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If you accidentally left your key in your car, don't worry, you can easily open your car using some steel wire. This method works best with somewhat older models, because older cars used simpler locks instead of the electronic locks used today.

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1. Find a clothes hanger with wire in it. You have to remove this thread from a clothes hanger and straighten it. You can also use one of the tensioners on an umbrella.
   • You can also buy a tool made especially for this purpose, this is called a Slim Jim. A Slim Jim is a long piece of flexible metal with a hook at the end, also known as a lock pick. Because car thieves use this tool, the auto industry has developed mechanisms to prevent cars from being stolen, which means that Slim Jims no longer works on newer models.
2. Use wire cutters to cut the hooks off the bottom of a clothes hanger. Cut as little of the thread as possible because you want to keep as much thread as possible.
3. Bend the wire and make it as straight as possible. It is important that the wire is as straight as possible because you want to be able to move the wire through the door.
4. Make a small hook from the end of the wire to manipulate the inside of the lock, and a small circle if you want to manipulate a vertical switch. Make sure the hook is big enough to move the handle. If you make a circle, it should fit just over the lock so that the circle pulls the switch as the circle is pulled up.
5. Pry open the car door slightly so that you can put an inflatable bag between the door frame and thus create a larger gap between the door and the window. If you can't find an inflatable bag, you can also use a rubber item (such as a door stopper). The advantage of rubber is that it does not scratch the car.
   • Make sure you can squeeze the wire between the weatherstripping.
   • Leave the item you shoved in the door while you perform the next step.
6. Put the item you have chosen in the door and make sure to leave a small gap (about 1 cm) through which you then lower the wire.
7. Insert the hook of the wire into the door first if you want to open the handle or through the top of the window if you want to move a vertical knob. While doing this, be careful not to scratch it.
8. If you want to move the handle you have to move the wire against the handle and then move the handle with the hook of the wire. It is best to point the hook slightly downwards so that the hook touches the handle.
9. If you want to move a button or open a vertical lock, you have to move the wire from the top of the window to the button. At a button you have to press down gently with the hook. With a vertical lock you have to move the circle over the lock and then pull it until the lock opens by itself. It is important that the circle is just wide enough to fit over the top of the vertical lock so that you can open it by pulling on the wire.
10. Now open the car door and take a ride!