Meanwhile, in Austin....

[ttyymmnn]

No idea what the story is here. My son texted the photo to me.

[flatisflat]

@ttyymmnn Whoops, hahaha!

[nickhasanexocet]

@ttyymmnn not going anywhere fast!

[pip bip]

@ttyymmnn oops

[IDJEFF]

@ttyymmnn I've learned recently, that these "boots" are anti-theft devices....seriously. Just FYI.

[Italia]

@nickhasanexocet well it is alpine so they weren't going anywhere fast before the boot.

[ttyymmnn]

@idjeff

Interesting. It didn't seem quite robust enough for a police boot.

[BicycleBuck]

@ttyymmnn said in Meanwhile, in Austin....:

@idjeff

Interesting. It didn't seem quite robust enough for a police boot.

Real boots cover the lug nuts so the recipient can't just remove the wheel.

[MasterMario]

@idjeff what weird use...it's not like they are rare, you would probably have a hard not finding a Suburban on any given street in Texas

[foghat1981]

@idjeff interesting. I didn't know this was a thing!

It looks like a sticker on the window too. I wonder what thats all about.

[BicycleBuck]

@ttyymmnn

I just found out that scammers have entered the booting arena.

https://www.austintexas.gov/article/beware-possible-illegal-parking-boot-scam

ATD has been notified about a possible illegal parking boot scam occurring in East Austin. A vehicle parked on a public street was illegally booted by an unknown individual or entity. The warning posted on the vehicle directs the vehicle owner to pay a fee by calling a private phone number.

[BaconSandwich]

@bicyclebuck 1. Find the scammer
2. Drag their vehicle into a no parking spot
3. Boot all 4 wheels
4. Laugh

[zipfuel]

@ttyymmnn joke's on the guy who booted them if this is the pit crew's ride...

(Ok Alpine not Redbull so add another second ..)

[Skyfire77]

@ttyymmnn I've got the fix for that!

[Italia]

@italia told y'all alpine wasn't going anywhere fast haha(broken car fp1)

[Tripper]

@ttyymmnn boxboxbox

[Tripper]

@ttyymmnn Also I went to the GP in 2013 and man was it FUN! the GP and partying in Austin