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

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

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.

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