Wood you drive this Skoda? Knot us.
The owner of this car must have been barking mad when fitting this Skoda with, um, alternative, eco-friendly tires. We have a few questions, though. Do you decide when to replace them by counting the remaining rings instead of looking at wear indicators? Is the ride on these things as wooden as it looks? Does it handle well, or just sort of lumber through the corners? Are they made by Firewood, Woodyear or Oakohama? Is the spare full-size or just a sapling? Does the owner need a lumberjack when changing one, or will conventional equipment work as well? It's hard to tell what kind of tree these wheels were hewn from, but is it possible they're from a rubber tree? Do they do well in the rain or just get waterlogged?
Root around over at Hemmings and see several other shots of this against-the-grain car.
Feel free to add your own. Chop chop!
[Source: Hemmings]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
james emmans 3:58PM (4/13/2008)
could this be a clever bit of computer graphics, I just cannot believe this is real !
http://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-KXAS.Dk7RKONN6JSWV8avg--?cq=1
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Mike 12:08PM (6/06/2007)
I nominate this post for "Post of the Year"
Took me like 20 mins to stop laughing then another 10 wondering "WTF?!?!?!?!"
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Jed 12:15PM (6/06/2007)
Those things must have terrible treead life. But I guess if you've got a whole forest of wheels/tires in your backyard, you don't care...
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DarkKnight67 12:20PM (6/06/2007)
I think this has to be the funniest post in a while ... I seriously couldn't stop laughing.
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Mr. Oak 12:19PM (6/06/2007)
So, the Flintstones was not entirely fictional after all. Wonder what they do is they flat-spot these things. Absolute insanity.
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Mike 12:25PM (6/06/2007)
How long did it take you guys to come up with all of those?
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robz4 12:34PM (6/06/2007)
Save the forest!.Don't drive Skodas.
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Rodney 2:03PM (6/06/2007)
The spare is in the "trunk".
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Tim 12:35PM (6/06/2007)
"honey, i think the tires need balanced, there is a slight shimmy above .005mph."
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Merc 12:41PM (6/06/2007)
I'd say they're a cut above the rest.
It's got enough power to chip the tires, even in second gear.
Wood you believe they stick pretty well?
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Nellydesign 12:42PM (6/06/2007)
I think you went a little over"board" with woodsy puns there folks...
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Merc 12:43PM (6/06/2007)
Once you take them out of the trunk, you can't put them back.
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Grammar freak 12:48PM (6/06/2007)
I will now light myself on fire..
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Brian 12:48PM (6/06/2007)
heh heh
I really want to try a real literal burnout :)
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JayP 12:48PM (6/06/2007)
These things just don't grow on trees!
Or maybe they do...
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Thunder 12:51PM (6/06/2007)
I bet the ride is pretty wooden.
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Otto Ingineer 1:04PM (6/06/2007)
Another case of bark being worse than the bite. And how about balancing? Just chuck 'em into a lathe?
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Matt Dell 5:17PM (6/06/2007)
So many puns! hahaha! Hilarious!!
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Paul 2:03PM (6/06/2007)
How much wood would a Skoda car burn, if a Skoda car could burn wood?
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Steve 2:04PM (6/06/2007)
The ultimate run flat
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