What is that bad boy?
Captain Curious writes:
“This car was infront of me yesterday in Booterstown [Co Dublin] with this weird antenna type thing on the back. Doesn’t look like any car aerial I’ve ever seen. Wondering if your readers might know what it is…”
Anyone?
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Those red arrows never get old.
Yeah, I’ve seen those before. They’re called Mind Your Own Business You Nosey Pr*ck.
:)
It’s a Bar-ometer.. Weh..
Probably a parking aid, to assist in parallel parking, notifying the driver where the back of the car is
A lovely bit of parking though in fairness.
I had something similar on me Raleigh burner as a kid. Them huge car aerials were all the rage in the 80s
Oh btw, it’s a ham radio enthusiast’s car.
http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/irish/people.php
Ah, that would explain it. Its missing the flexible whip at the top, which he would probably not want on in the city (problems with overhead wires and such)
Doubt it… that’s a Dublin regplate.
@Bacchus. It is. I’m 100% sure. Would you like the owners call sign? ;)
It’s “Big Bogger” isn’t it? ;)
ten four, have eyeball rubber dick.
Looks to me like a HF radio antenna, but not one in good condition. Curious to see on Irish roads but very common in Africa, for UN and NGO vehicles. At a guess I would say that is by the company Hustler, but I am not certain. The antenna itself has a resonate (the black bit) and a ball mount to be able to take vibration from driving.
I used use a lot of these, but by the company CODAN which are quite different.
Could it be Irish Water reading meters?? From their website – Meters will be placed in a meter box, which will be fitted underground on public land. These meters will feature Automated Meter Reading (AMR) technology.These Meters can be read by a ‘drive by’ method rather than by an individual visit by a meter reader. This means we won’t need to enter your property to take a reading and we can read them more efficiently.
correct
Had a type of Scalextric when i was a kid. You had to fit a spike under the car and it would slot into the tracks. Instead of magnets((like Scalextric) there were coiled springs that travelled within the road and dragged the racing car around.
His is upside down.
They were s***e.
utterly & completely. Still, it was what my da really wanted.
Its a class 2 cylon homing beacon. That or just a stupid antenna. But it looks like a class 2.
Most definitely a miniature replica of the Dublin Spire.
It’s a lightning conductor. Those Nissans are magnets for lightning.
A cattle prod.
It’s a tightrope walker’s balancing pole. I know this guy, he’s Ireland’s top funambulist.
Reminds me of the bumpers.. anyone know where there’s a good bumpers… where you’re still allowed to bump? used to be gas craic, during the local feshtival, when the pumpers would be in the square, and the lad would be on the loudhailer… “no bumping”! think they used to let you bump in the bumpers in Tramore.
It’s an unmarked Garda Penalty Point Enforcment vehicle, that antenna picks up signals from people holding their mobile phones whilst in control of a motorised vehicle. The camera hidden behind the tinted rear window now has a picture of you holding your phone, expect the fixed penalty notice in the post.
it’s a TV licence detector
It’s Ken Doherty’s motor & that’s his spare snooker cue. I should know as I happened to be in the car at the time, moving his balls and chalking his tip.
It’s part of his IKEA wardrobe that didn’t fit in the car either……
Mobile pole dancing rig.
it’s for the 1.21 gigawatts hookup.
It’s so the Brits can keep an eye on what we are up to.
4598 part of that reg is clearly visible. why attempt to block it out