2 flat nearside runflats! Can I drive to the garage?

[Audiotechnical]

Hi All. First post, so please direct me elsewhere if this is not the place to ask the question. I hope it's a straight forward answer (yes or no!).

On my Mercedes C300 my wife hit a nasty pothole a couple of days ago, and both nearside tyres have been damaged, and almost immediately lost all pressure. All the tyres are run flat, and she crept home in the dark rainy night at low speed with all the expected warnings popping up on dash.

Would it be considered an absolutely no no to drive this vehicle to the garage (2 miles away) with both flat tyres on the same side? I understand a runflat tyre can be driven on (cautiously/limited speed etc), but would 2 on the same side make any difference.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

[NFT]

Drove 2 miles on normal flat tyres to get them changed for new before, same situation nasty pothole that popped a hole in sidewalls.

I suppose if speed is low it doesn't matter so long as they have not clearly started peeling apart into pieces.

[georgeyboy12345]

I reckon you'd be alright as long as they are 2 miles along 20/30 mph roads and not 2 miles up the motorway for example

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Audiotechnical said:

Hi All. First post, so please direct me elsewhere if this is not the place to ask the question. I hope it's a straight forward answer (yes or no!).

On my Mercedes C300 my wife hit a nasty pothole a couple of days ago, and both nearside tyres have been damaged, and almost immediately lost all pressure. All the tyres are run flat, and she crept home in the dark rainy night at low speed with all the expected warnings popping up on dash.

Would it be considered an absolutely no no to drive this vehicle to the garage (2 miles away) with both flat tyres on the same side? I understand a runflat tyre can be driven on (cautiously/limited speed etc), but would 2 on the same side make any difference.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Why bother?

I suspect there will be a few local garages that will come out and replace them on the drive.

[Audiotechnical]

Thanks for your replies. I'll just drive carefully, and try not to hit any other pot holes while I stick to the side of the road letting other vehicles pass me!

I'd already booked the tyre replacement via Blackcircles at my usual local garage, so wasn't going to start again with local potential mobile companies.

Thanks again.

[mmm-five]

Completely fine to drive on them, that's what they're designed for..as long as you drive at below 50mph and for upto 50 miles. Although I'd reduce those limits with 2 flats.

I had 2 punctures after going over debris on the motorway on a Saturday afternoon, and was about 6 miles away from the next junction.

Choice was to wait eleventy hours for recovery, or drive to the closest town to find a tyre fitter.

Of course, very few (if any) tyre places will repair a puncture on a runflat, as they'll just claim the sidewall is knackered after being driven on, so expect to pay for 2 new tyres.

Found a few tyre places just off the motorway, but none had the size I needed in stock, so drove to the closest Premier Inn, had a few beers with dinner and got the 2 tyres replaced once they called me the following morning.

Wasn't even fleeced by them, and paid about the same as I would have found them online. So if you ever need tyres around the Tewkesbury areas, then I recommend ETB Autocentre in Tewskesbury Business Park!

Edited by mmm-five on Monday 18th December 11:40

[stevieturbo]

Perfectly fine to drive 2 miles, or even 20 miles. That's the point of them

Just don't drive like a maniac and there'll be no issues