Reviewed: Bridgestone 3G RFT Tires take the shock out of run-flats
by Michael Harley (RSS feed) on Jul 6th, 2009 at 11:56AM
The BMW enters the massive skidpad at more than 100 mph and begins a sweeping right turn along a soldiered row of orange cones. On cue, a pneumatic device attached to the hub of the spinning left rear wheel instantaneously rips its air valve clean out. Abruptly unsettled by the simulated tire "blow-out," and the collapse of the tire, the family wagon plunges into a long and flat uncontrolled spin knocking the hapless cones skyward in its wake. The BMW finally comes to a rest off course, facing 180-degrees from its original direction of travel. Melodramatic in execution, the tire... Read More
