Having a look around at the latest different technologies around for tyres

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Goodyear Maglev spherical wheels article

WATCH: Goodyear Unveils the Future of Tyres, With Spherical, Maglev Wheels

youtube video on the Goodyear spherical tyre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHpxuwcNJfo

note that they don’t show an actual car on the road with those tyres..

It would handle like a dog, you’d need your spine surgically strengthened

what happened to those split tyres that were the rage about 20 years ago?

Bogsnorkler said:

what happened to those split tyres that were the rage about 20 years ago?

do you mean split rims?
otherwise I’m not sure what you mean

stumpy_seahorse said:

Bogsnorkler said:

what happened to those split tyres that were the rage about 20 years ago?

do you mean split rims?
otherwise I’m not sure what you mean

nah not split rims. these tyres had a deep groove in the centre. looked like two narrow tyres on the same rim.

Bogsnorkler said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Bogsnorkler said:

what happened to those split tyres that were the rage about 20 years ago?

do you mean split rims?
otherwise I’m not sure what you mean

nah not split rims. these tyres had a deep groove in the centre. looked like two narrow tyres on the same rim.

can’t say I’ve seen them

stumpy_seahorse said:

Bogsnorkler said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

do you mean split rims?
otherwise I’m not sure what you mean

nah not split rims. these tyres had a deep groove in the centre. looked like two narrow tyres on the same rim.

can’t say I’ve seen them

around in the late 80s. mate had them on his merc sports car.

Bogsnorkler said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Bogsnorkler said:

nah not split rims. these tyres had a deep groove in the centre. looked like two narrow tyres on the same rim.

can’t say I’ve seen them

around in the late 80s. mate had them on his merc sports car.

ah, before my time then, I started working in the Auto shop in 89

Not the 80s and not a sports car but did it look like this?

furious said:

Not the 80s and not a sports car but did it look like this?

Yes, very similar or the same. long time ago. gap may have been narrower.

Though, I think that photographer probably got the sack after that…

Bogsnorkler said:

furious said:

Not the 80s and not a sports car but did it look like this?

Yes, very similar or the same. long time ago. gap may have been narrower.

no, not the same. same tread on each side. and equal width.

furious said:

Though, I think that photographer probably got the sack after that…

yeah, wrong logo.

:-)

Bogsnorkler said:

Bogsnorkler said:

furious said:

Not the 80s and not a sports car but did it look like this?

Yes, very similar or the same. long time ago. gap may have been narrower.

no, not the same. same tread on each side. and equal width.

interesting

Tau.Neutrino said:

Goodyear Maglev spherical wheels article

WATCH: Goodyear Unveils the Future of Tyres, With Spherical, Maglev Wheels

Solving a problem that doesn’t exist. Cool.