6 ms·

That's highly unusual. How do their cars move?

• ethbr1 3y ago
  We roll on polyhedrons where s approaches infinity.
  • mrits 3y ago
    S hit infinity on my first car's tires
• bombcar 3y ago
  On tires. The tire is the rubber, the wheel is the whole assembly. If you're talking to people who talk about it in detail. Everyone else refers to them interchangeably.
• lwkl 3y ago
  Not sure if I missed your joke. But this is probably a joke based on the spelling of the word being British. So Americans use tires and the British use tyres.
  • mvdtnz 3y ago
    I wasn't joking, I'm not going to use the American spelling just because I'm talking about how Americans use the word. They really do use "wheel" and "tyre" interchangeably.
    • BenjiWiebe 3y ago
      I'm an American, and I disagree, mostly. I've never heard someone say a "flat wheel"; it's always flat tire. Also if an American says a wheel came off when they mean a tire, they misspoke/misunderstand what they are talking about. There are plenty of Americans that know next to nothing about their vehicle despite it usually being the most expensive or second most expensive thing they own. Disclaimer: Midwest USA here, can't speak for other parts of the US.
      • mvdtnz 3y ago
        Here is a sample of common Americans casually referring to wheels as tyres, which I found from less than a minute of googling. https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/37768342/fan-vehicle-damaged-indianapolis-500-tire-get-new-car https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/37768342/fan-vehicle-... https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/13ww9d1/fan_with_vehicle_damaged_by_indianapolis_500_tire/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/13ww9d1/fan_with_ve... https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/14yprzk/ot_tire_comes_loose_and_hits_spectators_at/ https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/14yprzk/ot_tire_c... https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/13utnr9/tire_goes_flying_over_stands_and_into_parking_lot/ https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/13utnr9/... https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/s8lsjk/my_tire_fell_off_with_no_warning_while_driving/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/s8lsjk/my_ti... https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/10i5rmf/my_tire_came_off_while_i_was_driving_after/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/10i5rmf/my_... https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/2qwxyj/a_tire_just_came_off_my_moms_car_while_driving/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/2qwxyj/a_tire_just_ca... https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/te2dle/my_tire_flew_off_while_i_was_driving_and_had_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/te2dle/my_t... https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/16p1z09/front_wishbone_failure_leads_to_both_tires_flying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/16p1z0... https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=301598278822335 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=301598278822335 https://myfox8.com/sports/nascar-motorsports/indy-500/tire-flies-off-race-car-hits-parked-car-during-indy-500/ https://myfox8.com/sports/nascar-motorsports/indy-500/tire-f... https://www.nascar.com/videos/franchise/nascar-cup-series-highlights/erik-jones-loses-tire-from-fifteenth/ https://www.nascar.com/videos/franchise/nascar-cup-series-hi...
        • BenjiWiebe 3y ago
          Yes there are Americans who don't get it. But if you work at a tire shop (I did for a while), the majority of the customers get it right.
      • AceyMan 3y ago
        This, 200%. I can't think of anyone other than the most archetypal ditz (think, 'Friends' character, Phoebe) who would conflate the idea of the rubber part that touches the ground with the metal or other hard material the first term is mounted on. (Naming abstractions removed for clarity.)