From:	Mike Loseke <mike@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Interesting News
Date:	Mon, 11 May 1998 16:12:30 -0600

Thus spake Caric:
>
> ---Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET> wrote:
> >
> > Reading today's paper is like reading lines right out of Shadowrun
> > history.
> >
> > As most of you heard by now, Chrysler and Mercedes merged last week.
> > (More specifically, Daimler-Benz, Mercedes parent). Today, there are
> > talks of Mercedes and Nissan hooking up. That would put Chrysler and
> > Nissan under the same "roof". That could eventually lead to
> > Chrysler-Nissan produced vehicles, especially trucks.
>
> <snip>
>
> I was thinking something very similar to this when I saw that some
> company (Goodyear?) had released a tire that you could still drive on
> for 50 some odd miles even with no air. anyone wanna guess what it's
> called?....You got it Run Flat.

This is a case of FASA stealing from reality, not the other way
around. The runflat tires have been around longer than RiggerBB. The
Humvee's the US military uses have them as standard tires. My unit first
got them in 1987. Basically, it's a magnesium insert inside the tire,
mounted to the wheel, which rides on the flat tire. These were listed
as 30 miles at 30mph.

Of course, they've probably been around longer than that, that was just
my first experience with them.

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