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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Bumper Cars



Physical space is obviously at a premium if you live in the City, especially if you have a car.  I've heard the waitlists to get a permanent parking spot in a garage is years long and crazy pricey, so if you can park on the sidewalk, and hopefully near your apartment, then you're golden and good to go.  However, with a very little amount of curb space available at any one time, people park VERY close to one another.  Add to the mix everyone all trying to parallel park amongst backed up traffic and you get scenarios such as this:



I know that part of a car is called its bumper, but come on, that kind of close contact has got to leave a mark.  What to do?  Necessity being the mother of invention, I've observed two kinds of solutions.  All appear to simply exist as a barrier, but the devices were prevalent enough to indicate their worth.  Enter the Bumper Badger and Bully, respectively:

























Whoever invented these bumper bumpers is a freakin' genius.  For more info:
Bumper Bully
Bumper Badger

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