View Single Post
Old 03-07-2009, 01:38 PM   #19 (permalink)
almightybmw
Custom User Title
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Bozeman, MT
Posts: 248

Daily Driver - '02 Pontiac Grand Prix SE
90 day: 18.45 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1
Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Hello,



I think you are underestimating the power of centrifugal force!
Nope, certainly ain't! I've driven from Fairbanks to Anchorage, (AK) with snow packed in my steel rims. It did not come out.

Somewhere I have a picture of snow/ice/dirty water buildup on my GP from a recent road trip. The centrifugal force created an amazing design on the rims spreading out from the lug nuts. It was like watching icicles form at 90* arcs. I'm sure you can imagine what it looked like. Anyways, it didn't fly off, it held on for about 350 miles, Denver to Northern WY. I'm sure it re-accumulated along the way, but I was watching it with my mirrors since Fort Collins, CO.

I'll see if I can find the pictures....
__________________
  Reply With Quote