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I’m all for fewer people driving them (most are just lifted versions of normal cars now, but more uncomfortable and inefficient), but I’m very sure messing esse

I’m all for fewer people driving them (most are just lifted versions of normal cars now, but more uncomfortable and inefficient), but I’m very sure messing essential safety features (correctly pressurised tyres) is not how you get that point t across.

detritus 3y ago
The point is not to slightly adjust the tire pressure to some dangerous state, but to completely deflate them to be a pain in the rear to re-inflate before driving off again.
- jlund-molfese 3y ago
  Well, these guys are not professionals and it's completely possible for someone's tires to be partially deflated and the flyer to blow away, leading to a dangerous situation. Regardless, what's more likely when someone deflates your tires and makes you miss an important event—that you'll suddenly take your car to the junkyard and buy a bicycle, or that you'll just have a more negative opinion of environmentalists? Plus, you can't know why someone's driving a particular car. Maybe that used hybrid SUV was the easiest thing to modify for wheelchair use, the only thing they could afford that sat everyone in their family, or they really do need to tow something a few times a year. Even in the UK, going onto someone else's property to disable/damage their cars will eventually lead to physical altercations.
blitzar 3y ago
> activists operating under the group’s banner used power tools to puncture the tyres While a punctured tyre will deflate, reinflation of the tyre after it has been adjusted with a drill or saw is unlikely to be a simple task.
kergonath 3y ago
Messing with other people’s cars is not great, there should be better solutions.
therealdrag0 3y ago
More uncomfortable? Why do you think people buy them?
- bdavbdav 3y ago
  What SUV is more comfortable than its wagon or saloon equivalent? I’d definitely rather be sat in a 5 series than an X5.
  - therealdrag0 3y ago
    My comfort is largely a function of how high I sit. Iirc suvs just have deeper bigger foot wells, and are easier to get in and out of without squatting.

detritus 3y ago

The point is not to slightly adjust the tire pressure to some dangerous state, but to completely deflate them to be a pain in the rear to re-inflate before driving off again.

jlund-molfese 3y ago
Well, these guys are not professionals and it's completely possible for someone's tires to be partially deflated and the flyer to blow away, leading to a dangerous situation. Regardless, what's more likely when someone deflates your tires and makes you miss an important event—that you'll suddenly take your car to the junkyard and buy a bicycle, or that you'll just have a more negative opinion of environmentalists? Plus, you can't know why someone's driving a particular car. Maybe that used hybrid SUV was the easiest thing to modify for wheelchair use, the only thing they could afford that sat everyone in their family, or they really do need to tow something a few times a year. Even in the UK, going onto someone else's property to disable/damage their cars will eventually lead to physical altercations.

blitzar 3y ago

> activists operating under the group’s banner used power tools to puncture the tyres While a punctured tyre will deflate, reinflation of the tyre after it has been adjusted with a drill or saw is unlikely to be a simple task.

kergonath 3y ago

Messing with other people’s cars is not great, there should be better solutions.

therealdrag0 3y ago

More uncomfortable? Why do you think people buy them?

bdavbdav 3y ago
What SUV is more comfortable than its wagon or saloon equivalent? I’d definitely rather be sat in a 5 series than an X5.
- therealdrag0 3y ago
  My comfort is largely a function of how high I sit. Iirc suvs just have deeper bigger foot wells, and are easier to get in and out of without squatting.