I also vaguely remember the video, but the song was much better, imo
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Years ago i bombed around in a ford LTD, i found the squealing tires when cornering slightly hard quite amusing. Boy would i roar that engine, tires squaling even smoking as i barreled around. It was quite the spectical when i ripped thru town!
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Drum brakes all around . . . ?! 
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This one had front disc brakes, it was a 1977 ltd 2 iirc. It had the 351 windsor with the nylon coated timing gear
Driving the way you described, Iâm sure the tires would squeal on a late model Platinum Fusion!
Radial Tires?
All radial tires are belted. They have to be because the plies donât provide any circumferential strength.
Tramlining/groove wander? Thereâs 2 different kinds:
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Following cut grooves in the highway - and that is pretty much a tread pattern problem. Old bias ply tires tended to be designed more along the straight grooves variety - and that meant they were more susceptible to groove wander. But again, I emphasize that this is way, way more due to the tread pattern.
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Following the ruts in the road, generally caused by heavy truck traffic. Here wide tires are more prone than narrow tires - and thatâs because a wide tire has trouble finding a low spot to settle into.
Doing my part!
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Thank you!
Still doing my part!
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OK weâve gone from narrow to wide, blackwall to whitewall to raised white letter, bias ply to radial. How about colored tires that are designed to not only âlook goodâ but produce colored smoke when doing burnouts?
No claims made as to the handling characteristics or particulate emissions of these tires.
I have only seen those depressions on gravel roads, then once a month the road grader comes along and smooths the road out. Not counting I-10 in El Paso when six inches of snow was packed down to glare ice.
There are areas with ripples in the asphalt, but they are perpendicular to direction of travel.
When I was a kid, back in the early '50s, there was a tire retailer near our home who showed a few âcoloredâ tires in his front window. I doubt that they were actually available, but I was fascinated every time that I saw them. I donât now recall the colors, but there were 3 tires in his display window that were not black.
White tires werenât unusual for antique cars, but that went away around 1920 or so.
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Isnât that just natural rubber? They found out adding things like soot made them more durable and better performing. Today, carbon black makes themâŠwell black. Plus has many other benefits not the least of which (IMO) is reduction of static buildup.
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My recollection is that someone discovered that the addition of carbon black made the rubber more durable, and that ended the era of white tires.
More info on white tires:
All White Tires- Years? - General Discussion - Antique Automobile Club of America - Discussion Forums
255-256, do I hear 300?? maybe even 375??
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Northbound Rt 31 or Rt29 in central Florida⊠2 lane asphalt roads run by trucks.
I drove my narrow Honda S2000 up that road before sections were repaved. I could barely keep it on the road! The âgroovesâ made by the trucks were wider than my car.
And for Chris, that car had fairly narrow tires. 215s in the front.
Iâve seen worn troughs in a few freeways. Also common in Anchorage, where the studded tires wear the asphalt out rapidly.
That must be the reason, just two lanes. Have not experienced that on I-4, 75, or 95. US-1 or the east-west roads The two lane roads near me have little to none 18 wheeler traffic.
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Youâre talking about tread width, right? 
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