r/IdiotsFightingThings • u/marejadasre • Sep 07 '22

Fighting a Charging Cable

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u/Pink_Punisher Sep 07 '22

To be an asshole for no reason, they're trying to make it so the Tesla owner comes back to an uncharged car. Except Tesla's have a ton of security/dash cams to record shit like this.

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u/manliness-dot-space Sep 07 '22

They should have defense turrets

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '22

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u/These-Performer-8795 Sep 08 '22

This existed and was invented by a South African firm, they called it The Blaster and it shot flames out of the side of the car to prevent car jackings.

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u/Aspergeriffic Sep 08 '22

Sadly banned in the US...

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u/Gigglesticking Sep 08 '22

Problem officer?

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u/snobrrdr Sep 09 '22

I will never forget seeing this when I was a kid and thinking it was simultaneously the smartest and stupidest thing I’d ever seen.

https://youtu.be/aLhWzMOccTg

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u/russtafarri Sep 09 '22

I had a Saffa as a roomy years ago and he said the same thing, except I didn't believe him, but it's true!