Most drivers who return to a wheel clamp reach for their wallet.
This one reached for the suspension settings.
Footage from Jinshan Town in Jiangsu Province, China, shows a BYD Denza B8 SUV pulling away from the kerb with its front-left wheel hoisted into the air, a yellow-and-red clamp still locked around it.
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Hazard lights blinking, the car rolls down a busy commercial street on its remaining three wheels, past parked cars and a scattering of baffled pedestrians.
Then it joins the traffic.
How BYD’s hydraulic suspension lifts a single wheel
The B8 runs on BYD’s DiSus-P Ultra hydraulic system, which can raise any one wheel up to 30cm independently of the others.
BYD has shown it off before on a closed test track, where the SUV crept along on three wheels and changed a tyre without a jack.
The company pitched the feature for off-road recovery and emergencies.
Three-wheel mode tops out at 15km/h (about 9mph).
A parking clamp in a town centre was not, presumably, in the brochure.
‘Best marketing ever’ – viral clip delights Chinese social media
The video spread fast across Chinese platforms, and viewers seemed more impressed than outraged.
“They should have clamped both wheels,” one local said.
Another went further: “Best marketing ever!”
Neither BYD nor local traffic police have commented on the incident, as reported by Creatorzine.
Nobody has identified the driver, and whether they face anything worse than a very confused parking attendant remains unclear.
Why It Matters
Carmakers spend fortunes on launch campaigns.
An unnamed motorist with a grudge against parking enforcement just handed BYD a demo reel no agency would dare pitch, and the internet handled distribution for free.
For creators, the lesson is familiar. The clips that travel furthest are rarely the planned ones.
They are a product doing something its maker never intended, filmed on a phone by someone who happened to be standing there.
Chinese EV brands increasingly compete on party-trick features built to go viral, and social platforms often do the selling long before the adverts land.
What happens next
Whether BYD leans into the moment or quietly distances itself from a customer using an emergency feature to dodge a fine is the bit worth watching.
Local enforcement, meanwhile, may be ordering a second clamp.
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