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Last week I put my 2012 base Boxster in storage for several months. I rented a storage unit that is 10 x 20 and my car fits in OK but I had to crowd the left right wall of the unit so I could more easily open the driver’s door. There is no electricity in the unit so a battery tender wasn’t an option. I disconnected the negative battery cable. I didn’t set the parking brake but I left the car in gear so it couldn’t move. Without thinking I closed the hood. I immediately realized what I’d done. Talk about a sinking feeling! I have no idea how I’m going to open the trunk. Because I crowded the left right side of the car close to the storage unit wall, there isn’t room to work on the left right side of the car. From what I’ve read, the emergency release cable is accessed from the left right side of the car. This is my third Boxster and over the years I’ve heard and read about others having problems with locked trunks, usually because of dead batteries, but I haven’t heard of anyone who has had to solve the problem with operating room constraints like mine. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as quite frankly I’m more than a little scared by what I’ve done.

Last week I put my 2012 base Boxster in storage for several months. I rented a storage unit that is 10 x 20 and my car fits in OK but I had to crowd the left wall of the unit so I could more easily open the driver’s door. There is no electricity in the unit so a battery tender wasn’t an option. I disconnected the negative battery cable. I didn’t set the parking brake but I left the car in gear so it couldn’t move. Without thinking I closed the hood. I immediately realized what I’d done. Talk about a sinking feeling! I have no idea how I’m going to open the trunk. Because I crowded the left side of the car close to the storage unit wall, there isn’t room to work on the left side of the car. From what I’ve read, the emergency release cable is accessed from the left side of the car. This is my third Boxster and over the years I’ve heard and read about others having problems with locked trunks, usually because of dead batteries, but I haven’t heard of anyone who has had to solve the problem with operating room constraints like mine. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as quite frankly I’m more than a little scared by what I’ve done.