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Old 12-08-2006, 01:35 AM
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Michelin's new tire design



http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.html

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Old 12-08-2006, 05:17 AM
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Wonder if it will be the future ? Ugly suckers though.
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Old 12-08-2006, 05:23 AM
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If they put on a side wall, you may not even see a difference ...
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Old 12-08-2006, 06:40 AM
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Yeah, I can see running a set of those through the 14" of snow we received yesterday...
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Old 12-08-2006, 06:58 AM
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...that's more than a foot of snow ... Holy Moly
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Old 12-08-2006, 08:40 AM
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great gangsta tires,cops ain't gonna shoot my tires out!!
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Old 12-08-2006, 11:14 AM
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I wonder how effectively such a tire would dissipate heat with closed sidewalls.
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Old 12-08-2006, 11:16 AM
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I wonder how effectively such a tire would dissipate heat with closed sidewalls.
What sidewalls? Looks like a rim with rubber bands around it
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Old News . . .
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Old 12-09-2006, 04:59 AM
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Mercedes uses that tire/design in their guard series.
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Old 12-09-2006, 05:20 AM
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Next generation of runflat tires. Production models will have a sidewall.
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Old 12-09-2006, 07:35 AM
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There is a conspiracy to keep those tires off the market, because of the disatrous impact it will have on the gas station air sales commodity market!

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