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Having thought about it you're correct. Even if you over inflate your tyres it won't provide enough buoyancy even for the smallest Euro-car.

An alternative reading to it 'being idiotic' is that it was clearly an exaggeration to prompt some critical thinking about the original claim.

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What critical thinking? The train from London to Paris is barely above 2 hours. Why on earth would you drive if you’re in hurry?

I was replying to "It is a six hour drive from Heathrow to Paris"

Well yes, but I’m just curious in what way was the original comment supposed to promote critical thinking

There's a train between the UK and France. It carries cars.

That I use regularly to actually drive from no-too-far from LHR to Paris and back. It's a thing I actually do.

And I can tell you, it might be theoretically in Google Maps land to do the journey in 6 hours, but IRL in this scenario it won't happen. Actual empirical evidence.

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