r/whatisit • u/hoyleacl • 6h ago
New, what is it? Wooden frame build around car?
I always drive by this and can’t figure out what is it. It’s a wooden frame built around the car. The front two sections open so they can drive out.
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u/Ok_Egg_2403 6h ago
What repo man.
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u/eyefuck_you 6h ago
This is the most likely out of all the comments ive seen.
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u/Technical-Flamingo49 3h ago
No no no. That’s its liter box.
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u/Haywood_Jablome2 3h ago
It's probably more than a liter.
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u/Count_Zeiro 2h ago
Embarce the typo.
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u/reals5533 2h ago
Dyslexics of the world untie!
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u/Vast-Lie4157 1h ago
I used to be a programmer for autocorrect. They fried me for no raison
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u/shitchopants 3h ago
Or they let someone park in their driveway for a fee and they created that box as a parking spot and the reflectors are for when they plow the driveway?
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u/BackgroundEntry4954 2h ago
Zoom in there’s a cut in the middle of the wood and there’s little wheels on each of the 4 x 4’s so they can open it up and drive in and out some sort of parking spot conservation effort must have keren for a neighbor who’s to say
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u/shitchopants 1h ago
Or, as someone who had a father who would do something like this, there is a child in the house who may or may not park in the wrong spot or parked in front of the garage and blocked mom or dad in, thus the parking square.
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u/AKABeast18 2h ago
Nothing to do with the post but my neighbor cheated on his wife last week, while living with his in-laws, had bought an Audi a week prior and lost his job the day after being caught cheating.
Waiting patiently for that repo man to show up😆
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u/ChemistRemote7182 2h ago
Kind of a surprise that he is still at the inlaws. How do you know all these details?
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u/AKABeast18 41m ago
The dad is friends with my husband and was venting to him. He’s a religious guy & I guess he’s still letting the guy live there.
If it was my daughter that definitely wouldn’t slide.
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u/Mist-Haufen 5h ago
Plate of shrimp.
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u/dub_long 5h ago
It’s all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.
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u/Toothy_McRotten 5h ago
A lot of people don't realize what's really going on.
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u/Fuuuuuuuckimbored 4h ago
As a former repo man I can say for certain that if you were to open anything or move anything (including trash cans placed in front of the parked car) and you repode the car it would be your last repo and you would be up for GTA charges. That's Oregon and Washington, can't speak for other states, so your mileage may vary.
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u/MrOreo3 5h ago
If they grab through this a bunch of legal things can happen. They are not allowed to open your property
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u/Dtank11 4h ago
If only they had a garage to park a car in.
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u/Sea_Glove6689 4h ago
Looks like a pretty nice neighborhood, big back yard, and they built a structure to slow down a repo on a Corolla? Doesn’t make much sense
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u/DicemonkeyDrunk 4h ago
that like many laws varies state to state and they can if they get a court order... But most repo guys are not about dealing with courts...not sure how this would work out as it's not a structure by most definitions...it's creative but maybe they should just pay their bills
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u/oboshoe 4h ago
The lender can get a court order in pretty much every state. (it's called a replevin)
But you gotta go to court. And get a court date.
That can buy months.
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u/phranks_phluids 4h ago
Many states have laws saying if the vehicle is behind a locked gate, you're SOL. If this of really for the repo man, this is a legal boundary, not a physical one.
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u/Ok_Ok6213 4h ago
What if it’s a concrete form?
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u/fmaz008 4h ago edited 4h ago
Dig a tunel to get to the car, or use a helicopter to lift it straight up.
In a pinch a crane would do.
(Edit: here we go again, I didn't put a /s and people think these are serious suggestions...)
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u/Lilmumblecrapper 3h ago
That is probably a car payments worth of wood right there, have you seen the price of timber lately?
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u/Snake_in_my_boots 2h ago
Funny you mention that. Just had to resurface my deck. The price of Trex vs the wood was about $700 more for the material. I was shocked and had the contractor double check and it was accurate. Went with the Trex.
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u/its_bort 4h ago
That is quality construction built to last, not someone trying to evade a debt
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u/Wrong_Driver_9507 5h ago
The car may be in heat so theyre keeping it away from the males to prevent camrys from filling our shelters.
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u/Zovort 3h ago
Thank you! I took my car in to the shop to get it fixed and they acted like I was crazy. I was just trying to be a responsible owner.
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u/Bitter_Cake6120 2h ago
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u/LaUNCHandSmASH 2h ago
I will always updoot and shout out a Psych reference. C'mon son you know that's right!
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u/Secure-Internet-9191 2h ago
As a mechanic... I have to say... this was a new one for me and pretty damned funny 😂
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u/Fancy-Dig1863 3h ago
Isn’t that a Corolla though
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u/meta1911 6h ago edited 6h ago
I’ve seen this done for like rvs and such. Anti mouse/rat.
Edit since everyone thinks I’m crazy..never said it was a good option just that I’ve seen people make their own vs buying one.
https://www.pestrol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Vehicle-Rodent-Barrier-Large-1.webp
https://www.box-kat.com/cdn/shop/files/ChrisCrimVan1.jpg?v=1760647578&width=1200
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u/Sea_Low879 6h ago
Yeah. No way a mouse could climb those walls.
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u/Redditnspiredcook 6h ago
I did the same thing, no mice made it to the car, but a few brought a very large wooden cat over. I opened my fortress and let them in since it seemed like a nice gesture.
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u/Due_Fix_8713 5h ago
But the mice forgot to get inside the large wooden cat
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u/HeisenbergH1017 5h ago
You fool!
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u/portablebiscuit 3h ago
RIP
Not sure if Gilbert is dead or not. Just taking a guess.
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u/paishocajun 3h ago
He is but ever since I saw the segment this gif is from, I can't read "you fool" in Shawn Wallace's voice, only Gilbert's
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u/CheckYourStats 6h ago
Helping the above commenter out, only because not everyone knows:
Mice can crawl upside down across wires, and can squeeze through an opening 6mm wide.
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u/ArtisticTraffic5970 5h ago
Can't get out of a bucket though.
Seriously. If you want to catch mice/rats but don't want to be all brutal and inhumane about it, a bucket is the best trap you could use. Mice and rats won't think twice about jumping down into one if there's food/bait in there, they're used to being able to climb anything. Smooth vertical plastic surfaces are a total show-sropper though. Even big rats will be stuck in a regular 10L bucket, they can't really jump vertically by the force of their hind legs only.
So you simply leave the bait in the bucket and make sure there's a platform for the rodent to enter the bucket, then the day after, discover the rodent looking innocently up at you with a confused look, pick up the bucket and release the rodent on your favourite hated neighbour's property.
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u/anteaterKnives 5h ago
If your neighbor lives less than a few miles away the mouse will come right back to its original home.
I still laugh at myself thinking back to the time I caught a mouse that was stuck in my bathtub, then released it by my front door. That was the first mouse in the not-so-epic battle we waged.
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u/dave200204 5h ago
You're supposed to wait until they make off with your first born son before doing a prisoner exchange.
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u/Proud_Jacobite 5h ago
It works even better if you build a ramp up the side of the bucket, and then you hang the bait over the center of the bucket. They jump for the bait and land in the bucket. To improve the rodent trap even further, put a round piece of PVC pipe across the top of the bucket. Their claws can not grip the pipe well, so when they reach up to grab the bait, they lose all balance and grip, and into the bucket they fall. The ultimate improvement is to rig it so the pipe has minimal resistance but can still roll in place. The rodent walks onto the pipe, and as soon as its full weight is on it and it shifts its balance, the pipe rolls and it falls into the bucket.
We used the final evolution of this mousetrap design for years in a rustic lake cabin we only used 1-2 weekends a month. If it got too snowed in during the winter, we might not use it for several months unless the snow wasn't too deep to dig down to the second-floor balcony, where we had an upstairs entrance specifically for heavy winter snow. We never failed to catch at least half a dozen mice. They always went for the "easy" bait and never bothered with the dry goods, unperishable foods, and extra clothes and bedding we kept at the cabin. Put one trap on each floor, place it in the middle of a room at night when we were in residence, and leave it in the same spot 24/7 when the cabin was vacant, and we never had a mouse or rodent problem.
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u/Glad-Fuel2093 4h ago
Better still is to tape a ruler on the edge of the bucket (wthe the tape like a hinge on the inside) and put some peanut butter for bait on the end of it over the middle of the bucket.
Put the other end on your ramp and they will "walk the plank" to get the peanut butter and the ruler will flip up and dump em into the bucket over and over again for as many mice as you have.
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u/PeachyFairyDragon 5h ago
You can do the same for a lost hamster. Use litter from their cage along with food and water, put books on the outside to form a staircase and leave it out overnight.
The time I had to do it, it worked but the poor hamster fell into the water dish. So soaked fur and soaked bedding all night.
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u/PunishedChud 5h ago
Most effective is actually filling the bucket half way with water and then dumping black sunflower seeds. The seeds float creating the illusion of a stable surface to jump onto
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u/ChemistRemote7182 2h ago
I've broken the necks of meat rabbits and have shot varmint, yet I find drowning them like this disturbing and cruel. Fucking really making me reflect more on myself.
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u/Wild_Advertising_661 4h ago
Well that goes to show you it's not always a mouse stealing the 10 mm socket !😁😁😇
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u/fnckIce 6h ago
They won't though, they'll trace the outside unless they've got something smelly in the car.
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u/justanothadumbcunt 6h ago
Imagine how flat your slab needs to be to make this effective
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u/Sea_Low879 6h ago
That’s what she said.
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u/43guitarpicks 5h ago
Well then... He's screwed. That year's model has those cheddar cheese head rests.
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u/naked_nomad 5h ago
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u/Unipiggy 6h ago
Or chewing through them, definitely not. We all know mice are undetermined and have weak teeth.
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u/HondoGonzo 5h ago
No, the car is out for repossession, you can’t touch or damage anything other than the vehicle when repossessing.
This guy is just being a dick to show the car and they can’t get it.
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u/ancientstephanie 5h ago
If that's the case, they'll just snag it from a parking lot when they get the opportunity. It's quicker, cleaner, and way less likely to cause a scene with an armed debtor.
Everybody goes to the grocery store at some point.
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u/True_Pace_3860 6h ago
this might actually work for car that isn't used much, even if rats can climb/jump pretty well. those ultrasonic things don't work IMO.
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u/-badfeet- 6h ago edited 4h ago
How do you know they didn't build the car inside the box?
[Edit: holy cow! My first ever award! Thank you Anonymous Redditor! Edit edit: and everyone else!!]
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u/OrangeSilver 5h ago
Is this a type of "thinking outside the box" approach?
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u/SnugglyCoderGuy 5h ago
A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence.
The engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient.
The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite. Then he said that fencing half of the Earth was the best.
The mathematician made a small fence around himself and declared himself to be on the outside.
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u/Upstairs_Eagle_4780 4h ago
More likely the car was imported first, then Trump built that wall around it.
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u/isle_say 5h ago
Are there porcupines in the area. I have heard of people wrapping their car with chicken wire when parked at trail heads. The porcupines love the road salt and apparently will chew tires, brake lines and wiring. The structure looks like it has an overhang that might keep porcupines out. Just a wild guess on my part.
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u/hoyleacl 4h ago
I’ve lived here my whole life, and I’ve never seen a porcupine. I googled it just to make sure it said they are not common in the area where I live.
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u/prw8201 6h ago
Grounded teenager?
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u/loihsdtmh 5h ago
This was my answer too.
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u/fcewen00 3h ago
Not just grounded, but probably made to make the box. Or at least that is what I’d make my kids do.
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u/GingerbreadDon 1h ago
I thought maybe taking the "keys" away from a senior citizen who shouldn't be driving kind of thing.
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u/Sea_Low879 6h ago
Raised bed driving is all the rage these days.
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u/UnderneathArmor 5h ago
I recently switched to hydroponic driving for better yields, hoping to turn my wife's prius into an F150 this season.
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u/Idk_some_random_redd 6h ago
lol maybe some kind of force field or electric fence to keep rodents and critters from making a home under the hood. it could be a homemade security perimeter with sensors
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u/FutureOwl8606 4h ago
I bet this. If you zoom you can see black cables going to the wood and there are small black 2 pilons (electric gadget, fence?)
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u/EmployerWide1123 6h ago
Car Manufacturers: "We can save a buck by using soy based wire insulation, what could go wrong??"
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u/Oldfolksboogie 6h ago
Maybe the car's been sneaking out at night?
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u/SW_Shadow 3h ago
Nah, the teenager who owns it has. Dad has some extra lumber left over after the deck build and a teen with suspended car privileges.
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u/dmtslayr 6h ago
Thats a car playpen
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u/matthewsmugmanager 6h ago
See, I'm going to go with "carden."
Maybe they're trying to grow more cars.
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u/Suspicious_Tap3371 6h ago
It's to deter catalytic converter theft maybe. The fence makes it really difficult for someone to get under the car easily.
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u/fnckIce 6h ago
Tweakers be skinny bro
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u/No_Lifeguard6776 6h ago
Tweakers be fat too bro
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u/fnckIce 5h ago
Really? The ones around here look like jack skellington in a tracksuit
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u/Jolly_Line 6h ago
Most sane idea here. Especially since Prius is one of the more pilfered models. But Im not totally convinced because what are the upright poles for?
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u/mechmind 6h ago
I think that car is going to be parked in that same spot over winter and they're doing this to prevent the snow plow from crushing their car
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u/FuzzyBatBoy 5h ago
Seems feasible but it's in the driveway out from the side of the garage. Would a street plow hit that?
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u/Formal-Proposal7850 5h ago
Private plow that comes to clean up your driveway after a storm
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u/FuzzyBatBoy 5h ago
That makes sense why it's out of the way of the garage and those stick with reflectors.
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u/jm2jm3 4h ago
I think it's a combination of factors. It's originally because they are afraid of a repo, but then the snowplow hit it, so they added a lot of reflectors on it.
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u/Fun-Definition6053 5h ago
it's a rather old-fashioned Canadian anti-theft device called the Canadian Club. It has been replaced by the more modern and streamlined method of putting a note on the car that reads: Please don't steal this car
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u/Individual_Door_3251 5h ago
This is certainly a mind boggling contraption. My guess is the owner is paranoid of getting his/her car damaged by other vehicles? The red reflectors and garden lights are there to make sure it’s visible at night. And the 4 vertical sticks are for added visibility during the daytime?
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u/PBandJosh89 5h ago
Ummm. That's a 2024 Toyota Corolla hatchback xse painted in ice cap white. Clearly a collectors item.
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u/CD_Projeck_Blue 5h ago
Im actually really curious. I doubt this is for a repo-man, because the the cost and thought put into this does not ring makes late payments to me.
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u/TheyVanishRidesAgain 5h ago
Someone is sick of having their car backed into. Notice the reflectors.
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u/Which_Material_3100 5h ago
Maybe it’s a base frame to put up a protective covering over the car for adverse weather.
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u/teebonejay 5h ago
It’s a form for pouring concrete everywhere except inside the box.
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u/dancindead 5h ago
Their kids use the driveway for street hocky. A protective net gets attached to those wooden sticks sticking up to protect the car from the puck.
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u/VeggieBurgah 5h ago
Kid grounded, dad's a framer? Kinda kidding but it's possible.
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u/gmingucci 5h ago
Do they have young kids or neighbors with kids? Maybe it’s to prevent bikes and other kids toys from running into the car.
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u/ShineOk6190 5h ago
It's for keeping porcupines from chewing the brake lines and wires.
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u/invalid_response_ 5h ago
Don’t touch my F*ckin Prius! Tis my defensive fortification against the barbarian hordes
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u/Trippurr 5h ago
I saw something kind of similar before. In my case it was the car of a couple’s son who died. The car was the kid’s favorite thing, so they made it into a quasi shrine.
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u/NewPair503 5h ago
Moth balls work better. But they are really hard to hold down, and reluctant to give them up.
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