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- One unique thing about the Tesla Model S
is that it's been out since 2012,
and now here we are in 2019.
They look pretty similar
other than this little neoscone front on it.
But today, we're gonna take a look at this Model S
that is a unique one.
It has a characteristic that some people
in the world might want.
Our friend, Zack, from Jerry Rig Everything,
he's right over there, he's taking durability test
to a whole new level with Tesla.
- He shot this. (gunshots)
Bulletproof. - Look at that.
While we were filming the video on his channel
which we'll link after this, go check it out,
the one question that we had was what about the tires?
This Tesla, if it was shot with a gun,
you could still drive on it for a certain number of miles.
Today, we're going to see what's inside of run flat tires.
How does it work?
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This truck tire right here, this is basically a tank.
- It's huge. - It is huge.
This is not a low profile tire like inside of a Tesla,
it has a bigger run flat build inside of it.
What kind of things would a tank like this be scared...
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What kind of things would a tank like that
need run flat tires for?
Well this is Zack Jerry Rig's truck right here,
and of course, he has this little box right here
on the back with wires running to it.
All right, what's the plan here, what is this thing?
- Right here inside of this box is a bunch of tacks,
they're little metal rods that are sharp
that could pop tires.
So inside of the cab, we have a little button
we could press to drop this out while you're driving
or being pursued, you know.
- Very common, very common.
_ I'm just sayin' it's nice to have extra features
inside your vehicle.
When I connect this circuit, this box right here,
a flap is gonna drop down
and tacks are gonna spill out everywhere.
- [Dan] Yeah, let's see that.
- Three, two... - Oh my!
- One. (laughing)
- Your timing's a little off. - That was quick.
- [Dan] That's a tack, is it sharp, how big is it?
Ooh. - Yeah, that's sharp.
What is that?
- This one's different.
No matter how it rests when it lands,
it's gonna have this massive metal spike for a tire to hit.
- Our brilliant idea for today,
that is something you probably shouldn't try at home,
but you're probably not gonna have tacks on your car anyway.
- I'm just sayin' it's nice to have extra features.
- To be serious for a minute,
this is a real world application that people use
in different parts of the world where' it's unsafe
or there's celebrities, really important heads of state,
and they do get pursued with people with guns.
This is legit.
We just temporarily put this on Zack's truck,
he doesn't always have this tack machine on the bottom.
- I'm just sayin' it's nice to have extra features
inside your vehicle.
- So, we're gonna do a real world test.
We're gonna drive it about a safe 30 miles per hour
and drop the tacks out, and then after that,
we're gonna show you what's inside
of the Tesla bulletproof tire
and the bigger high profile type truck run flats.
- Six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
We got 17 tacks.
I'm ready.
And here she comes round the mountain, here she comes.
- I'll tell you when to do it though, Lincoln.
You guys look out 'cause they are gonna drop.
- This is fast!
- Okay, ready?
Not yet.
Three, two, one, go. - Drop it!
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(laughing)
- Did you see those?
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- Those went everywhere!
- That was so cool.
- Oh my gosh.
(laughing)
- We just did the dry run, and it's amazing.
They don't just drop straight down,
but they fly up, some of 'em are going 10 feet in the air.
Wow.
Okay.
- Watch out Zack for the tacks.
- All right, it's time.
We got all the Go Pro cameras set up.
We've got Lincoln over here on bomb detonation.
Not a bomb.
Get ready boys!
Get ready!
You ready for this?
- Tell me when!
- Go! - Go!
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- He hit one, I saw him hit one!
It looked like the front left tire,
the driver side tire got one.
It's still rollin'.
Let's see what it looks like, look at that!
Just one tack didn't even stop it.
The one stop wasn't enough for us,
we want more than one tack, so here we go,
we are gonna have him ride a lot closer,
we're gonna drive a little bit slower
so they don't bounce everywhere.
Go, go, go, go. - Go, go, go, go, go.
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- Oh, oh yes! - Oh!
- Yeah, we got some! - Woo!
- [Dan] I just wish we could just tear these out.
- [Lincoln] Oh, I heard air.
- [Dan] Hey Muscles, come here I need your muscles.
(air releasing)
- This stuck good.
I have to make it look like I'm struggling
so Dan doesn't feel weak.
These tires are so big, and there's so much rubber.
Normally if a car's pursuing you,
it's not gonna be a tank like this.
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- Listen to that, there's some air, get out of there.
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What have we learned today?
Tacks get flattened.
Run flat tires, what is inside of the tires?
Well this one. - Wow.
- We got cut open right here, and check it out.
You can see this giant plastic metal bolt thing
that's all around the actual wheel.
The misconception is that a run flat tire
is one giant enormous rubber tire, it's not the case.
- That's what I thought it was.
- You get your normal tires on top of the wheel
so that you can't even tell that it's a run flat tire,
and then inside of it you've got this run flat system
and so what really happens, it's not designed for you
to be able to drive for hundreds and hundreds of miles,
but say your tire does get blown out or somebody shoots out
your tire and somebody's chasing you,
what this is going to do is it's going to keep
this part of your tire on the wheel rather than
it exploding and flying off everywhere
and you're riding on this metal,
and it makes it so that you can drive
for 50 miles or a hundred miles.
You're probably not gonna be driving super fast.
This is pretty thick, but it works when you're on
a giant truck like this guy right here.
- This is a Tesla wheel, we took the actual tire part off.
- And this is it, this is called the run flat band
or a tire on band, and essentially when you drive fast
on the freeway at high speeds, this will slide over
like this one is right here.
- Oh so that's what it looks like, so when this pushes over,
it just clamps onto the tire grip thing?
- Yes, exactly.
When you've got a flat, if you've ever had one
in a car before, you know your tire goes all crazy,
it'll explode, it'll keep the seam right here,
that's where the wall of the tire will start
to get weak and explode,
and that's really where you have problems with a flat.
This should stop that from happening for enough time
for you to get somewhere.
This is the best that you can do on a Tesla tire right here.
Well we dropped tacks on a road in front of a car today.
That was really cool, and hopefully that you guys learned
something about run flat tires and what's inside of them.
Bulletproof Tesla.
Make sure you go check out this guy's video where he takes
a handgun and shoots a Tesla.
What a mad lad.
- [Male] Absolute mad lad.
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- I'm just sayin' it's nice to have extra features
inside your vehicle.