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Old 04-16-2010, 11:50 AM   #1
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Default Torro Rosso F1 car's tires decide to go on holiday

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Old 04-16-2010, 08:57 PM   #2
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aren't the tires supposed to have strong wire to prevent them flying into the landscape?
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Old 04-16-2010, 09:17 PM   #3
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aren't the tires supposed to have strong wire to prevent them flying into the landscape?
Yes, it is tremendously strong; however under the kind of forces that "sharp" metal suspension bits shredding the tethers, they didn't stand a snow flake's chance in Hell.
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