Water bottles on the ground near all 4 tires. Why?

Foxybrown1g
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:04:59 +0000
Driving/Drivers

Hi, I’m a new poster here. First of all let me make it clear that this post is NOT about our Honda Insight but from what we have seen, about SUV’s and Crossover’s. Both my husband and I have been seeing this particularly odd practice online and in our neighborhood. We will see vehicles (so far it has been only SUV’s or Crossover’s that we have noticed) parked and next to each tire there is a bottle of water. Sometimes it is a gallon at each tire or it’s a personal sized water bottle (16.9oz) at each tire. I have tried searching the internet for help but all I see are urban legend type posts that talk about carjackers “marking” the cars they are going to steal by placing a water bottle on the tire, underneath the wheel well. I will attach a picture of a vehicle that I saw like this on YT. I have no idea why this is done, and I’ve been seeing it more and more. I would appreciate anyone’s advice on what this phenomenon is and why they are doing it. Thank you in advance.

PS: I would like to attach a picture of what I am talking about but I haven’t figured out how to upload a picture. If I figure it out, I will edit the post.

Edit: I added a photo showing what I am talking about.

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