Wow, talk about sucky day

by "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
Published 06/25/2017 at 00:51

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The Barnacle, for unpaid tickets, is held in place with suction cups that require a force of 750 pounds to release.

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"facw" (facw)
06/25/2017 at 01:09, STARS: 2

There was an FP article last year: http://jalopnik.com/the-barnacle-is-the-car-blindfold-cops-will-slap-on-you-1789468378

Seems like an interesting solution, but might be too easy to deploy, leading to abuse. As a boot replacement, it seems fine, but you wouldn’t want one used for every parking ticket.

The icy/snowy windshield thing also seems like a big potential problem.

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
06/25/2017 at 01:22, STARS: 2

Just drive with your head out your window

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/25/2017 at 01:44, STARS: 0

I could do that, I bet that thing has lowjack.

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
06/25/2017 at 02:35, STARS: 5

I know this is what you were looking for

"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
06/25/2017 at 02:52, STARS: 2

There’s got a to be a point where a windscreen is cheaper than the fines owed though right?

"I have another burner, try to guess it!" (ihaveanotherburner)
06/25/2017 at 03:23, STARS: 1

Bruh, do you even lift?

/s

"The Snowman" (the-snowman)
06/25/2017 at 11:30, STARS: 0

Seems like you could run a wire like a longer guitar string under it and saw back and forth for a couple minutes on all the sides and have it off in no time.

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/25/2017 at 11:35, STARS: 0

Yeah I was wondering what the suction system was like, or if they have any protection. It can’t be too much or it would hit the glass, like you say, you might be able to get something thin and strong in there. But they record your plates and the city knows! Then you fuck up their gadget and make you pay for it since a cracky will do doubt carry it away and take it apart looking for gold inside. I saw one take a shop vac completely apart next to a bus stop.

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/25/2017 at 11:36, STARS: 0

Yeah that’s true. Hello Autolite? Yeah I need a....

"The Snowman" (the-snowman)
06/25/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 0

Yeah if I ever get one on my Scout I can just fold my windshield down and drive away...

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/25/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 0

True, we can get Willys Jeeps too!

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/25/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 0

what if you just sprayed the underside with pb blaster.

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/25/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 1

Yeah I would love to mess with one, we could try a few things.

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/25/2017 at 22:58, STARS: 0

it would be fun to experiment with.

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/25/2017 at 23:19, STARS: 0

I wonder which cities use them......

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/26/2017 at 14:15, STARS: 0

I wonder if there are any on ebay? or if the manufacturer would provide a sample of their product for science?...

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/26/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0

If they were smart it has like 8 suction points with indipendant valves. Yeah I doubt they want to tell us what the guts look like.

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/26/2017 at 15:35, STARS: 1

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/26/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 0

Yeah I think we could defeat that pretty easily.

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/26/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 0

yeah. i thought it would be made of metal and have multiple suction cups. looks like a piece of junk to be honest.

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/26/2017 at 23:25, STARS: 0

You could carefully get a plumbing torch and just burn a hole in each side until it pops. breaking the seal from the top of each black circle without getting too close to the glass. Shit you could get a drill and carefully drill down as well.

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
06/26/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 0

yeah thats what I dont get is how weak looking it is. I think i would try to break the suction. somehow wedge very thin teflon material under the cups just to see if it would work.

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/26/2017 at 23:34, STARS: 0

I’m curious if that outer ring protects the actual suction. If the outer ring is the edge of the suction I bet you could.