If you are like most people, you have a big investment in your automobile.In years gone by, almost anyone could open a locked car using only one tool. It only took a second or two. Today, however, auto makers have significantly tightened up the security of almost every car on the road. This means that a trained professional must have dozens of tools and techniques available in order to open your car with no damage.Today's locksmith owns hundreds of dollars worth of tools and books on car opening. That is why he or she must charge a fair price to open your car. When you call a locksmith, a trained professional responds to your call. He or she arrives in a service vehicle stacked with thousands of dollars worth of tools and machinery, ready for any emergency. Repairing the damage caused by an unprofessional car opening far outweighs the cost a proper opening would have cost in the first place. In many towns, the police no longer will respond to lockouts unless it is a dire emergency. The police departments of today are concerned with the financial responsibility that has come from accidentally damaging citizens' vehicles.

When you call a tow truck driver, or allow any other unskilled person to attempt to unlock your car, you risk unnecessary damage to your vehicle. So next time you're locked out, please call a trained locksmith for quick professional service.

• Police Departments in most towns do not open cars after experience shows them that they may damage many new vehicles.  
• Locksmiths are trained professionals who use finesse, not force.  
• A botched car opening job can easily cause $150.00 worth of damage to your door panel. 
• Locksmiths are trained to use dozens of tools so they are ready to open your vehicle properly.