Run flat tires are the worst. No, really. That’s what people say. It’s true. J.D. Power says so. Yeah. That guy who does the surveys. And hands out the trophies. No not the big silver ones, the glassy corporate-looking ones. You know the ones. You see them in those car commercials.

This week's My Strange Addiction features a 19-year-old girl who has eaten more than 50 rubber tires. Head over to Gawker to see the video.

Yes, a 1990s-era Formula One tire is slower than a tire off of a truck...when you roll them down a ski jump slope.

Jalops! Help me out. I need a set of winter tires, and it's been a while. The last time I bought a set, I lived in the Great White North: snow-packed streets and unplowed driveways. now I'm in a cold, ruthless, urban paradise.

This morning I spotted a suspiciously low Ferrari 612 parked across the street from Jalopnik's top secret Manhattan lair. Since it's not a normal sight, I took a closer look and was horrified by what I saw. The poor car had a giant hole in the sidewall of the right front tire.

Your car has four tires, and they all wear at different rates. To get the most out of them, it's a good idea to rotate them every few thousand miles so that they wear more evenly. I try to do mine every 6,000 miles or so.

While we were backstage at the Montreal Grand Prix, we got a chance to get up close with the wheel and tire tech of F1. You will never see a more advanced set of rims than these.

All season radials are pretty versatile tires, but let's face it, they aren't necessarily all that great on snow and ice or off highway. A team of German scientists developed new technology they hope will allow motorists to use the same tires in all conditions.

As many of you know, Jalopnik employs some very sophisticated user-monitoring software, so we know all about you. Which is why I feel confident in saying that, based on your demographic data, most Jalopnik readers will likely drive their cars deliberately into a lake, pool or other body of water at some point. And, as…

A man in Calhoun County, South Carolina collected so many used tires on his rural property his neighbors could see it from space using Google Maps Satellite View. How many tires does it take to make a dent in the planet's face? About 250,000.