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And make sure they don't fit properly. So that they will acquit. On a related note: Also, change your tires.

"Bought a new set of tires within a week of each serial killing" is a thing that's easily datamine-able. Make it challenging by using different tire vendors each time and limiting your crimes to traditional seasonal tire changeover times.

Allegedly.

Playing devil's advocate, you don't have to buy new tires. Just swap them. A couple hundred bucks at Harbor Freight and you can be setting beads at home.

Or just do what many serial killers do and just kill non-white women and minorities, and the cops won't care enough to put in much of an effort.

When I moved and had a set of tires I had no room for, it was surprisingly hard to give them away even to tire shops.

I guess this explains some of it lol.

They're basically hazardous waste. Even if they have plenty of tread and a possible long life ahead of them, no shop wants the hassle or comeback risk that comes with installing parts that don't have a fresh warranty.

My wife knows a used-tire shop in New Orleans. Used to go there when her car had a flat and needed it replaced quick and cheap.

my first car had a bad tie-rod-end, something wrong with the steering. It would chew through tires unevenly every 4 months or so. but the beauty was (20+ years ago) they were only 13" tires, and getting them rotated was dirt-cheap. So I'd do that and replace them quarterly with used ones for $20 a pop instead of fix the steering problem.

Probably still cheaper to fix the steering problem... Tie rod ends are like $15.

Go to a tire shop in a poor part of town. They will gladly sell you a used tire if you have a blowout.

Just go to a lake and tie them against someone's boat launch, or just throw them in the lake. After all, you've gone this far of committing a crime, what's a little illegal dumping going to bother you?

This reminds me of another human behavior I see when driving.

Some guy goes speeding down the freeway, weaving through traffic. Easily a reckless driving ticket, possibly jail time or car impounded.

But they won't dare enter the carpool lane, even though it's totally empty. A ticket of $165.

we may also skim down to: don't be the person who commited the crime ^-^

I'm glad we've come upon this groundbreaking discovery in crime prevention.

Or, if you are, don't get caught

By changing your shoes and tires

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