Submitted By: Anonymous
-
-
Copy & paste this:
« Previous Really Really Want To See This In Action | Been In The Family For Six Generations Next »
» 40 Kludgers Kludging
Leave a Reply
-
Jury Riggers Unite!
Juro Maia on How It’s Made: Wooden La… Juro Maia on How It’s Made: Wooden La… Vaelin on Spin Spin Spin Spin Spin… Will on Softcover Collectors Pay No… Dra on Softcover Collectors Pay No… Les on How It’s Made: Wooden La… keldor on Hungarian Heating Miven on Seemed Like a Good Idea at The… Urh on Have an Issue? Here’s a… Miven on Colombian Blend Left, Decaf…
…..isso que eu chamo de um volante de fundamento!
We’re sure this isn’t replacing the air bag? Because that would just be painful.
That’s actually pretty brilliant… I might have to sacrifice a kitchen pot for this.
Huh…hatbox?
They’re so serious, they even moved the steering wheel to the wrong side!
This is a bit extreme. The military has been using heavy-duty padlocks and chains welded to the floor of their vehicles for years because they usually aren’t equipped with locksets and keys.
glug compartment
Brought to you by Snare Drum Security Co
Steering wheel gets bloody hot if left uncovered in the sun.
Those Wacky Brits!
What if that isn’t a security device? What if it’s the actual steering wheel? This might have to be re-filed under “Abomineering”…
In all honesty, at first glance, I thought someone had stuck a portable cement mixer in the passenger side of their truck! I thought, what kind of kludge is this? And then I saw that it’s a right side drive car, and laughed really hard!
discouraging airbag theft would be the assumed motive here…
The security system is so good that it even puts the steering wheel on the wrong side to confuse would-be robbers.
As opposed to a metal contraption that you need to remove before you can lower the windows or turn on the AC.
@Mike
LMAO… that definitely gets a +1.
@Nerf
Are you saying that right is wrong? Next thing you will be saying left is right, and then we will all be in a right confusion , all right!
No it cannot be on the wrong side, that is clearly the right side of the car, isn’t it?
Gmpfh! I think this whole discussion is going to pot, it is!
Bronco bongo!
Steel drum band’s van
Wow, this dude takes “The-Club” to a whole new level!!!
#1- The recipe specified “a rolling boil”.
#2- That car is really souped up.
#3- Monster Garage meets Iron Chef.
KitFox: You’re right!
Looks pretty effective to me. Beats the hell out of The Club.
Brilliant! I love it. You know, some car thieves aren’t intimidated by the Club. They just take bolt cutters and chop one side of your steering wheel, and take out your Club. Now, can you imagine a car thief seeing this bad boy, and remembering that he’s forgotten to bring his can opener? Sweet!
You gotta’ be careful slamming on the brakes when you’re transporting Costco tuna.
this car is no longer steal!
Well – I thought it’s a DIY airbag made from an old snare drum…
@kommerz
That would not be nice…
Your right- just think of the repercussions.
(You’re right- it’s a spelling alert!)
@dono1
“repercussions”!!! This guy’s good.
The Brits take their security measures seriously!!
I’m thinking the “handling” of this baby is loose. While your driving you can practice the Jamaican kettle drum for reggae night at the moose lodge.
Hey, this clearly covers the ignition as well. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
“We’ve replaced Stacy’s steering wheel with an aluminum pot, let’s see what happens next.”
Never did trust those steering wheel bars
The British have advanced beyond the ‘Club’…
the pot is actually the music player
I don’t call this a kludge, I call it damned clever. It’s far more secure than a “Club”, yet lighter and cheaper to build. As someone else pointed out, it also prevents theft of air-bags and custom steering wheels, reduces access to the ignition switch (which may or may not make hot-wiring more difficult, depending on the layout of the wiring harness) as well as making theft of the car itself far more difficult.
It’s also a nice poor man’s car alarm: depending on the style of your horn buttons, forcefully tampering with it may be likely to sound the car horn. If your car has plastic covered recessed horn buttons, you might be able to fit some sort of peg inside the drum that still presses on the buttons if the device is tampered with.
The inventor should patent it and start selling, he’ll make a mint. The only issue I see with the current version is that it’s kind of bulky to stow when not in use. Maybe in a production model that could be fixed by some sort of telescoping arrangement so it can flatten to a thickness you can easily skip under the seat. Of course a production model would also come in a variety of finishes, and perhaps even with a maker’s badge.
Wow! At first look I thought this was some sort of light to send up the bat signal! Well, if Batman’s in charge of keeping your car safe, that’s some pretty intense security there!
ye olde club deterrent of rapscallions and hoodlums
thing is like a medieval club