Help cannot get in Boot
Help cannot get in Boot
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colinrob

Original Poster:

1,199 posts

280 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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Can anyone help please need to get in boot of s series I just bought but cant
thanks Colin

GadgeS3C

4,727 posts

193 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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colinrob said:
Can anyone help please need to get in boot of s series I just bought but cant
thanks Colin
Presume it has the remote boot release button under the steering column (on the left on mine)?

Is that not working?

If so, is everything else electrical working?

Julesprivate

871 posts

172 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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Under the steering column on my S1 is one of the std orange "bonnet release" levers that on most cars do precisely that (open the bonnet) but on the S1 it in fact opens the boot (there is a seperate bonnet release lever to the left of that)..

Oldred_V8S

3,764 posts

267 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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Glen.

It might be a good idea to delete your post above, probably not a good idea to post this on an open forum.





Edited by Oldred_V8S on Sunday 16th September 22:25

colinrob

Original Poster:

1,199 posts

280 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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Hi have been emailed how to open it very similar to opening the boot in my Tuscan thanks everyone for there help

glenrobbo

40,479 posts

179 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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Sorry Guys,
Deleted now, but it does take an awful lot of fruitless probing to get a result.
Story of my life really smile

moffspeed

3,597 posts

236 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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The emergency boot opening question is probably one that we've all asked at some point in our "S" ownerships - me included. My vote would be for it to be open knowledge and to ditch the current paranoia.

Is the average car-thief thug really going to read this ultra-specialised forum and then search out an S series - and then have the patience and dexterity to (and I'll be careful here!) use the necessary tool in the correct location to gain access to the boot - I,ve done it a couple of times and it's a 10 minute job.

My guess is that a chisel under the boot lip would gain entry within a few seconds and give the moron in question the added satisfaction of inflicting damage as well as theft.

Has anyone on this forum ever suffered a loss as a result of any form of forced boot entry - my guess would be no. As long as a hood can be ripped open with a knife I suspect boots will remain secure...

Edited by moffspeed on Tuesday 18th September 07:27

Steve H

1,172 posts

253 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Could someone PM me the procedure please?

Ragtop

592 posts

230 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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moffspeed said:
Lots of sensible stuff.
Let's face it, it's not a secret - it's written down on black and white in ... the censored

Graham