Making Your Wheels Out Of Springs Is The Next Big Thing In Ride Comfort

Rubber tires are so cliché. At Jalopnik, we like to encourage innovation and new ideas, so it's about damned time we highlight a reasonable alternative.

Today, that alternative comes to us from Youtube channel Garage 54. The channel has a storied history of making ridiculous versions of wheels, with experimental designs made of coke bottles, paper, electrical tape and wood. Oh, and they showed off a car made of ice.

But now, they're showing off a better design. Rather than using rubber or a hard material like wood, they rolled out a new design with tires made out of coil springs. For years, automakers have been chasing a better ride by improving the suspension of their vehicles. It's amazing, with their billion-dollar budgets, that no company thought to simply add suspension components to the wheels themselves.

According to the video, the end result drove quite well. That's a relative term, as we're talking about a Lada, but apparently, the ride comfort is improved. I don't imagine that this setup would be good for acceleration, wet traction, high-speed stability, cornering or braking, but that's fine.

Because if your commute involves only traveling during dry weather on a poorly-maintained, straight road with no obstacles or stop lights, there's nothing that'll get the job done like a wheel made of springs.