interior locks
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Below the bottom of Berby Hollow, NYS
Q: "Why can you not secure the door or trunk when the roof is down?"
A: Because if the roof is down, anyone and everyone has access to the interior whether the doors are locked or not.
It's like:
Q: Why do herons stand with one leg up?
A: Cuz if they lifted the other one up they'd fall down.
Last edited by Bruze; Oct 3, 2017 at 05:36 PM.
Team Owner
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Chirper Island
On my '05 (1SB), even if the doors are locked, the trunk can be opened (via the under-dash button). It sets off the alarm, however.
The doors cannot be unlocked (via the door buttons), but the glove box and center console must be locked separately, or they can also be opened. They don't set off an alarm; I'm not sure they would set off the alarm even if pried open when locked.
My '09 Z06 (2LZ)could be unlocked from the door buttons if the windows were down, and that would disable the alarm, so the hatch could be opened with no noise. I assume, that was because the assumption was you would never leave the car open (given that it is an FRC).
I park all the time with the top down, and I just never keep anything of value beyond a few quarters for parking in the car, when doing so.
The doors cannot be unlocked (via the door buttons), but the glove box and center console must be locked separately, or they can also be opened. They don't set off an alarm; I'm not sure they would set off the alarm even if pried open when locked.
My '09 Z06 (2LZ)could be unlocked from the door buttons if the windows were down, and that would disable the alarm, so the hatch could be opened with no noise. I assume, that was because the assumption was you would never leave the car open (given that it is an FRC).
I park all the time with the top down, and I just never keep anything of value beyond a few quarters for parking in the car, when doing so.
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 4,128
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From: St Louis Area IL
The only thing I hate about leaving the top off is that anyone can ****** the NAV CD. That's the only thing of value I leave in mine. I used to never think about it. Now I remove it and lock it up in the glove box.
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