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Anybody got any on their car or had them in the past? buying a BMW 3 series with them on but have heard they are over expensive and prone to punctures?
 
i hate everyone with a car atm, its arny cos im skint like ha!
 
Anybody got any on their car or had them in the past? buying a BMW 3 series with them on but have heard they are over expensive and prone to punctures?

Pay for the insurance on them and when the tread is wearing 'accidentally' go over a nail........new tyre gratis.

You can get the BMW recommended tyres for about £130 each.

The handling feels a little different with run flats but you get used to it after a few days.
 
Anybody got any on their car or had them in the past? buying a BMW 3 series with them on but have heard they are over expensive and prone to punctures?

eh?

ive run a 3 series for 2.5 years never had a puncture?

i get continental premium contact ssr 205/55/r16/v tyres for mine £74 quid each on camskill

one thiing i was told if you get a puncture you can 'run flat' for 50 miles only, any more the tyre will degrade and could collapse, so if if goes you have to change it asap. i have a spare in the garage all the time

hth

Pay for the insurance on them and when the tread is wearing 'accidentally' go over a nail........new tyre gratis.

You can get the BMW recommended tyres for about £130 each.

The handling feels a little different with run flats but you get used to it after a few days.

off dick turpin;)
 
eh?

ive run a 3 series for 2.5 years never had a puncture?

i get continental premium contact ssr 205/55/r16/v tyres for mine £74 quid each on camskill

one thiing i was told if you get a puncture you can 'run flat' for 50 miles only, any more the tyre will degrade and could collapse, so if if goes you have to change it asap. i have a spare in the garage all the time

Just what i read on one of them BMW blog site's,also says you can go 150 miles at 50mph once the warning light comes on.
 
had quite a few BMWs with them on, wouldnt say they are prone to punctures

slightly more expensive than normal tyres but not bad

one thiing i was told if you get a puncture you can 'run flat' for 50 miles only, any more the tyre will degrade and could collapse, so if if goes you have to change it asap. i have a spare in the garage all the time

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i ran flat on one for about a month once (about 1k miles)

wouldnt be doing 70+ on a motoroway like but ran fine driving normally to work and back for a month
 
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eh?

ive run a 3 series for 2.5 years never had a puncture?

i get continental premium contact ssr 205/55/r16/v tyres for mine £74 quid each on camskill

one thiing i was told if you get a puncture you can 'run flat' for 50 miles only, any more the tyre will degrade and could collapse, so if if goes you have to change it asap. i have a spare in the garage all the time

hth



off dick turpin;)

That place is class, I got 4 x 18" Falken's for just north of £200, took them to a local and had them fitted for £25. The nearest price I had for four fitted tyres was around £350 for some unbranded shite that would no doubt be all over the place in the winter.
 
Ditch the runflats straight away. The amount of hassle you'll get from trying to get anyone to repair a puncture is ridiculous. The problem is they have a steel wired and thick rubber side wall which keeps they tyre rigid when its flat. After 50 miles this starts to warp and collapse which is why they won't repair punctures so you'll be looking at a new tyre everytime you have a puncture. If you can find someone who'll do it no receipt no questions asked then fair enough.

On a different note they'll ruin the ride from being too firm and are prone to understeer in the wet.

edit - camskill is a great site. Got my winter tyres from there for £75 a corner and didn't get stuck once all winter.
 
Ditch the runflats straight away. The amount of hassle you'll get from trying to get anyone to repair a puncture is ridiculous. The problem is they have a steel wired and thick rubber side wall which keeps they tyre rigid when its flat. After 50 miles this starts to warp and collapse which is why they won't repair punctures so you'll be looking at a new tyre everytime you have a puncture. If you can find someone who'll do it no receipt no questions asked then fair enough.

On a different note they'll ruin the ride from being too firm and are prone to understeer in the wet.

edit - camskill is a great site. Got my winter tyres from there for £75 a corner and didn't get stuck once all winter.

For competent drivers they're not a problem......and speaking as someone who had a tyre explode on them while doing 70mph down the M6 with a 3 month old baby in the back, I think they should be compulsory.
 
Ditch the runflats straight away. The amount of hassle you'll get from trying to get anyone to repair a puncture is ridiculous. The problem is they have a steel wired and thick rubber side wall which keeps they tyre rigid when its flat. After 50 miles this starts to warp and collapse which is why they won't repair punctures so you'll be looking at a new tyre everytime you have a puncture. If you can find someone who'll do it no receipt no questions asked then fair enough.

On a different note they'll ruin the ride from being too firm and are prone to understeer in the wet.

runflats arent repairable once they have ridden on the hard side walls they are degraded

anyone who repairs them no questions asked is a cowboy & quite possibly a criminal
 
Ditch the runflats straight away. The amount of hassle you'll get from trying to get anyone to repair a puncture is ridiculous. The problem is they have a steel wired and thick rubber side wall which keeps they tyre rigid when its flat. After 50 miles this starts to warp and collapse which is why they won't repair punctures so you'll be looking at a new tyre everytime you have a puncture. If you can find someone who'll do it no receipt no questions asked then fair enough.

On a different note they'll ruin the ride from being too firm and are prone to understeer in the wet.

edit - camskill is a great site. Got my winter tyres from there for £75 a corner and didn't get stuck once all winter.

should be compulsory i reckon, last winter was the first time i'd used them and they were superb. Sure when i was in the BMW dealer they were doing a set of 4 steel wheels and winter tyres for £600
 
I don't get em tbh. Why put up with shitter handling / ride for the benefit of the incredibly rare instance when you get a flat? It's not as if changing a tyre is that difficult either.
 
runflats arent repairable once they have ridden on the hard side walls they are degraded

anyone who repairs them no questions asked is a cowboy & quite possibly a criminal

That depens whether the tyre has deflated. If its a nail stuck in and the tyre has retained pressure its theoretically repairable.

For competent drivers they're not a problem......and speaking as someone who had a tyre explode on them while doing 70mph down the M6 with a 3 month old baby in the back, I think they should be compulsory.

Fair enough. But by design they are rock hard and will understeer in the wet and compromise handling. They also weigh several kg more than normal tyres so if you have a performance car you will suffer from the issue of pre-sprung weight also effecting handling. But if you had a performance car chances are you wouldn't have a 3 month old baby in the back.
 
Ditch the runflats straight away. The amount of hassle you'll get from trying to get anyone to repair a puncture is ridiculous. The problem is they have a steel wired and thick rubber side wall which keeps they tyre rigid when its flat. After 50 miles this starts to warp and collapse which is why they won't repair punctures so you'll be looking at a new tyre everytime you have a puncture. If you can find someone who'll do it no receipt no questions asked then fair enough.

On a different note they'll ruin the ride from being too firm and are prone to understeer in the wet.

edit - camskill is a great site. Got my winter tyres from there for £75 a corner and didn't get stuck once all winter.

This man knows his onions.
 
That depens whether the tyre has deflated. If its a nail stuck in and the tyre has retained pressure its theoretically repairable.



Fair enough. But by design they are rock hard and will understeer in the wet and compromise handling. They also weigh several kg more than normal tyres so if you have a performance car you will suffer from the issue of pre-sprung weight also effecting handling. But if you had a performance car chances are you wouldn't have a 3 month old baby in the back.

I said earlier that they take some getting used to......you adjust your driving style to suit.

I didn't have a performance car with the bairn in the back.....but at the same time a 3 series is not a performance car (unless it's an M3)
 
I have them on my 3 series ci (225/45/r17's) and don't like them one bit, once the tread is down a bit more, they will be coming off, would rather have decent handling than the current feel of them. bought the car with them already on but much prefer normal tyres.
 
I have them on my 3 series ci (225/45/r17's) and don't like them one bit, once the tread is down a bit more, they will be coming off, would rather have decent handling than the current feel of them. bought the car with them already on but much prefer normal tyres.

you going for a spare & jack etc, will fill your boot?

or tyreweld and fingers crosses you dont get a blow out?

TBH i dont notice them any different?, not being a clarkson i dont notice the 'firmer ride' or being prone to understeer in the wet, poor handling etc etc

they get me from A to B nee bother
 
got a space saver tyre in there at the mo, so no different, also carry one of them tyre repair inflater/foam thingy's also.

not a particularly fast driver myself, but prever to be able to handle the car better rather than have piece of mind of non puncture tbh!
 
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