I'm late to the game, and probably no one will see this, but I thought I'd mention that I tweeted about this back in 2017: https://twitter.com/ColinTheMathmo/s

I'm late to the game, and probably no one will see this, but I thought I'd mention that I tweeted about this back in 2017: https://twitter.com/ColinTheMathmo/status/870678851390537728 https://twitter.com/ColinTheMathmo/status/870678851390537728 The ensuing discussion was wide-ranging, and covered various limitations of this technique. It was more true of older tires, but tires now have more structure, so some of the car's weight is supported by the tire structure, and not just by the air pressure. In turn, I remember reading about this in a Martin Gardner book, probably nearly 40 years ago.