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[Pop's-SS]

How's this for technology.









The next generation of tires....AMAZING
Radical new tire design by Michelin. The next generation of tires.
They had a pair at the Philadelphia car show.
These tires are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon .
The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these tires.
This is what great R&D will do, and just think of the impact on existing technology:
a... no more air valves
a... no more air compressors at gas stations
a... no more repair kits

These are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant of Michelin. It will be awhile before they are available to the automotive industry.

These may look good on a ricer but a Torana, YUK

Regards ........... Barry

[racean69]

these have been around for a little while but I don't know of there availiblity.
I think somone like BMW was going to use them somewhere.

[makka]

I wonder if they can give them dish, then they would look like a massive set of hotwires!

Edited by makka, 21 September 2006 - 02:49 PM.

[smeer]

i'd expect them to have walls, the side walls are probably not there for demonstration purposes. So you can see whats going on inside.

[Heath]

Wouldn't be the best for smoking up...
No blowouts; where's the fun?

[Tiny]

hehe hope so!! imagine getting some debris in them while rotating!!

[racean69]

^ what like perhaps the neighbours cat LOL

[smeer]

hahah.. cats = debris.. love it!

[gooley]

i heard they invented a tyre that does not lose tread at all and when they were about to release it all the tyre companies offered the inventor so much money to not release it and let the buyer buy it out and then the buyer just copyrighted it and it is never released as all tyre companies would go out of business

bastards

[RIM-010]

How could a tyre never lose tread?

I think there mey be a bit of BS goin on there, gooley...

RIM

[gooley]

How could a tyre never lose tread?

I think there mey be a bit of BS goin on there, gooley...

RIM

Hey Dont Hate the Player Hate The Game

[RIM-010]

I'm not hatin the Player. and how the hell am i gunna hate the game of cars?

And you did say that you heard about it. Therefore, i was saying that the source you got it from was spinnin some shit, not you...

Liam, as Chopper explained before, the only way you could have a tyre that didnt lose tread would be to have a tyre compound harder than that of the road surface. Which means that they would be unsuitable for Motorsport.

And even if the Tyres didnt pop, I don't think you could acheive an endless burnout... Imagine the strain on the Engine, G'box and Diff...

RIM

[Heath]

Liam, as Chopper explained before, the only way you could have a tyre that didnt lose tread would be to have a tyre compound harder than that of the road surface. Which means that they would be unsuitable for Motorsport.

They'd be unsuitable for more than just motorsport. you would simply be chewing through road surfaces constantly. I burnout would cause a pothole in the road, lol.

[RIM-010]

You mean burnouts dont usually rip trenches in bitumen?

What the hell have I been doin wrong then?

RIM

[shanegtr]

And even if the Tyres didnt pop, I don't think you could acheive an endless burnout... Imagine the strain on the Engine, G'box and Diff...

RIM

Not to mention stopping to refuel

[RIM-010]

haha. do it at a petrol station, have the bowser pumping directly into your intake Fuel lines...

RIM