So you can reduce environmental wear and tear by wearing items that can take a beating: Tennis ball watches or old - typewriter bracelets, recycled
rubber tire shoes and bags; but eco-trends are a flimsy substitute for real change.
Not exact matches
I didn't expect a perfect Chloé Susanna copy, but I was also dreading a pair of
shoes that smelled like
tire rubber and fell apart after one wear.
And although the Mazda is equipped with relatively modest
rubber (comparatively tiny 225 / 45WR -17 Kumho Ecsta race
tires), its cornering speeds were on par with those of the fat -
shoed GT2.
They are
shod with 245/45 Goodyear
tires but Pirelli P Zero
rubber is also available.
There is also a new 19 - inch M Performance forged wheel model available in a Y - spoke style and
shod with standard
tires or Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2
rubber.
A more performance - oriented
tire would probably raise the understeer threshold — all models are
shod with all - season
rubber — and also shorten braking distances.
Combine that with 18 - inch lightweight alloy wheels
shod with
rubber band thin 225/25 R18
tires and suspension that's nearly an inch lower than the VXR it is based on and it reads for a recipe that results in a ride with all the finesse and charm of a skateboard.
From the ground up, the
rubber meets the road at standard 19 - inch wheels
shod in 255 mm wide summer
tires — our example was equipped with optional 21 - inch wheels and wider 275 mm wide performance
tires.
I guess that has something to do with our car's optional 18 - inch wheels
shod with 245/45
tires — I imagine the standard 17 - inch alloys with 225/55
rubber provide an even smoother ride.
Mounted on Michelin Pilot
rubber with redline stripes added by Diamond Back Classic
tires, the big
shoes fit nicely under the old curvy fiberglass with some help from the Art Morrison chassis and 3 ″ tubbed rear wheels wells.
Oil, paper, fabric, printed reproductions, metal, wood,
rubber shoe - heel, and tennis ball on two conjoined canvases with oil on taxidermied Angora goat with brass plaque and
rubber tire on wood platform mounted on four casters, 42 × 53 1/4 × 64 1/2 in.
Combine: oil, paper, fabric, printed reproductions, metal, wood,
rubber shoe - heel, and tennis ball on two conjoined canvases with oil on taxidermied Angora goat with brass plaque and
rubber tire on wood platform mounted on four casters.
From Earthships and building materials, to water filters,
shoes and bags, old
rubber tires have long been a veritable gold mine when it comes to material reuse potential.