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What’s Going On With This Red Mini-Van?

02/11/2010

I was shooting some buildings around Madison Ave in the 20’s Tuesday (just before the snowpocalypse of 2010 hit) when I noticed this red minivan parked illegally. Specifically, what caught my eye was not the car itself, but rather the weird wire coming out of the rear window, running into the gas tank, coming back out of the gas tank, and finally attached to a bizarre axle on the tire. What the heck is this for?

While I know very little about cars, I can only assume this unusual device is directly attached to the flux capacitor, and helps transition the car into a gentler time warp once it hits 88mph. But, on the off chance this is wrong…

What’s going on here??

-SCOUT

PS – In a weird coincidence, I swear I saw either this very red minivan or an identical one with the same rear left tire get-up later that very day while crossing the Williamsburg bridge . It was then that I realized I had to know what the new trend was.

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Scott

01/05/2011

“Idiots” (the user, not idiots in general) needs to chill out. If I saw something that looked suspicious, especially in this day and age, thanks to radical/extremist/idiotic religeous zealots, you’re damn right I’m gonna call 911 and report it. What a jerk.

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Kathryn

04/06/2011

To a much less extreme extent, I am with Idiots on this one, Scott. We really need far fewer paranoid soccer moms in this country. They are, after all, the ones who brought you Bush II’s second term.

Whatever it is (and I’m leaning towards some sort of rev counter for the wheels as well), it’s very apparent that it’s not dangerous (well, except for those driving next to it, perhaps?). Calm down, and go back to whatever sleepy Midwest town you reside in, and stop looking for terror cells. You’re NOT helping.

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Debra

08/19/2015

I saw a car like this in Maricopa Arizona today it was an infinity that had the same device attached to the wheel going into the gas tank. What caught my attention first was Michigan license plate that said manufacture and there was black tape on the Infiniti logo infinity name and more black tape covering the infinity bottle type on the car. There was also a camera or some type of device attached to the hood above the passengers front windshield. It was all pretty bizarre.

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