Hmmmm.................well I managed it. We were camped in Vermont a few
Octobers ago and I had just used the BA6 heater to take the morning chill
off the inside of the van which necessitates the key in the ignition (for
mine anyway). All the doors has been locked for the night. When the van
was toasty warm my wife and I got dressed and went outside via the sliding
door..............and decided to stroll down to a nearby lake.  So we
locked the slider and the passenger side As I slammed the passenger door I
saw my keys still in the ignition............I had to put a small slit in
the poptop (since repaired) to get in through the window in the
canvas................if this makes me list idiot for the
day..................so be it   :-)

Cheers,
Doug

Agreed, I was thinking of posing this riddle as a Friday
Question. In my 80 anyway, the only other way would be to
leave the windows open enough to lock the door and slip the
key through. But anyone doing this deserves to wait for AAA /
CAA.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:59:30 -0700
>From: Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
>Subject: Re: locked out
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>How do you lock your keys in the van?  I can't on my '81,
even using the sliding door.  The
>only way I know to do it is to lock the hatch while it is
open, throw the keys inside, and then
>shut the hatch.
>
>Bill
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Timothy Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
>>
>> I use the side door so much that I have actually
>> locked my keys in the van twice this year. Thank
>> goodness for AAA, but it took him less than 3 seconds
>> to get it unlocked with a SlimJim. Anyone know how to
>> fix that problem?