (except for the speeding ticket in Kentucky....) until this morning in Memphis. We were doing the usual GT Owner's shuffle of trying to fit "all" our luggage into the trunk when I managed to lock the car keys inside the front trunk compartment - talk about feeling like a total d**k! I called a locksmith, but whilst waiting I started looking at the trunk release and discovered a great Tech Tip for any other Owner who finds himself in a similar self-inflicted embarassing situation: If you open the driver's door to about 30 degrees, you can actually then peer into the inside of the fender well and see the lid-release latch and lock assembly. Politely ask your wife for her nail file and shove it carefully into the latch area from the rear of the fender. With a bit of jiggling you can actually push dow the spring-latch that keeps the release lever locked - Hey Presto, lever can now be pulled and lid opened. Took me about 2 minutes to figure it out, but its really simple.
Bottom line - no need for expensive lock smiths who threaten to drill on the key hole. Of course, if the doors are locked then life becomes much more complicated....
Great to see old friends and make new ones at the Umstead - can't wait for Rally VI
after a fabulous Rally V, Mrs Texas Mongrel and myself headed home to Houston (via Pittsburgh) with a mostly uneventful trip (except for the speeding ticket in Kentucky....) until this morning in Memphis. We were doing the usual GT Owner's shuffle of trying to fit "all" our luggage into the trunk when I managed to lock the car keys inside the front trunk compartment - talk about feeling like a total d**k! I called a locksmith, but whilst waiting I started looking at the trunk release and discovered a great Tech Tip for any other Owner who finds himself in a similar self-inflicted embarassing situation: If you open the driver's door to about 30 degrees, you can actually then peer into the inside of the fender well and see the lid-release latch and lock assembly. Politely ask your wife for her nail file and shove it carefully into the latch area from the rear of the fender. With a bit of jiggling you can actually push dow the spring-latch that keeps the release lever locked - Hey Presto, lever can now be pulled and lid opened. Took me about 2 minutes to figure it out, but its really simple.
Bottom line - no need for expensive lock smiths who threaten to drill on the key hole. Of course, if the doors are locked then life becomes much more complicated....
Great to see old friends and make new ones at the Umstead - can't wait for Rally VI
