Ron,
I was kidding about the whistling, purporting that it might come from a hole left by a nail that fell out.
The entire idea of this new wheel might work OK, but that remains to be seen in the real world. I know it's been around for a while and we are not seeing it used much ...which leads me to believe there are some serious development problems.
I thought that heat and fatigue build-up in the webs might cause them to deteriorate too rapidly. They might well exhibit catastrophic failure while hitting potholes and such if they suddenly went out-of-round all right.
I bought my last cheap work car, a '94 Escort, really cheap because the steering was incredibly loose. I noted that the rack was loose when I looked under the hood and thought "easy fix-cheap price". I gave the wheels a cursory inspection and they looked OK and later re-clamped the errant rack and pinion. Turned out that one front wheel was severely bent on the inner rim edge only and the tire ply was also major screwed up. Somebody hit something hard with it, so hard it knocked the rack loose. Still, it was OK after a $20 used tire and rim; lucky me. I replaced both front tires as a pair when I was confident it would be OK. The standard tire and wheel are apparently pretty tough.
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