My mom forwarded this to me today! Anyone seen this yet?


SCAN DOWN & SEE

These are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant of Michelin.

 

Real: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweel

 

my god thats ugly...

 

how the heck would you keep those clean?

 

I remember seeing them a few years back, and they were originally designed for off-road, and heavy equipment vehicles like skid-loaders (bobcats), forklifts, and other small yard/farm tractors.

 

I'm waiting to see how these do in a police chase....

 

I too saw those in a popular mechanics magazine (or something like that) several years ago. The idea behind them for cars was 'never-go-flat'. The article I read said they were still having issues with the tread flying off at high speeds. Guess they fixed that.

 

i duno i think it would be kinda hard for a tire like that to become popular, because i would think it would destroy the ride quality.

 

Not to mention how hard it would be to keep all of the gaps clean.