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idol mind
05-09-2003, 08:59 AM
http://www.cruzio.com/~seaweb/benzdealer/f300.html


why aren't more cars like this?....why don't they use this technology yet?....this seems like a brilliant technology....
Mangetout
05-09-2003, 09:15 AM
APT (http://www.apt-p.com/apte.htm) all over again, well, sort of.
bradwalt
05-09-2003, 09:28 AM
Thank you Stan Dunn for promoting your web site on the Straight Dope!
Lute Skywatcher
05-09-2003, 11:45 AM
Originally posted by idol mind
why aren't more cars like this?....why don't they use this technology yet?....this seems like a brilliant technology.... That technology isn't exactly new (http://www.leglessfrogs.co.uk/images/racing.jpg), you know.
idol mind
05-09-2003, 06:55 PM
jeff olsen, i'm not exactly sure what u think is going on in that picture, but to me it sure looks like the turn is going to the cars left and the car is leaning to its right.......that's what happens in any car making a sharp turn
bibliophage
05-09-2003, 09:23 PM
I have changed the title of the thread. In the future, please try to choose more descriptive titles.

bibliophage
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something clever
05-09-2003, 09:45 PM
well, since car tires /= motorcycle tires, that would be dumb.

do your sidewalls have tread?
Sam Stone
05-09-2003, 10:06 PM
This one is cooler, and they've been around for years:

The Eco-Mobile (http://www.peraves.ch/ndexe.htm).
bouv
05-09-2003, 10:51 PM
Sam, that site's background makes my head hurt...:(
Tuckerfan
05-09-2003, 11:36 PM
GM developed the same thing back in the 80s (http://www.motobykz.co.uk/GMleanmachine/GMleanmachine.htm).
sailor
05-10-2003, 06:22 AM
You can tilt a narrow tire with a rounded section, such as a motorcycle or *very* light car. A heavy car requires wide tires with rectangular cross section and you can't tilt those.
Lute Skywatcher
05-10-2003, 03:21 PM
Originally posted by idol mind
jeff olsen, i'm not exactly sure what u think is going on in that picture, but to me it sure looks like the turn is going to the cars left and the car is leaning to its right.......that's what happens in any car making a sharp turn Point is that the Citroën 2CV, intoduced in 1948, leans further than any other car. It was purposely designed with a soft independent suspension to provide as much traction as possible when cornering. Cars like the one in the OP dropped one wheel and reversed the lean.