[spiffotron]

Being from the Uk this headline had a completely different connotation. I’m very disappointed it’s not actually about car boot sales.

[seabass-labrax]

Indeed; this article is about what we might refer to in Britain as 'car clamping'.

[fuzzfactor]

As an ordinary American, naturally I speak zero languages fluently.

But I have always thought it was quite sensible to have the boot at the opposite end from the bonnet.

[basicoperation]

Strangely, Americans kept the head part with “hood”, but not the foot part.