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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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http://fuelmode.blogspot.com/2005/11...ed-twheel.html

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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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I wonder if a C6 thweel will fit and look good on a C5.
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Puts a whole meaning on the term run-flat.




Actually, that's been around for a while........
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Yes they are years old. Looks like they haven't caught on. I wonder why they don't figure out some kind of side wall so they would be more acceptable and actually sell.
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The sidewalls would be too tall for a sport tire, unless you use a smaller wheel (that won't happen at this point in time). I wonder how that tire would handle on hard corners?
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It's been around for a while, I'm still waiting to see it go into real production...

I wonder if there's any structural or design problems in making it really wide for cars like vette's or Z rating it for high speeds...

I'm sure a production model would have some kind of sidewall to protect the fins...

Neat stuff...

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This is what they wrote


"Michelin has created an air-less tire called the TWHEEL. (Yes, when you say it out loud it will make you sound like you have a lisp).

An airless tire. Amazingly, people still claim that everything that can be invented has been invented. Well, those chickenheads haven't met the inventors of the TWHEEL."





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