The tire of the future

[Straight Edge Raven]

Goodyear reCharge.....no more rotations, flat tires. Liquid fixes any impurities. Cool concept if it works.

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-goo ... rates.html

[Lesueurcountyguy]

Would put places like Discount Tire out of business.

[Eroder]

$4000 per tire AMIRITE?

[Night Train]

$4000 per tire AMIRITE?

That's what I was thinking too. Sounds great, until you pay $5K a tire.

My theory is that back in the day they'd make things that last, but corporations found out if you do that people only buy one refrigerator in their lifetime, or one washer, one dryer, one whatever... So it's in their best interest to make things that don't last so people have to keep coming back to buy more. Imagine buying only one more set of tires in your lifetime, tire businesses would be SOL. If anything, hopefully this would lower the price of regular tires.

[feekdogg]

Would put places like Discount Tire out of business.

They'll still make money selling me blinker fluid and charging me 25 dollars to change the wiper blades.

[Eroder]

$4000 per tire AMIRITE?

That's what I was thinking too. Sounds great, until you pay $5K a tire.

My theory is that back in the day they'd make things that last, but corporations found out if you do that people only buy one refrigerator in their lifetime, or one washer, one dryer, one whatever... So it's in their best interest to make things that don't last so people have to keep coming back to buy more. Imagine buying only one more set of tires in your lifetime, tire businesses would be SOL. If anything, hopefully this would lower the price of regular tires.

Big Rubber will never allow this to happen anyway. They have A LOT of politicians in their pockets.

[Unbiased Observer]

They are already doing seven- and eight-year auto loans. Might as well make it a nice round ten years.

[Unbiased Observer]

$4000 per tire AMIRITE?

That's what I was thinking too. Sounds great, until you pay $5K a tire.

My theory is that back in the day they'd make things that last, but corporations found out if you do that people only buy one refrigerator in their lifetime, or one washer, one dryer, one whatever... So it's in their best interest to make things that don't last so people have to keep coming back to buy more. Imagine buying only one more set of tires in your lifetime, tire businesses would be SOL. If anything, hopefully this would lower the price of regular tires.

Single-side mattresses.

[Eroder]

They are already doing seven- and eight-year auto loans. Might as well make it a nice round ten years.

I'm struggling to connect this post to the thread topic...

Single-side mattresses.

This one, too...

[Straight Edge Raven]

If people start getting on the save the planet bandwagon it might take off. But if its like 5k a tire yeah that's gonna be a hard sell until prices come down.

[Cobey]

If people start getting on the save the planet bandwagon it might take off. But if its like 5k a tire yeah that's gonna be a hard sell until prices come down.

I doubt you'll see a lot of retrofitting on old cars.

But Goodyear will likely be putting these on new cars with manufacturers that they have contracts with.

[Straight Edge Raven]

If people start getting on the save the planet bandwagon it might take off. But if its like 5k a tire yeah that's gonna be a hard sell until prices come down.

I doubt you'll see a lot of retrofitting on old cars.

But Goodyear will likely be putting these on new cars with manufacturers that they have contracts with.

Agree 100%

[minnemike]

$4000 per tire AMIRITE?

That's what I was thinking too. Sounds great, until you pay $5K a tire.

My theory is that back in the day they'd make things that last, but corporations found out if you do that people only buy one refrigerator in their lifetime, or one washer, one dryer, one whatever... So it's in their best interest to make things that don't last so people have to keep coming back to buy more. Imagine buying only one more set of tires in your lifetime, tire businesses would be SOL. If anything, hopefully this would lower the price of regular tires.

Big Rubber will never allow this to happen anyway. They have A LOT of politicians in their pockets.

Porno star?

[anthony]

You still have to buy the capsules. Why would big rubber be opposed?