[TunedM2C]

I never knew you could double lock our cars and prevent someone from exiting the vehicle? Either way, this guy got what he deserved.





A BMW driver says he caught a would be car thief violating all three of those guidelines when his wife heard the car's alarm going off the other night. Here's his story:

[At] 3:30am, my wife wakes me up, "is that your car alarm going off?" It was. It was parked in the driveway, so I look out the window and see nothing out of the ordinary. I disabled the alarm, and the doors unlocked. Then I see some dude with no shirt on get into my car! I'm thinking "what the fuck". I immedately lock the doors, then double lock/arm. Owned . I tell the wife to call 911, while I go outside and snap a quick cell phone pic of the guy just incase. After the first picture, he started getting pissed off and gave me the finger. I then went into the garage and grabbed my 3lb sledge. I stand next to the driver's door with the sledge in my hand and a very angry look on my face. If he tries to bust his way out of the car, he's getting squashed. The kid is obviously scared shitless, as he doesn't even move or look at me. Cops come and ask how I locked him in the car, and I tell them about the double lock.

The guy was allegedly trapped in there long enough for his captor to snap a picture of him. It turns out that he was probably shitfaced, apparently mumbling something about thinking it was his friend's car when the cops arrived. That was right before he threw up all over the place; outside the car, thankfully.

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[jlstyle]

What is the double lock?
You lock it twice and you can't open the doors from inside or somethign?

[SS32]

First I've heard about this. Maybe it's only on cars with an alarm?

[NBK]

i call bs

[Maestro]

Yeah my daughter found out about this feature the hard way, she was in the my car doing something and I got out and as normal I lock the car and hit the lock twice out of habit and went in the house. A few minutes later she attempted to get out of the car and as usually pulled the handle twice, once to unlock and second to open, well the car never unlocked. She could not get out of the car even hitting the unlock button on the dash would not unlock the car.

About 10 minutes or so went past and she never came in so I went out to find her, there she was stuck in the car looking extremely pissed off. One of the few times she did not have her cell phone with her. I told her she should have honked the horn.

I could not understand why this feature exist other than to lock your kids in your car, but I guess you can catch thieves with it as well.

I ended up locking my daughter in the car a second time, that time she had her cell and call me to let her out. Now she never stays in the car after I get out.

[HelloNewman]

I think most of the time this feature is more of a PITA than it is a benefit, at least it worked out for this guy.

[NBK]

so do you need to have the alarm activated for this to work?

[Maestro]

no, i do not have an alarm system in my car so it must be standard. I doubt anyone would know about this unless they did what I did by accident, it is something you would run across under normal use.

[BMWinNorthdakota]

Originally Posted by NBK

so do you need to have the alarm activated for this to work?

not uh

[BMWM3DREAM]

nice e 36

[eamon]

Originally Posted by Maestro

Yeah my daughter found out about this feature the hard way, she was in the my car doing something and I got out and as normal I lock the car and hit the lock twice out of habit and went in the house. A few minutes later she attempted to get out of the car and as usually pulled the handle twice, once to unlock and second to open, well the car never unlocked. She could not get out of the car even hitting the unlock button on the dash would not unlock the car.

About 10 minutes or so went past and she never came in so I went out to find her, there she was stuck in the car looking extremely pissed off. One of the few times she did not have her cell phone with her. I told her she should have honked the horn.

I could not understand why this feature exist other than to lock your kids in your car, but I guess you can catch thieves with it as well.

I ended up locking my daughter in the car a second time, that time she had her cell and call me to let her out. Now she never stays in the car after I get out.

I don't think you can honk the horn while the car is off on our particular model

[Maestro]

Originally Posted by eamon

I don't think you can honk the horn while the car is off on our particular model

You are probably correct, I never tested it to find out.

[persian54]

Originally Posted by eamon

I don't think you can honk the horn while the car is off on our particular model

Yes this is correct

I don't understand why though.. what if you're stuck, in trouble.. etc

BS that you can't honk the horn with the car off

[CamelBiscuit]

This is how human trafficking starts^^

[Elliott@DetailAddict]

Pressing the lock button twice with alarm disengages the tilt sensor and motion sensor.
I have no idea how you double lock, but I'm sure pressing the lock button twice does disable the sensors as described in the instructions.
No double lock that way ?

[infinitekidM2C]

this is awesome..im going to try to trap some people this weekend

[sunnydshine]

i tried this a few minutes ago with the double lock on the e90. Its true that you cant honk or unlock the door by pulling on the handle. However, you can still unlock the doors with the button on the dash

[48Laws]

He's ripped. Must be meth....

[pokerface]

I had an E36 before, and the double lock always engaged when the doors are locked from the outside (I didn't have keyless remote). The double lock (sometimes referred to as deadbolt) has been a BMW security (not safety) feature for a long time now.. the press Lock twice to disable interior sensors is a newer function.

This whole thing is to prevent thieves from jimming through the door frame/windows to use a stick to press the power lock button to unlock the car. BMW probably bet that the thieves wouldn't know the button was on the centre console near the shifter (and later moved it to the vent area so they'd get even less leverage.

[ShopVac]

My MINI vert got this...once the car is locked, you cannot open the doors (either by door handle or the lock switch). I think they do this to keep people from unlocking the car and opening the door when the top is down.

[BillLee]

all you have to do is have the key outside, and press the lock button.

[kevinbahnz]

LOLZ, i've actually locked my wife in the car once or twice. By accident of course.