Tire Extinguishers can fuck right off

[tireextinguishers]

Woke up to deflated tires because I drive an SUV.

Jealous, petty wankers.

Anyone got got this morning?

It's not in the least bit disingenuous because it's talking about exactly that: emissions from producing the vehicles.

If these vandals want people to scrap SUVs and replace them with other cars that's exactly the issue.

Replacing an SUV with a new car generates tons of CO2.

You could drive an existing SUV for many, many thousands of miles before it would generate anywhere near as much CO2 as just building a new car, let alone actually driving anywhere in the new one.

All four tyres with one of the poxy air pumps you can buy. Yeah, right. Not everyone has one anyway.

They do it earlier than that usually. My neighbour chased one off at 9.30pm!

I drive a vehicle that is over a decade old; keeping it rather than adding to landfill with scrap and consuming resources by having another vehicle made for me.

I driver under 5,000 miles a year in that vehicle, we do most journeys in an EV powered as much as possible by renewable sources.

I need a vehicle my elderly parent can get in and out of easily. It happens to be an SUV rather than anything lower.

I sincerely hope they get caught and arrested. Not sure if criminal damage or theft (they have permanently deprived you of the air that was in the tyre).

Blanket thinking suggests a lack of critical thinking. Idiots.

Bollocks.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/07/activists-drill-holes-in-tyres-of-more-than-60-suvs-at-exeter-car-dealership

Oh, I see, yes! They did....at a dealership, so the motor industry has to bear the cost....genius!

Thanks for sharing that, and reminding us why Tyre Extinguishers do what they do. This was in response to that terrible incident in Wimbledon, where that Land Rover crashed into all those little girls having a picnic outside a school, and killed two of them.

What senseless, brainless vandals, caring about the lives of children above the profits of the motor industry. What's wrong with them, eh.

Some people are in desperate need of an intervention. They also need to delve into the deep depths of their tiny, pea-sized brains and find two brain cells to rub together and realise this a disgrace. There is no excuse for criminal damage, especially when used to try and exert control and fear. To me, that’s no better than low-level terrorism. How does that make them any better than people who contribute more than their fair share to global warming? It doesn’t. They should be met with the full force of the law at its most severity. Running around like some entitled “vigilante” being destructive of peoples property. On principle the carbon dioxide these troglodytes breathe out is more offensive to me than any other carbon emissions. Spoiled, self-righteous, mindless behaviour. Only people with the IQ of a jam sandwich would think this sort of behaviour is acceptable. Neanderthalic shit stains.

*No normal, balanced person with high self-esteem and self-worth would be roaming around at 4am deflating people tyres.

There's something wrong with them*.

Wow, personally I am very pleased that some people care enough and are passionate about stuff to protest. I have lost hope and don't bother anymore. Maybe it will make a few people think about what they buy. SUVs are dangerous to other road users, they make it impossible to park in car parks because they go over the space.
They're just so pretentious.

Everyone seems to have a good reason why they need them yet they didn't exist twenty years ago so I'm not sure how anyone got about then

Incredibly disingenuously from @ChesterDrawz, then requoted by @tireextinguishers they’ve omitted the following paragraph from their quote from AutoExpress

However, a BEV (battery electric vehicle) produces less harmful emissions over its entire life. The study found that a medium-sized petrol or diesel car produces around 24 tonnes of CO2 versus a BEV’s 18 tonnes.

So it’s saving six tonnes! Furthermore, this refers to a medium-sized car, NOT an SUV which will obviously be significantly more. I really don’t understand how seemingly intelligent people can be so led astray by car manufacturers and the oil industry.

Do you really believe they are jealous of you?
Not everyone shares your values of gross displays of wealth

They don't even know peoples circumstances
There's a massive brand new defender outside my house at the minute
I've borrowed it while my tiny VW is in for a service

Comparing letting the air out of tyres with terrorism is ludicrous. After that crazy rant it sounds like it might be you who needs an intervention. I mean did you realise how ironically self-righteous you sound?

So it’s saving six tonnes! Furthermore, this refers to a medium-sized car, NOT an SUV which will obviously be significantly more. I really don’t understand how seemingly intelligent people can be so led astray by car manufacturers and the oil industry.

Do you think they give a shit about the environment?! They just care about how they look to the Jones'

Indeed.
My bil has a massive van/car thing. It's the size of a van but it's not a van, it's got seats and windows. I've got no clue what it's called.

My sister is blind and uses a wheelchair at times. Their daughter has a mobility scooter. They have an assistance dog.

Who knows why someone has or needs a big vehicle and nobody should have to explain themselves and get the permission of strangers oh well clearly you need it, give us your medical records and after review we may give you a badge to display in your window to prove you're exempted from being a victim of our Righteous Campaign.

They can fuck off.

I'd be absolutely furious OP I'd also do everything in my power to find out who they are, where they live and plot my revenge.

But not compared to a modern normal sized car with the same passenger and luggage capacity.

Look up lifetime emissions, which will show you that EVs are much more sustainable. And the small ones even more so.

My biggest take-away from this thread is that ppl with SUVs are incapable of re-inflating their own tyres & have to call the AA...

FGS! Are you on glue?!

The point is the SUV already EXISTS. It doesn't need to be manufactured.

If these vandals want to force someone to scrap an SUV and replace it with another car then another car needs to be built, causing the creation of TONS of CO2 in the process.

At no point have I, or anyone else, implied that a new car - be it a BEV or small IC car - produces anywhere near the CO2 of the SUV in use.

Give me fucking strength!

By all means campaign or protest about the production of NEW SUVs but trying to force existing ones off the road is just stupid.

I agree with the others, it's not the right way to go about things and they should not have done it. However, SUVs are a blight on the roads. They cancel out emissions reductions due to their size and are far more dangerous to other road users, especially children. You're 8 x more likely to kill a child if you hit them in an SUV.

Also get over yourself, people aren't jealous of you. They think you're a selfish human being polluting the planet and endangering other road users. And for what? Your ego? So you can drive a status symbol?

🤣😂

I don't think they like getting their hands dirty

If the tire is completely flat and the seal with the rim is broken a normal pump or 12V compressor probably won’t have a sufficient flow rate

Not just small children that can't be seen out of the rear of SUVs, but small cars too. I was in my tiny Peugeot 107 with my baby and in front was a guy in a massive SUV. Traffic coming towards him, so he looked in his rear view and, not seeing me, just reversed straight into us. He even admitted he genuinely didn't see us. Complained my car was too small for the roads 🙄

I’ve never heard of these idiots before today. I’ve got a, relatively, small suv so I can safely transport my dogs. It does 53mpg so hardly a gas guzzler.
All they’ve managed to do is annoy people, possibly make them late for work, I doubt they’ve ’educated’ anyone.

You wouldn't be scrapping the vehicle though. With the second hand market as good as it is, there's no way you're scrapping a vehicle with 50,000 miles on the clock. Lack of critical thinking here too.