Urgent: Breaking into one's own uncooperative 5kq?

[Phil Payne]

> I'm holed up at a friend's apartment for now, but the car is a rather
> important part of getting back, and getting around... here's the deal.
> The central locks worked supremely well in securing all four doors and the
> trunk.  Unfortunately neither front door lock works from the *outside*, as
> I discovered -- the lock turns back and forth, but is seemingly
> disconnected in the door.  The key doesn't work in the trunk lock either,
> near as we can tell.

An Audi dealer can make you a key that will open the trunk from the one you have - it may be
that an ordinary locksmith can do the same.  It sounds like you have the "valet's key" - it
will open the doors and start the car but can't open the glovebox or trunk.  The difference is
in the blank used to make the key - one has a ridge running all the way down the key's flat
sides and the other doesn't.

With the trunk open, you can detach the vacuum lines from the trunk lock and use a vacuum pump
to drive the system manually.

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  Phil Payne
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