October 12, 20214 yr Administrators Interesting! Looks like they might last as long as a snowball in hell! 🤔 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
October 12, 20214 yr I'm not so sure my King Ranch would ride very nicely on these. I will say Michelin has a way with tires. For a price. Bill W.
October 12, 20214 yr Instead of removing the valve inside the vale stem vandals now only have to snip a few rubber stems. Instead of the owner having to insert a new vale stem and airing up the tire he has to purchase a replacement tire. I'll probably be gone before they become standard equipment on new cars. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
October 12, 20214 yr Author 19 minutes ago, birdguy said: Instead of removing the valve inside the vale stem vandals now only have to snip a few rubber stems. Instead of the owner having to insert a new vale stem and airing up the tire he has to purchase a replacement tire. I'll probably be gone before they become standard equipment on new cars. Noel Aparently you buy the entire wheel. Not just the tyre.
October 12, 20214 yr Author 4 hours ago, charliearon said: Interesting! Looks like they might last as long as a snowball in hell! 🤔 Supposed to have a very long life.
October 12, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, martin-w said: Aparently you buy the entire wheel. Not just the tyre. Wow! Think of all the different wheels on the different vehicles! Michelin is going to have to go into the wheel manufacturing business too unless these tires are just for few select models. I don't see that happening very soon. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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October 12, 20214 yr Fancy a set of these boys and girls? I got somewhat excited, LOL, about this topic title until I discovered that an appropriate comma after "these" was missing. Seriously though, I am excited more about the recycling aspect than the tyre itself. It would be nicer though, to have a very good tyre as a result of that recycling. A big tick from me. Tony Tony Chilcott. My System. Motherboard. ASRock Taichi X570 CPU Ryzen 9 3900x (not yet overclocked). RAM 32gb Corsair Vengeance (2x16) 3200mhz. 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GTX1080ti Extreme and a 1200watt PSU. 1 x 1tb SSD 3 x 240BG SSD and 4 x 2TB HDD OS Win 10 Pro 64bit. Simulators ... FS2004/P3Dv4.5/Xplane.DCS/Aeroflyfs2...MSFS to come for sure.
October 12, 20214 yr Moderator 6 hours ago, birdguy said: I'll probably be gone before they become standard equipment on new cars. 2024 is the projected target date, but likely another 20 years before they become common. One good thing though Noel, no one would be able to steal the air out of your tires! I am impressed with the racing slicks which recycle orange and lemon peels, as well as their plans for recycling polystyrene! 😎 Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
October 13, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, n4gix said: I am impressed with the racing slicks which recycle orange and lemon peels If I knew where to recycle them I have a half a lemon peel and an orange peel to donate every morning. A half a lemon squeezes into a half glass of hot water and a small fruit bowl of a small orange, half an apple, and half dozen grapes or so are part of my daily breakfast. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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