[riffraff]

Tire dealers that go around puncturing tires has been a urban legend for decades

[kstenerud]

That would be an expensive way to drum up business.

[fragmede]

Expensive to just buy a box of suitable nails and just sprinkle them around while they're already driving places?

[kstenerud]

... And then drive under the threat that their own tires will get punctured as well.