Run Flat or Not to Run Flat?

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Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Funny timing!

I'm hoping to pick up my next car tomorrow. It's 08 and comes with the BMW mini spare!

I told my wife less than 20 min. ago that we can take my spare with in a garbage bag on road trips with her car (now that her car no longer has run on flat tires).

100+ agree on the keep a spare I'm the garage idea. Wife works about 50 minutes commute and we have tow reimbursement with our insurance.

Also due to availability when I bought her new tires I ended up with five. (found set of 3 and 2 no singles). Historically I've lost one tire each set of 4 so I'm ahead of the game.

Agree it's not a bad idea to have an extra tire. But some people don't live in a house and live in a city (big apartment garages-- don't let you store them and most smaller buildings might not have garages). I'm on 105K miles of RFTs the past 13 years--never any issues.

[Mikee5]

Finally, got rid of the Bridgestone RFT's, I put on some cheap Winrun tyres. I thought anything had to be better than the Bridgestones and I was right; these cheap tyres are far better, smoth ride, good handling, quieter, no more tramlining. I have no idea how long they will last, but at less than half the price of the old tyres I don't care.
I carry a portable pump, a can of tyre repair, and am looking around for a small but capable jack and a spare for trips.
BMW should be ashamed for putting rubbish RFT's on their cars.

Mike