Complex Blog » tires http://www.complex.com/blogs Buy. Collect. Obsess. The original buyer's guide for men. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Q-Tires Would Do James Bond Proud http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/04/01/q-tires-would-do-james-bond-proud/ http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/04/01/q-tires-would-do-james-bond-proud/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:50:17 +0000 bfred http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/04/01/q-tires-would-do-james-bond-proud/ qtires.jpg
When Bond needed his Aston Martin Vanquish to stop dead on ice in Die Another Day, he simply flipped a “traction” switch and spikes came out of his tires to give him the help he needed. With this in mind, South Carolina-based Q-Tires has developed a new model called “Celsius” that actually features retractable studs.

Snow tires beware: with the all-purpose Celsius, all the driver needs to do when the weather gets icy is flip a switch in their car, which fills a secondary chamber within the tire, activating the studs. Flipping the switch again releases the pressure retracts the studs. After the jump, watch the infamous Bond car chase and a movie from Q-Tires that explains the science.

Learn the science behind Q-Tires:

Watch the car chase on ice scene from Die Another Day:

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