While it might initially seem surprising, right now it is extremely difficult to open certain cars. Robert Campbell, a locksmith who owns Advantage Locksmith in New York City, says high-end foreign cars have advanced relocking devices. For example, he says that on certain BMWs, once you get car open with tools, the relocker will go off almost immediately and the car will lock again. So instead, you either have to reach in really quickly or have an assistant with you whom you instruct that once the lock is popped, you have reach here and open it immediately.
Campbell says he can?t say his name, but he opened a Mercedes limousine for a huge hip-hop star. After his company successfully opened the car, the company that leased car said they had called a couple of locksmiths and none of them were willing to even touch this type of car because they knew how advanced it was and knew they could not do it. It happened to be that his locksmith knew the trick and used the right tools. So at 2 a.m., he
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