"Joe" > wrote in message
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> "Richard" > wrote in message
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>> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
>> n.umich.edu...
>> > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, TOM KAN PA wrote:
>> >
>> >> I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair,
>> >> thus reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the
>> >> mpg.
>> >
>> > That's fine in the summer, but in the winter you definitely want to
>> > fill
>> > your tires with Freon. Being heavier than air, it helps your tires
>> > stick
>> > to slippery roads.
>>
>> Actually, farmers fill their tractor tires part of the way with salt
>> water
>> to help keep the tractors from rolling over. Perhaps this should be
> required
>> by the Feds in all SUV's to solve their roll over problem. Cheaper than
>> those computer stability systems for sure.
>>
>> Richard.
>>
> Mercury would be even better for handling. Plus, it conducts electricity
> should your car be struck by lightning.
>
> Seriously though, liquid-filled tires are only suitable for very
> slow-moving
> equipment like farm tractors. They would never balance at speed.
>
Wrong. I have developed a complex computer program that will predict the
dynamic balance requirements of brine filled tires on the run, so to speak.
Cheap Chrysler has so far refused to fit this $3,800.00 system on any of its
cars or SUV's. Where is Ralph Nader when you need him?

Richard.