Tags hanging from the back of some car?

[Daffy D]

Anyone know what these tags are seen hanging from the back of some cars?

[Ace of Pop]

Im up for a Race. U. S Street Racers dangle them..

[Ace of Pop]

Wrong....Just Blown it Up. Means ive just run over your Poodle.

[ignis]

grounding strip, stops static build up

[Woodsie888]

Some type of weird fashion which started about a year ago.

They're actually key tags. I notice lots of Fortuner's with them on.

[ignis]

Google Car grounding strap pictures

they have been about for years at least 40 years, just the newer one, some have lights, or reflective strips on them.

in the old days was a black strip or some used a chain

[Spoonman]

if it's fitment was to be intended as a ground strap shouldn't it actually touch the ground ?

[John 1]

if it's fitment was to be intended as a ground strap shouldn't it actually touch the ground ?

Yes should touch the ground. Ignis is short sighted.

[noikrit]

Used to be those little fluffy toys hangen by their necks ....

[BSJ]

I had a Mitsubishi Magna in Oz that was notorious for giving a strong zap when someone touched the door handle. Was freaking funny!

[taotoo]

Is their a connection between having these things and LPG?

[John 1]

Is their a connection between having these things and LPG?

No

[fatfather]

Depth meter. Cars from flooding areas.

Fatfather

Sent from my phone

[MadMac]

In the earlier centuries people cut scalps and ears and such stuff and hung around their necks. Same thing....

[Woodsie888]

Google Car grounding strap pictures

they have been about for years at least 40 years, just the newer one, some have lights, or reflective strips on them.

in the old days was a black strip or some used a chain

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Think this one's gone over the top on you Ignis.

[Woodsie888]

Some type of weird fashion which started about a year ago.

They're actually key tags. I notice lots of Fortuner's with them on.

Before you chap's get into a long debate about this, reread my post.

It's a fashion, not clearly understood by most of us.

[funcat]

Obviously they have no balls to hang these on...

[MadMac]

There I have a lock hanging that no one steals the wheel . Red balls....maybe poison of some sort...

[VocalNeal]

Some people believe they stop or dispel car sickness. But they would still have to touch the ground.

[WarpSpeed]

There I have a lock hanging that no one steals the wheel . Red balls....maybe poison of some sort...

Should be blue balls..

[MadMac]

Car sickness? Now we have something to talk 555

[culicine]

A serious oversight by Chevy staff - it's a 'Made in Korea" sticker...

[Ace of Pop]

A serious oversight by Chevy staff - it's a 'Made in Korea" sticker...

They couldn't spell Daiwoo or whoooo ever makes em.

[MadMac]

Still made in Thailand, otherwise tax would kill it. So it's not a Daewoo sticker but some other masochist fetish thing

[Daffy D]

They are not grounding strips, too flappy and don't touch the ground.

At first I thought they may be emergency gas release for LPG cars but how stupid would that be? Just think of all the fun kids could have going round releasing all the gas from any cars they find.

Maybe it is just as "Woodsie888" says "a fashion, not clearly understood by most of us"

[harrry]

They would not have to touch the ground. If static builds up to a certain level it can cause a spark to jump from a strap like this to the ground. Of course if there was loose lpg about

The end of the strap will be closer to the ground during suspension bounces too.

[Ace of Pop]

Still made in Thailand, otherwise tax would kill it. So it's not a Daewoo sticker but some other masochist fetish thing

Tell us how many Chevs are made here, mainly imports from Manila i thought.

[taotoo]

They are not grounding strips, too flappy and don't touch the ground.

I remember seeing these in the 80s and 90s and they rarely touched the ground.

[MadMac]

Yes, 1mm is 1000V. So you need quite a bit of voltage to cover that 10cm. I say it's a fetish or voodoo thing.

If static builds up to a certain level it can cause a spark to jump from a strap like this to the ground.

[harrry]

Yes, 1mm is 1000V. So you need quite a bit of voltage to cover that 10cm. I say it's a fetish or voodoo thing.

If static builds up to a certain level it can cause a spark to jump from a strap like this to the ground.

About 2cm from the end of the strap and less if you take into account the bounce.

normally the carbon in the tyres should provide an earth but I do not know about modern plastics.