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#car #boot #carboot
May 19, 2022 11:57 PM
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#car #boot #carboot
Jimmyb3121
Ah yes, the “barnacle.”
kaldaze
Didnt someone post about taking it home and using it's data as like a free hotspot
kamkor1
LespritDeLescalier22
I wonder how dangerous the job is for people who boot/immobilize cars
TinkerBill
I would bet fairly dangerous, You have to do something wrong to get a boot, and dumb people are violent
44BugSmuggler
Apparently, if you leave the defroster on high for like 15 minutes, you can peel that sucker off by wedging something flat between the cups
mirrorz
Lockpicking lawyer time
RazorAndBladeSavedTheDay
BatLadyRielle
There's a whole long reddit story about a guy who found an easy way to remove them and ended up with enough to make furniture with them
QuitLookinAtMineAim
My first thought
TehTuna
this boot is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love fig newtons
EmmyEll
It's called a car barnacle. I love that name.
ShakeNbakemotherfucker
A carnacle?
EmmyEll
Yes!
MunkyBoi
Get in and crank the defrost heater up all the way, and it'll pop off in a few minutes.
implosion3
Reading the outside it doesn't actually say that attempting to remove the device is illegal. Just a warning about driving with it on
MunkyBoi
Bonus tip: it contains a SIM that if inserted into a phone, can be used for free data access for a few days.
Atomic2
Oh shit you're not kidding https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/students-defeat-new-barnacle-parking-boot-skip-fines-and-get-free-internet
UserScum
Upvoting because fuck the police
ropetopus
Half the time it isn't even police, it's private parking enforcement. Fuck em
Cats2cats
If you successfully remove it then apply it to one their cars.
KillTimeAndLife
Hmm pay fine or a guy that does glass work under the table?
SXSam
Who's the evil bitch inventing this shit?
fastlaserjockey
PlatypusPowersActivate
isetprettygirlsonfire
All these ways to get it off. Easy I just don't get parking tickets.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
"Why dont poor people buy more money?"
TinkerBill
Why don't people learn how to park?
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Not sure how to explain that parking rules can be, lets say, more opaque than youre thinking. Parking job looks fine anyway
gewalt
I would be able to get that off, and then I would stick it on someone elses windshield
FeloniousMonk13
good thing my car has a periscope
narcoleptiKnickers
You just know Karen's going to rolled down her driver side window and take off.
CorneliusCornwall
A thin guitar pick would most likely break the seal
1morebanforafreeshake
I saw a guy pour hot water to loosen the suction, then pried it off and stuffed in his car while it was screaming.
1morebanforafreeshake
Evidently the SIM card is easy to get to and once you take that out it’s useless. Hypothetically, of course.
drduffer
Ive only seen the wheel boots. What are these called?
CanuckleheadChick
Does Homer have a way around this one?
Justchillindylan
Didn’t some guy post how to easily get these off ?
P0G0THECL0WN
Kick your defroster on
UnknownVD
It starts with a massage and smooth jazz, but after that it gets pretty damn weird and very adult.
Justchillindylan
I’d have to go to barnaclehub to see it don’t I?
BenderRodriguz1010
Safelite repair, Safelite replace
hybridgorilla3131
yup. bust out front window and just get a new one covered by insurance. sweeeet
BananaRambleDingDong2000
Saw this photo and heard the jingle
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
straikychan
We have that same jingle here in Germany but the company is called Carglass
BenderRodriguz1010
Neat TIL
NicholasAE
In Canada it’s Speedy Glass
BenderRodriguz1010
Is the jingle the same?
NicholasAE
The text at least
DickbuttPrivate
Honestly its cheaper to bust your window than drive off with the boot on.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Yeah but you gotta get out of New York or the CHUDs'll get ya
BenderRodriguz1010
.... Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers?
sambaah05
The person that gets to this point probably isn't a paragon of good decision making, so that sounds about right for them.
DickbuttPrivate
As this is probably a item paid for though public taxes, what I said illuminates the issue that this is less deterring >
DickbuttPrivate
Than a boot and makes for those who think that way to gain a loophole that effectively costs tax payers more. As an item that's publicly>
DickbuttPrivate
Funded that is the entire way these items need to be designed. It's an item that's being used when laws are broken. It's already assumed >
DickbuttPrivate
That the item will be used in a situation involving individuals that engage in illegal activity. I think the fact that it's an item >