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March 26, 2020 at 9:27 PM #816003
Coronita
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In addition…

…Accidentally locked my car keys inside the trunk of my lemons car. Unfortunately, I removed all the trunk release mechanism that was inside the car as part of weight reduction, so couldn’t open trunk…

…Calling a locksmith would have been $80, not worth doing it right with this type of car, plus would need to wait 1 hour and risk getting coronavirus from a locksmith, so….

…Hand drill and pliers are my friend…
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I got lucky tonight. I only needed to drill twice to find the release lever. Who needs to hire a locksmith when the brute force method is much quicker and cheaper…

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The proper way to fix this would be to apply a patch, prime, paint again to cover up those holes… Meh, too much work! This is much easier…

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Fixed!