Craziest thing I've seen/heard all day

[iowaboostin]

So I'm BS'ing with my co-workers and the topic 'locking keys in your car' came up and I told them about the tennis ball trick. I totally got 1-up'd. A guy here swore by it and it had worked for him. He had a remote key fob that had been locked in his car (no idea how you do that, but anyway) so he called his roommate who was at home with a spare that was also a remote unlock. The roommate was able to hold the key up to his cell phone and hit the unlock button, it transmitted through the cell and actually unlocked his car, miles away.

We tried it during lunch break on one of our cars and sure enough, it worked. :cool: One stood inside here and the other went outside to his car (a ways away, mind you), it didn't work at first but as soon as she put it on speaker phone and clicked the button, it unlocked. Neat, huh?

[iadubber]

What the hell? Somebody has got to try this from miles away.

[Big Nug]

we just tried it on a caddy and it did not work what kind of car was it?:D

ha but it worked on mine.

[iowaboostin]

we just tried it on a caddy and it did not work what kind of car was it?:D

Keep trying it.. it took her 1-2mins of pressing the button/taking on and off speaker phone for it to work. I was standing outside by the car listening to her on speaker and we were about to give up when it unlocked.

This car was an ~'04 Toyota Camry, the other car is an ~'01 Pontiac Grand Prix.

[Loccusst]

Crazy stuff......

[manguyen]

i swear i heard this thing was a myth and the myth busters busted it..... u sure they werent pulling a fast one on ya ;)

[Gee Tea Eye V]

lol no cause cad actually did it today lol

[iowaboostin]

Plus I work with a ton of old sweet little ladies, no way they could've been in on it if they were trying to pull a fast one on me. :p

[manguyen]

lol no cause cad actually did it today lol

Cad was probably drugged up and didnt know what he was saying :)

[manguyen]

Plus I work with a ton of old sweet little ladies, no way they could've been in on it if they were trying to pull a fast one on me. :p

watch out for them sweet little old ladies.... (they tend to drink alot of vodka when no one is around) :) eheheheh

[Loccusst]

The remotes do use radio frequencies though.....but I don't see how it would work.

[iowaboostin]

I don't know exactly how it works either...try it out yourself :)

And manguyen -- I refuse to think these old ladies are really drunks and are playing a trick on me :p

[Big Nug]

Cad was probably drugged up and didnt know what he was saying :)

no i was not.... sprracing took his phone out and i was across the building with another both on speaker. it worked:finger:

[turboA4]

well i think i believe cad...cuz if it is a radio freq that we cant hear...the phone should still be able to transmit it...one would think!

[Big Nug]

well i think i believe cad...cuz if it is a radio freq that we cant hear...the phone should still be able to transmit it...one would think! thank you maybe we will myth bust it tomorrow two people run to caseys with the keys ........... then we'll see.:D

[turboA4]

yeah!!! this is def calling for some mythbustin!!!

[Gee Tea Eye V]

well i think i believe cad...cuz if it is a radio freq that we cant hear...the phone should still be able to transmit it...one would think!

lol there arent any radio freq we can hear :p and if it is a radio frequency u could stand outside a radio tower somewhere with ur speaker phone on and the person a ways a way on speaker would be able to listen to the station lol but it would be hard to do that and the sound quality would be ****ty. anyway thats the random thought i had