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Diddums · 15 Jul 2020 at 10:47

Why would anyone put it on a road car anyway? With the forces involved and the mileage covered they'd last a few thousand miles and fall apart. Very clever tyres though, pretty sure they're bullet proof too.

Akagi · 15 Jul 2020 at 11:27

mjt said:
You don’t need a sidewall.. that’s kind of the whole point of the Tweel

Need them so the car doesnt look **** for a start.

Yaayuh! · 15 Jul 2020 at 11:47

Nothing that interesting but just looked out the window and had a chuckle at this parking.

Stu999 · 15 Jul 2020 at 12:01

^^^ Good thing the next car over is an original Mini.

LuckyBenski · 15 Jul 2020 at 12:24

Yaayuh! said:
Nothing that interesting but just looked out the window and had a chuckle at this parking.

Mini pulling a classic "Hide deep in the space, so people start pulling in before they realise it's taken"

Jonnycoupe · 15 Jul 2020 at 15:03

Acme said:
One has to assume that should they enter production for road cars the sides would be enclosed.

For aesthetic purposes and also to prevent road debris from getting inside.

the side wall will shear as it has no compliance in that direction.

Akagi · 15 Jul 2020 at 16:12

Jonnycoupe said:
the side wall will shear as it has no compliance in that direction.

Where there is a william, there is a wayliam!

Dis86 · 15 Jul 2020 at 16:56

Jonnycoupe said:
the side wall will shear as it has no compliance in that direction.

They manage it with drag tyres. Ever seen one in slow motion at full throttle? Looks great!

ShiWarrior · 15 Jul 2020 at 16:56

oh dear Acme, your starting to talk odd, but that was just LOL

Akagi · 15 Jul 2020 at 17:04

ShiWarrior said:
oh dear Acme, your starting to talk odd, but that was just LOL

Eh?

ShiWarrior · 15 Jul 2020 at 17:18

your William joke just made me laugh out loud

Akagi · 15 Jul 2020 at 17:37

ShiWarrior said:
your William joke just made me laugh out loud

Oh.

vanpeebles · 15 Jul 2020 at 17:46

Yaayuh! said:
Nothing that interesting but just looked out the window and had a chuckle at this parking.

Vinyl roof! Is that a mini special??

Jonnycoupe · 15 Jul 2020 at 20:21

Dis86 said:
They manage it with drag tyres. Ever seen one in slow motion at full throttle? Looks great!

Drag radials. Of course, the air pressure inside helps aswell

Blackhawk47 · 15 Jul 2020 at 21:46

vanpeebles said:
Vinyl roof! Is that a mini special??

Could be the rare sunroof option no?

Dis86 · 15 Jul 2020 at 22:41

Jonnycoupe said:
Drag radials. Of course, the air pressure inside helps aswell

I've never seen a cross-section of one. How does the construction differ from your standard radial?

Jonnycoupe · 15 Jul 2020 at 22:55

Just only a couple of plys to give the wrinkle wall feature.

Tweels there sno where for the excess rubber to go if they have sidewall. No air pressure to ballon out and back like a normal pneumatic tyre with rough roads, kerbs and cobbles etc

Dis86 · 15 Jul 2020 at 23:02

Jonnycoupe said:
Just only a couple of plys to give the wrinkle wall feature.

Tweels there sno where for the excess rubber to go if they have sidewall. No air pressure to ballon out and back like a normal pneumatic tyre with rough roads, kerbs and cobbles etc

Could you not have the sidewall detached from the tweel matrix? That way excess rubber wouldn't be an issue, especially if you have a 'skirt' effect.

Nem · 16 Jul 2020 at 09:14

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812 Superfast not far from Graypaul in Nottingham yesterday.

InvaderGIR · 16 Jul 2020 at 09:18

I like the contrast between the Ferrari and the Caddy.