Man torches BMW 3-series - to protest gas prices?

There is something artificial about the whole story, I submit.

First of all, he "emptied a canister of gas over the vehicle". A few used newspapers would have done just as well.

Then, it is 3-series - the least wasteful of the BMW cars. Nah, the man is not serious. A serious person will start with these:

Then progress to the next step:

And only after that, proving self a real man, to the ultimate goal:

Besides, why torch you own car, when the streets are choke full with targets?

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