Thread 28523909

How do you respond without sounding mad?

>>28523909 (OP)
You just get a spatula and pull it off

Is that a backup keyhole I see above the PIN pad on there?
Rake n bake.

>>28523922
>Rake n bake.
Picrel

>>28523915
This, pretty sure you can stick a knife in there and loose the suction.

>>28523922
>device is electronically tracked and alarmed

>>28523941
No one cares if you throw it on the ground and drive off

>>28523941
"I noticed this weird yellow thing on the sidewalk when I got to my car, didn't think much about it, sir."

>>28523909 (OP)
>pay
>call the number on the box
>hello, yes I payed to remove the window boot but it's still on??? help???
>window boot guy arrives
>unzip my dick

>>28523909 (OP)
My windshield is already cracked to shit, and I have a replacement ready to go in.

>>28523909 (OP)
Call a mobile glass repair company and leave the windshield

>>28523909 (OP)
Put the window heating on full blast.

>>28523909 (OP)
Pay the fine then sue the company (cheap because I'm a lawyer) which they then have to defend themselves from whether my suit is winnable or not, costing them an assload of money and negating their stupid fine system.

>>28524068
you know anyone stupid enough to perform an asenine service as booting cars probably have alot of lawyers and would not be scared of single smartass trying to get a fat out of court settlement, right?
otherwise they wouldn't still exist.

>>28524079
I guess you're an idiot, because lawyers are expensive, some shitty parking enforcement company probably has one (1) on retainer, if even. Not even as staff. We aren't talking about Apple here, we're talking about fucking private parking enforcement companies, they're like security guard companies: racing to the bottom to win contracts by being cheap to employ.

>>28524079
You know he's just talking about wasting as many of those lawyers' hours as possible over something frivolous just to give them the middle finger in this hypothetical fantasy, right?

>>28523980
Einstein move here, crack the windshield and claim the cops did it with their stupid device.

>>28524086
bottom says property of the city of columbia

>>28524216
I posted that one to get a better view of the lock.
The OP one is from Park Omaha, several cities and private orgs use these. It's a device they buy called "The Barnacle."

>>28524068
What's the name of your handler, shabbos goy?

Pay it and run a fraud chargeback

>>28523915
>>28523922
>>28523925
>>28523934
>>28524002
Won't work on the newest models
>>28523945
>>28523947
If you get barnacled the parking enforcers will have your car on file, there's no getting around it

>>28524257
Yeah I know, but we can fantasize. No judge will believe the "there's a serial lockpicker on the loose and it was already off the car when I got there, and btw it wasn't me driving" argument. It's a total pwn if you've got one of these unless you can prove you were parked legally and they put it on wrongfully.

>>28524261
just claim it was put on incorrectly and was on the ground

>>28524261
>it wasn't me driving" argument
From experience this excuse doesn't work, my dad has gotten like 4 tickets with my car.

>>28524296
They'll try getting you to focus on the device and sneakily wordplay you into admitting that you were in fact parked illegally. If you can dodge that without having a nervous breakdown you might be able to win. Probably not. The real kicker is that anywhere these would be put on a car would be populated enough to be covered in security cameras and they can claim they have footage of you removing it (even if they don't) to see if you get nervous.
There's realistically no way out of it if they took pics of the situation and your plate when they put it on there.

>>28524303
Unless there was a serious crime they don't usually look through private cameras, and the average traffic cam isn't aimed at a parking spot.

>>28524303
it simply fell off

>>28523909 (OP)
smash my window with a hammer I guess

>>28524312
That's the thing, they can say they have video evidence even if they don't, just to see how you react.
Many people straight admit to crimes when the cop says "we have evidence" or "your accomplice told us everything" when they really have nothing on you. Very common.

>>28524261
Can I just buy my own barnacle, place it on my car after parking illegally, then remove it after I'm done doing whatever dumb shit I was doing?

>>28524690
no, the secret is to put the barnacle on the barnacle

Just remove your windshield when you park.

>>28524277
This. They don't say when you have to pay fine.

seems easy enough to remove

drill a single hole in it (in minecraft)

>>28524254
This

>>28523909 (OP)
I wonder if you could get around this by driving something RHD

>>28524277
Checked dan keked

>slides in to break suction

Heh, nothing personal.

>>28524257
>parking enforcers will have your car on file
good for those third party zero power having faggots.

>>28524799
Is the casing metallic or plastic?

>>28524972
200IQ move for the day it happens, but 68IQ gayass for the other 364 days of the year.

Who the fuck is throwing pizza onto my car?

>>28523909 (OP)
My car is s headcrab zombie from that day forth.

>>28525196
>Is the casing metallic or plastic?
Does it matter? It's not going to be heat treated steel or stainless, so it's not going to be hard to drill.

>>28524277
most americans are too fat to do that these days

>>28523909 (OP)
>"1234"
>unlocks

>>28523909 (OP)
Now You See Me...?

>>28523941
>>28524257
>If you get barnacled the parking enforcers will have your car on file, there's no getting around it
Yeah okay but the parking people aren't the cops, they can't do shit unless you leave your car there again

>>28523909 (OP)
How thick is that yellow material? You could probably pull out your pocket knife and stab it through to break the seal

>>28525346
Well, I had to drill holes in a BBQ because the templated ones were wrong, and I'm not sure entirely what metal it was made from (I assume stainless steel or something similar) and with a domestic drill it took me a fucking age and a half to drill through. So that's why I figured it might matter.

>>28523909 (OP)
Park with the wipers up. A lot of modern cars can't actually fold them back since the hood gets the way now - apparently better for drag.

>>28525745
A nice grille is almost always stainless steel. There's no way they're going to make this thing out of SS, it would be too expensive. It's also clearly injection molded, not welded pieces of sheet metal, from the picture shown here: >>28524772

>>28524257
>find out how many of these shits the site has
>buy the equivalent number of shitbox/junk cars and park them all illegally
>become robin hood of parking spaces
https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/students-defeat-new-barnacle-parking-boot-skip-fines-and-get-free-internet
the barnacle site has its own article on how to remove it and tries to pass the college students getting around their bullshit as an "urban legend"
https://www.barnacleparking.com/blog/how-do-you-beat-the-barnacle-parking-device/
it also mentions that the parking officer/manager would presumably take photos of the offending car. what use is taking a pci of an unwanted junkyard shitbox though lol

>>28523909 (OP)
I would just drill through the center with a tiny drill. Once you let air in, they won't stick anymore. That seems least likely to scratch your glass

>>28523909 (OP)
I got like a half mill coating of rainx on my glass, that shit will never stick

>>28525814
they just sit below the hood line when parked. otherwise there's a service position you can leave them in, for toyotas turn the ignition off then within 45s, hold the wiper stalk up in the mist position until the wipers come up. the arms can be folded back far enough to stick a barnacle on unfortunately

>>28527049
Fair point. In that case great news actually, means drilling is a winning strategy for them.

>>28525462
>This is property of the City of Columbia
A lot of local departments are using them. It's a fucking racket. You can't appeal the parking fine if it was poorly signed or something.

>>28524772
I feel like a length of 80lb braided fishing line stretched between two handles like a garrote would make quick work of this without damaging the window

>>28523909 (OP)
The best way is remove it with something to wedge it off. Then the trick is to pick up the barnacle and say “down the hatch” and then eat the entire thing in one, big bite, rubbing your tummy and going “hmmmm yummy!” With the evidence of it ever existing destroyed you can simply take them to court for defamation if they claim you removed it. EZ PEEZ

>>28523934
I think a drill would work better; you can drill into the suction cup to allow the air into it. If you have to carry around a long ass knife, you might as well take it one more step. And you won't look like a serial killer.

>>28523925
It would be funny as fuck to steal all the Barnacle and hold them ransom until they pay you.

>>28525413
Lot boys are so bad at driving now they have to use this shit so they can park a car?

>>28529624
it's about reducing liabilities

>>28529624
You can squeeze cars in without space to open doors

>BRO I'D TOTALLY BREAK IT OFF MY CAR

no you wouldn't. you throw a silent fit and then whip out your phone and credit card like everyone else. stop living in a power fantasy.

>>28523968
Go back to /mlp/ or /b/ you degenerate freak.

I've got a subaru windshield this shit would break it guaranteed

>>28530163
You wouldn't have to, they come off if you run the defroster

>>28530163
just get an air horn and a drill. and blind rage

>>28524257
It happened out of state, not my problem

>>28523909 (OP)
These things and boots seem really counter-productive
>Oh you parked in a no-parking zone? That's most likely marked as such because it's either a private space or there are traffic concerns.
>Better immobilize your car and make sure you're stuck there until we can unlock you

>>28524772
what happens if you move the vehicle?

>>28524068
Retard the loser has to pay the legal fees of the winner

>>28534950
Wrong. Fuckwit. This only applies in special circumstances like anti-SLAPP

it occurs to me you could simply defeat one of these with a bud-k katana or a machete because its mechanism relies entirely on the average person not being able to reach the suction cups, but with a long enough knife you could just slice thru the rubber and pull it right off

>>28523909 (OP)
right hand drive nigga

>>28534779
it would be extremely inconvenient

as im not a nigger i dont park illegally or have outstanding fines.

>>28523909 (OP)
> close my eyes
> open my third eye
> drive around with my psych senses
heh, nothing personal officer, but I'm a /x/ user.

>>28523909 (OP)
got hit with one of these windshield annoyances once.
paid the fine.
froze my card (i have like a dozen).
put the thing in my back seat.
drove to the marina where i have my boat docked.
take the windshield blocker on my boat.
pop a beer, motor to the deepest part of the lake.
throw it in.
it actually costed them more money to fuck with me than fine me.
>never, ever, let anyone or any company fuck you over. life is too short for that.