Breaking Into Every Parking Boot ($30 vs $450)

There are tons of devices for sale that are meant to stop you from moving your car, but do any of them work?

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[raptorjesus]

I feel like 90% of this video is just Justin being an absolute beast.

[Welshburger]

Donut is essentially teaching us how to be sketchy car guys now

[meatharbor]

In case anyone's curious about the actual locks in these devices:

Turnart: Dimple lock - Can be picked about as easily as a standard pin-tumbler lock in most cases (they're basically just pin-tumbler locks with the pins running perpendicular to the keyway). Bump kits and pick guns exist for these, as well, providing methods for unskilled, non-destructive attack. Just not the Brockage pin-tumbler gun Jer was using.

Munirator: Tubular lock - Can be both opened and decoded using a simple, pocket-sized tool with no skill required. I've seen chintzy, Chinese knockoffs sold in sets of three for ~$25.00.

Tevlaphee: Slider lock - Requires a different tension tool than the pin-tumblers but seldom more skill. You can usually manipulate the sliders just as easily with a standard short hook or medium hook/Peterson Gem-type pick. The cheaper ones (vast majority of them) can be easily bullied open with high tension and just sliding the sliders around until they set similar to how one would handle most Master Locks.

California Immobilizer: Another shit tubular lock - Nothing new to add.

Barnacle: Has an obvious mechanical override that, according to the website, seems to allow you to remove the device without triggering the alarm. This looks like it's to allow the device's owner to remove it in case it fails or the batteries die or the vehicle it's attached to is abandoned, etc. etc. Judging from appearances the lock is likely a standard pin-tumbler, dimple or slider like the ones mentioned previously. I doubt it'd be difficult to pick or bump. There are apparently also a variety of wireless vulnerabilities including one that allows anyone nearby to hijack the device's unsecured SIM card's wireless connection for free internet access.

This is likely all irrelevant, though, as the website warns against applying the device to any vehicle with _any_ amount of windshield cracking or damage as the suction can further damage or destroy the windshield. Knowing how common this kind of damage is, I'd be incredibly surprised if anyone decides to pay the MONTHLY FEE to _rent_ a device that can be so easily bypassed while also being an enormous liability. It just takes one lawsuit from one busted windshield to wipe out any potential profits from these things _real_ quick. I'd imagine the embedded tracker (which I believe can be jammed) would also generate a sizable amount of costs in the form of privacy-related lawsuits if their use doesn't end up banned entirely in some places for this reason.

Long story short - Fuck these things.

Edit: Did some small changes in verbiage to make a few lines sound a bit less clunky. No significant change in content.

[juggernautAA]

I worked for a valet company and we gave up on booting cars in our lot because it turned into us coming back to a broken boot more than half the time.

[jewelsvevo]

It's crazy that the cheapest one was the most effective

Really goes to show that more expensive doesn't always mean more better

[DerpypawsProductions]

I was relieved and delighted when Jer referenced Lock Picking Lawyer. That'd be a fun crossover!

[TheChrisLeone]

I love how places are like "YOU CAN'T PARK HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO IMMOBILIZE YOUR CAR.... HERE." Like I literally saw a car with a boot on it in a parking garage of a local university, I'm just like... How does this help anyone?

[Peetow]

Thought: the mini truck you used has offroad tires, which are fairly common, but not the most common wheel/tire setup. It may be worth trying this test on something with more standard street wheels and tires, there's less give/flex in something with a smaller sidewall.

[ProgThoughts]

Cop: "Hey, you're not supposed to park there!"
Also Cop: Clamps your wheel so your car can never leave.

[ADye-zhcq]

I sincerely, and wholeheartedly, need and request to see more of of Mini James in future works. Best commercial I've seen in a minute 😂

[southeastgamiing]

Donut ads are the only ads I don’t skip.
Always entertaining

[yukihana]

15:13 "you're not going to have that in your car" oh, but I do though lol

[turbo_marc]

these "breaking into every" videos are sketchy but fun to watch at the same time

[chrisn]

"This is the lockpickinglawyer and today we're going to watch these guys use a lot of muscle"

[audreybossman]

That was by far my favorite sponser sketch I've ever seen. James in the cabinet was hilarious!

[theglitch]

The more Justin is himself and not acting the more chill of a dude he is!

[Brian-uytj]

The tracking on the Barnacle can be defeated fairly easily with some brass mesh. Running it through an industrial chipper shredder would be very emotionally satisfying as well.

[Bacavoit]

Pretty sure that the biggest issue is that the wheel is just too small for them to hook properly.

[DEADPEDAL]

Forget the wheel locks - that WD40 Pocket Pen commercial had me DYING

[nicholass]

So with the barnacle one, did they think people can’t just roll a window down and drive off to get tools? Lol