Repeated someone else's mistake...

[welshwizard]

of using keyless entry to access the boot without unlocking the rest of the car first.

Keys were in bag that I placed in the boot, along with my phones and house keys.  At work.

Closed the boot and realised I was unable to unlock the rest of the car.  I was in shorts, that have pathetically shallow pockets, so otherwise I would have not put them in my bag.  Of course, the boot is its' own Faraday cage.

Spares were 28.6 miles away.  So, bus to Bracknell, train to Richmond, wait for SWMBO to get home from work, collect keys, take train back to Bracknell and as the last bus to Maidenhead had long departed resorted to a taxi....  £30 altogether.

So, I had to forego taking part in the work quiz, my team didn't do well without me, and set off for North Wales 60 mins later than planned.

Won't make that mistake again (batteries were flat in the spare but was able to open the car, set off alarm, start her up and retrieve the main set)....

[sgould]

Ooops!

[TomPaine]

Commiserations. I've had some near misses along those lines. Wondering if your car is configured to auto lock immediately on closing or something? In mine, if I blip the boot only open (i.e. with main doors remaining locked), and then close it, it stays open for about a minute - you then hear it self-lock a bit later. So I'm wondering if that's the default and in your case you only realised after the grace period, or if it's something you can set via Tech-II - in which case you might want to!

[sgould]

You can change settings on an OG 9-5 with Tech2.   But you need the later MDi to mess about with the NG 9-5.

[TomPaine]

Ay yes roger that sorry. Didn't note this was a NG.

[sgould]

The NG 9-5 is far too modern for me. Too much electronic stuff.  When I left school, they had just invented transistor radios!

[carrera]

They can be a step backwards....

I still use the remote control to open the doors / boot on my NG's

Auto locking can be switched off through the touchscreen if you have satnav. No idea if the car has the radio only head unit

[welshwizard]

Commiserations. I've had some near misses along those lines. Wondering if your car is configured to auto lock immediately on closing or something? In mine, if I blip the boot only open (i.e. with main doors remaining locked), and then close it, it stays open for about a minute - you then hear it self-lock a bit later. So I'm wondering if that's the default and in your case you only realised after the grace period, or if it's something you can set via Tech-II - in which case you might want to!

On the NG, depending on whether the car is so equipped, you can open the boot and unlock the passenger cabin simply by pulling the handles if the keys are in close proximity.  For the boot, it's a case of use it once close the boot and it stays locked, but the passenger cabin all doors are unlocked (and maybe the boot).  My mistake was to go to the boot, before going to the driver's door.