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SyntheticBlinkerFluid SuperDork
4/25/12 10:29 p.m.

This is awesome and I want a set. I don't care who you are, this is too awesome.

http://youtu.be/XwpKjEa4LYY

EastCoastMojo UberDork
4/25/12 10:32 p.m.

So, if you do donuts in the snow, are they called snownuts?

mndsm UberDork
4/25/12 10:32 p.m.

Those are sweet. I kinda want to get like two of em, strap em to the MINI and do like a mad max halftrack thing.

NGTD Dork
4/25/12 10:44 p.m.

EastCoastMojo wrote: So, if you do donuts in the snow, are they called snownuts?

Nope still donuts

Appleseed PowerDork
4/25/12 10:45 p.m.

Saw a short bus rolling (or is it belting) on these just outside of Yellowstone.

Javelin UltimaDork
4/25/12 11:38 p.m.

WANT!!!!

mad_machine MegaDork
4/25/12 11:41 p.m.

that's pretty cool.. what holds them on?

DrBoost UberDork
4/26/12 6:58 a.m.

Yeah, there's no way of telling if they are actually attached to the wheels. That's not good because you KNOW there will be hoonage, said hoonage will end up in air time. That will not end well.

GameboyRMH UberDork
4/26/12 7:14 a.m.

DrBoost wrote: Yeah, there's no way of telling if they are actually attached to the wheels. That's not good because you KNOW there will be hoonage, said hoonage will end up in air time. That will not end well.

Yeah looks like gravity's holding them on If there were some rollers that locked over the top of the wheel, this would be better than Mattracks.

Edit: I see a rod connecting to something coming off the hub, maybe that keeps them from falling off?

ShadowSix Reader
4/26/12 7:15 a.m.

In reply to DrBoost:

If you pause the video at the right time, there is clearly some sort of mount attached to the center of the wheel and they are all chained to the frame rails. I wonder if they would work for 2WD cars and/or unibody cars.

EDIT: there is also a chain w/ a hook attaching the inside to something under the truck. I can't really tell, but I bet it's a bracket added onto the truck for these things.

mad_machine MegaDork
4/26/12 7:43 a.m.

if I did it with a FWD... tracks in tbe front, skis in the back

Twin_Cam UltraDork
4/26/12 8:56 a.m.

If a set of these fits on a Saturn, I'm moving to Buffalo and buying some. I love driving in the snow, and these would make it more better.

N Sperlo UberDork
4/26/12 9:10 a.m.

Twin_Cam wrote: If a set of these fits on a Saturn, I'm moving to Buffalo and buying some. I love driving in the snow, and these would make it more better.

Accepting bets on how long it takes to snap an axle.

ShadowSix Reader
4/26/12 9:12 a.m.

N Sperlo wrote:
Twin_Cam wrote: If a set of these fits on a Saturn, I'm moving to Buffalo and buying some. I love driving in the snow, and these would make it more better.
Accepting bets on how long it takes to snap an axle.

Are we doing "minutes of actual driving", miles, or "days of ownership"?

Pete240Z UltraDork
4/26/12 10:36 a.m.

you can truly laugh at the snow storm....

mad_machine MegaDork
4/26/12 11:21 a.m.

ShadowSix wrote:
N Sperlo wrote:
Twin_Cam wrote: If a set of these fits on a Saturn, I'm moving to Buffalo and buying some. I love driving in the snow, and these would make it more better.
Accepting bets on how long it takes to snap an axle.
Are we doing "minutes of actual driving", miles, or "days of ownership"?

minutes of actual driving

Curmudgeon MegaDork
4/26/12 11:28 a.m.

What's all that white stuff on the ground?

16vCorey UberDork
4/26/12 11:32 a.m.

In the '50s you could get a factory accessory for VW Beetles that was something like this, though I'm pretty sure it was only available in Europe.

ShadowSix Reader
4/26/12 11:37 a.m.

In reply to mad_machine:

I've got $6 on an hour and 45 minutes.

Curmudgeon MegaDork
4/26/12 11:38 a.m.

I got $10 says the Saturn busts a spider gear pin before an axle and that in the first two hours.

For the win:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBjlSJf4274

Twin_Cam UltraDork
4/26/12 11:39 a.m.

mad_machine wrote:
ShadowSix wrote:
N Sperlo wrote:
Twin_Cam wrote: If a set of these fits on a Saturn, I'm moving to Buffalo and buying some. I love driving in the snow, and these would make it more better.
Accepting bets on how long it takes to snap an axle.
Are we doing "minutes of actual driving", miles, or "days of ownership"?
minutes of actual driving

Yea, because modern 1500s are so manly and over-built

Besides, a car needs torque to snap axles. Are you trying to tell me my Saturn has torque? I can assure you, it does not.

howarddarlene28 None
4/26/12 11:43 a.m.

How I wish I can experience driving on the snow... I have not experienced it yet.

ditchdigger Dork
4/26/12 11:48 a.m.

DrBoost wrote: Yeah, there's no way of telling if they are actually attached to the wheels.

They are. there is a link that connects them to the hub visible. I only got 30 seconds in the video and saw that. The Bruckheimer style music was too much for me.

Taiden SuperDork
4/26/12 11:50 a.m.

Would love to have this on an impreza wagon

mad_machine MegaDork
4/26/12 12:04 p.m.

Twin_Cam wrote:
mad_machine wrote:
ShadowSix wrote:
N Sperlo wrote:
Twin_Cam wrote: If a set of these fits on a Saturn, I'm moving to Buffalo and buying some. I love driving in the snow, and these would make it more better.
Accepting bets on how long it takes to snap an axle.
Are we doing "minutes of actual driving", miles, or "days of ownership"?
minutes of actual driving
Yea, because modern 1500s are so manly and over-built Besides, a car needs torque to snap axles. Are you trying to tell me my Saturn has torque? I can assure you, it does not.

reverse torque from the snow