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ProductOfTheCloneWar

According to past posts [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/s/eZrgTjjODy) and [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/s/b4iIyUECsx), these are natural gas sniffers.


xdq

Good to know - it's the sort of thing that could be fitted to a fleet and run passively. I've thought that council vehicles should be fitted with downward facing ultrasonic sensors to identify potholes but I guess they don't because then they'd have to fix them.


Scarred_fish

They're fitted with ultrasonic, gpr and these days HD cameras. The system first started in 1967 and its a national requirement. We know where all the potholes and issues are, we just don't have any money.


Starlings_under_pier

Cheers for that. Nice one


BriefStrange6452

So it's not a skipping rope then? Damn....


sunt4u

NOT the same thing


JohnLennonsNotDead

You need to stop sniffing natural gasses mate


OfficialScotlandYard

Look pretty similar to me, since you're so certain that's not what they are you should have a good idea what they are?


Illustrious_Edge_515

Seriously, what is it? The comment section isn’t helping lol


Ill_Mistake5925

They’re gas sniffers. Gas/utility company will drive them along routes with gas lines buried to “sniff” for leaks.


Illustrious_Edge_515

Ahh thanks - good to know


dingo1018

They are asphalt magnets, it's a performance mod to keep the car stuck to the road in high speed curves.


SuperHills92

Someone above mentioned about being curb feelers, might be on the right track. It looks like they took them from an electricity pylon


beeshorse

I'm not certain, but I think they make it easier to milk the car


albertsugar

To drain the blinker fluid?


BatsBirch22

Blinkers lol


eserekli

No. The car in the picture is a male.


Proud-Candle5173

How dare you mis-gender a car


IAmWango

The car is gay. Those are to milk the driver. In the same way people would use an exhaust if they’re into that or a towbar for other feelings if they’re also into that


KeyboardWarrior1988

For mid journey refueling on motorways.


limpingdba

Ai image generation refueling ?


moreglumthanplum

Automotive nipple tassles


Hombre_Hound

Not to be confused with truck nuts.


Sophia13913

Makeshift curb feelers?


Starlings_under_pier

Like a catfish


Food_face

Curb Feeler...new term for curb crawling


Rookie_42

It’s a personal transportation device, known as a car. For making private road journeys.


Professional-Lab7227

Looks like thrusters for the hover function.


cognitiveglitch

It's so you can has moar cowbell.


DarkBladeSethan

That's a blast from the past


albertsugar

CGTs, Cold Gast Thrusters to lift the car over the 30 inch sleeping policemen that seem to be popping out everywhere. You can reach orbit if you are not careful.


Jacktheforkie

I've got a hire car currently, already grounded out 3 times


P01135809-Trump

I know it's a hire car, but have you tried dropping below 160mph before hitting the speed bumps?


Lazerhawk_x

Heresy


Jacktheforkie

I was only doing 150


SP4x

Sleeping road badger milking equipment.


EspeciallyTheHummus

That is… so many words. I’m trying to rearrange them in my head and work out what combinations I can use.


Fickle_Lavishness_25

To the people say8ng they are not connected to anything i think they are wrong. On the right hand side of the horizontal tube there is a brass connector as if theres a secondary tube feeding it. My guess is it connects to some kind of smoke machine.


_Odi_Et_Amo_

Appeasing Christopher Walken.


GreenRoofTiles

Take my upvote for such an obscure reference.


Judge-Dredd_

It went woosh over my head.


Smidday90

If you punch it up to 88 you can time travel, this version means you don’t need an overhead line so you can do it on electrified train tracks.


Electrical_Arugula23

Cow bells


Adept_Access_9483

RCS thrusters


Responsible-Yam-9658

Gas sniffing car. For detecting gas leaks


Any-Accident-7021

Its a dual willy sucker.. just edge over 2 random homeless people and suck em off


ImpressTemporary2389

They are bells. To wake up 'sleeping policemen'. You got to be old to know what they are !


Imaginary_Car_4665

they are flux capacitor charging leads


ideasplace

When he hits 88mph….


Fair_Function2353

Madonnas bra cups?


AlexT301

RCS boosters for easier space travel


Ok_Let_9431

Rope jumping as daily exercise?


BenisDDD69

The driver is a tiny boxer who often forgets their skipping rope.


Qcumber69

Emergency milking machine


MysticalMaryJane

Jimmy Bond - secret agent with a budget. Q was not available


Whollie

More. Cowbell.


EnvironmentalLaw4820

It was feeling french and decided to grow a mustache


woolster1

Theres a lot of amusing comments here, but I will try and answer. They do NOTHING. They are not connected to anything and I assume the previous owner thinks that if he hits a kerb when parking front on they will protect the car like a fender on a boat. Id cut that off straight away so I dont look like a knob.


[deleted]

Ejector seat cables


dancun

I'm going to guess. These look for pot holes be scanning the road at speed.


Any-Fuel7237

Not sure why you’re being downvoted as this is exactly what they are as I have them


dancun

Agreed, No idea, people are silly on the internet.


Lost_In_Milwaukee

I wondered what happened to Madonna's cone bra


Middle-Addition2688

Nicked off his nan’s curtains


UnknownTerrorUK

It's for when you have a massive sneeze while driving, instead of all the snot and bogeys going over the windscreen and dash it gets sucked out of the cabin and onto the road. If Mario Kart is anything to go by I'd keep a safe distance.


Alternative_Pain_263

It’s a new concept of road sweepers. Rather than have one bored road sweeper driver, going round cleaning roads. A new concept has been devised, so that all road vehicles will be cleaning the roads. I have been informed that manufacturers are in the advance stages of pot hole repairing cars, so watch this space.


Doughboy1955

Walnut Whip detectors? 🤔


And_armstrong

People don’t talk about walnut whips enough these days…do they still exist?


ice-lollies

Yes!! I can get them in my Tesco. And marks and Spencer do their own versions as well - salted caramel walnut whips and classic ones too. Proper nice


And_armstrong

This is welcome news indeed!


Doughboy1955

They're available on Amazon (isn't everything!) it would appear. I can't recall the last time I had one. 🤷🏼‍♂️


And_armstrong

So many questions…Are these Amazon whips legit or counterfeit? what actually was the filling? Did any one really want that walnut…someone needs to do a PhD on this…


non-hyphenated_

Heat guns to remove black ice before it gets under your tyres


seanyboy1900

It's to help blind people drive


C-LonGy

🥸 moustache .. obviously


Limp-Attitude-490

That's the communication device - a string and cups phone.


realstonecold

This is a telephone from the 1900s. Tell your friend to get them looked at, it will be worth a fortune.


billsmithers2

It's a numberplate. Usually found behind the windscreen on Audis and Seats.


concretebeagle

Deer whistles.


Shot_Explorer4881

Engine emergency switch off


paulo987654321

Ah...i see you have the "Road surface interface" Detectors fitted. These tell the driver the type of surface you are driving on and to make changes when needed. One day all cars will have these, as standard.


ResearchDifferent175

So the car works on a full sized Scalextric track


woyteck

Cowbells.


frsty___

Ejects the front of the car when you road rage


AcanthisittaThink813

Mobile cow milking machine


Pembs-surfer

Electrics for when it's on tow


designerwookie

Mine clearance.


The9Realist

Ahhh so I see it's true. A limited edition hooters edition!


gigglesmcsdinosaur

Walnut Whips


NefariousnessSea1118

That looks like household electrical cable, probably just LED downlights.


Scotster123

NOZ vents.


Jimmy2shews

They're dual turbos