Run Flat Tyre Woes
Discussion
vikingaero said:
50mph is possible on a holed RF or spacesaver. 50mph isn't possible on a shredded RF. My last puncture was a shredder 3 hours drive from Fort William. As I said, RF suit people who never leave towns.
As I said earlier, the situation you describe above is nothing to do with run flat tyres. We have three cars on the drive, none came fitted with run flats yet none have any kind of spare wheel supplied, and in the case of the Lotus, nowhere to store one if you bought one. Same with the last 3 or 4 new cars I've had, spare wheels are virtually extinct, I haven't had one in any car I've bought since at least 2009.In my experience, new cars come with a 12v compressor, a can of tyre seal, and an AA/RAC card, regardless of whether they're fitted with run flats or not.
Been looking around for the best price replacement tyre, and getting a like for like on my car (Bridgestone Potenza S001 run flat) so far has been £170 fitted from Black Circles/Laws Tyres Aberdeen. If I supply the tyre myself work will fit it for £50, but so far I can't find anywhere that'll sell me the tyre for less than £120.
I am toying with the idea of putting 2 non run flats on the back, then eventually replacing the fronts with non run flats but as a previous poster has suggested, I probably shouldn't mix run flats with normal tyres. What's more though, the car has different sized tyres for front and rear; 225/40/18 on the front and 245/35/18 on the rear. I've never come across this conundrum before; all my previous cars have been normal tyres and all the same size.
I am toying with the idea of putting 2 non run flats on the back, then eventually replacing the fronts with non run flats but as a previous poster has suggested, I probably shouldn't mix run flats with normal tyres. What's more though, the car has different sized tyres for front and rear; 225/40/18 on the front and 245/35/18 on the rear. I've never come across this conundrum before; all my previous cars have been normal tyres and all the same size.
vikingaero said:
TooMany2cvs said:
vikingaero said:
I would NEVER buy a car without at least a spacesaver. What about the thread on here where the guy wants to get a tyre to his brother in Annecy and has a wedding in Italy to go onto.
<shrug> What about it? If it really wasn't possible to locate a tyre in time, my Euro breakdown cover would provide a hire car or onward travel allowance to get the train.But surely you wouldn't be contemplating doing a trip like that on a spacesaver, either? You can do the same distances/speeds (50mph/50 mile) on an RF to a spacesaver.
Drawweight said:
Does it really cost £50 to fit a RF tyre? Is it any different to fitting a normal tyre.
And why are you paying anyway if you work there?
Our service department seems to have a disliking for the sales team, but it's 50% labour rate, innit? I seriously doubt it'll take an hour to fit a bloody tyre though.And why are you paying anyway if you work there?
DanB7290 said:
Been looking around for the best price replacement tyre, and getting a like for like on my car (Bridgestone Potenza S001 run flat) so far has been £170 fitted from Black Circles/Laws Tyres Aberdeen. If I supply the tyre myself work will fit it for £50, but so far I can't find anywhere that'll sell me the tyre for less than £120.
I am toying with the idea of putting 2 non run flats on the back, then eventually replacing the fronts with non run flats but as a previous poster has suggested, I probably shouldn't mix run flats with normal tyres. What's more though, the car has different sized tyres for front and rear; 225/40/18 on the front and 245/35/18 on the rear. I've never come across this conundrum before; all my previous cars have been normal tyres and all the same size.
Definitely dont mix RF and non RF - potentially very dangerous impact on handlingI am toying with the idea of putting 2 non run flats on the back, then eventually replacing the fronts with non run flats but as a previous poster has suggested, I probably shouldn't mix run flats with normal tyres. What's more though, the car has different sized tyres for front and rear; 225/40/18 on the front and 245/35/18 on the rear. I've never come across this conundrum before; all my previous cars have been normal tyres and all the same size.
t imho. I would wager a large amount that the car will handle and drive perfectly fine.DanB7290 said:
So, I've got my first car that has run flats on it, a rather nice BMW 1 Series (much nicer than the Kia Ceed I had as a company car anyway!). It has run flats, and to me this was the only bad thing about the car. Of course sods law dictates that this be the first car I ever get a puncture in, picked up a nail driving into work.
Am I right in thinking that a run flat cannot be repaired like a normal tyre and must be replaced? I'm hoping I'm wrong as then it'll be a couple of quid to get it fixed and not £175 for a new tyre but time will tell.
It would have been quicker to type ' can run flat tyres be repaired' into Google . You would have a more straightforward answer too..Am I right in thinking that a run flat cannot be repaired like a normal tyre and must be replaced? I'm hoping I'm wrong as then it'll be a couple of quid to get it fixed and not £175 for a new tyre but time will tell.
Ha! The joy of forum posting though 
My MINI has an issue at the moment where one of the tyres deflates to 26psi over the course of a few weeks and sets the warning light off, I can't see anything in the tyre but will have a closer inspection soon. I;m trying to put off going to a garage though until I find one that will be honest and repair it if it's repairable. It might even just be a bead seal.
My MINI has an issue at the moment where one of the tyres deflates to 26psi over the course of a few weeks and sets the warning light off, I can't see anything in the tyre but will have a closer inspection soon. I;m trying to put off going to a garage though until I find one that will be honest and repair it if it's repairable. It might even just be a bead seal.
Jimboka said:
It would have been quicker to type ' can run flat tyres be repaired' into Google . You would have a more straightforward answer too..
I actually managed to get both yes and no answers on google. The main one that comes up says no but there's a fair few that say yes as well. Just wondered if anyone had done it/could recommend doing it.It would cost a lot of boot space for me as I would have to carry two spares. My toy has a stagger front to rear of one inch.
Runflats are hateful on the ride and handling in my experience across a number of cars. I ditch them at the first opportunity and put some proper rubber on. No spare on any of my cars, but an AA membership instead.
Runflats are hateful on the ride and handling in my experience across a number of cars. I ditch them at the first opportunity and put some proper rubber on. No spare on any of my cars, but an AA membership instead.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff