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Originally Posted by marcielago
Why are you willing to exchange your RFT's with normal tires?? Is it because the sound issues and drivability??
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No, not because of the sound issues or driveability, but for the same reasons
LuvMyE92 mentions below and also because many repair shops in Northern California where I live will not repair run-flats for "liability" issues. Nobody carries run-flats as a general rule so you must order from Tire Rack and it takes at least 2 days to get it. So, wherever you are going if you have a flat your arrival is delayed by two days. There is also cost, a tendency to get damaged beyond reapair after you hit a pothole, uneven wear, etc. etc.
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Originally Posted by LuvMyE92
You know... if you have a flat with your RFT and you continue to drive on it, you'll destroy the tire. So you're 400 miles from home with a flat, no spare, and you think that any local shop stocks RFTs in this size? What if it happens on a Sunday? Or you get a flat, the tire isn't destroyed, but you are miles from a tire repair shop, on a Saturday night? So you call roadside assistance, three hours later a rollback shows up, takes you 80 miles out of your way, you get a hotel for the night, nothing is open on Sunday so after another night at the Super-8 you get the tire patched Monday? Ha! I think that shows a lack of planning there my friend.
I see that Kev is in Ireland. Out in in the far reaches here in the colonies, you can literally drive hundreds of miles between towns. Or where I live, in the Southeast, everything shuts down for the Lord's day (Sunday) and you generally can't get a tire fixed, anywhere. So trip planning may be a little different than in the UK or Europe.
RFTs are not the panacea that you might wish for (not to end a sentence in a preposition). You should have a bottle of slime and air compressor in your trunk regardless of the tire type. Or a can of fix-a-flat if you prefer. Me, I carry the former and on out of town trips, I have a spare, jack and lug wrench. You can get a kit from Tischer BMW that has everything you need, around $350. Expensive? Yes. How much for two nights in a hotel, ruined vacation and delayed trip? Priceless.
And the F10 trunk is so huge you can put a mini spare back there and still have room for luggage. I used to put the spare in my E92, and that was a tiny trunk, but we still made it work.
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Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any kind of space saver spare kit for the F10. I'm also planning on carrying a tire plug kit, jack and wrench until the first RFT needs replacement. After that, only conventional tires and a spare in the trunk.
