rrwirsi

Just a thought. If you plan on displaying your '03 in competition, you may want to keep the original tires and wheels. I was at one competition and a car did not win 1st place because it did not have the factory run flats.

Rjwz2

Thanks to everyone for your expertise. I know I will change them right away.
If I go with non run flats, do I need to carry fix a flat or? What do you guys do?

grampi50

I could see driving on old tires if you're driving something like a Model T, but a performance car like the C5? No way!

Tsumi

I carry around a Safety Seal kit and a portable inflator.

Vetteman Jack

I would not drive on 13 year old tires. If you would consider non-run flats, there are many different brands to choose from and at prices nearly half of what runflats cost.

JEH03Vette

I've got a plug kit, a mini compressor and a bottle of TPMS safe Slime.

C5Txfan

Yep just what I want to be doing in the middle of the night in the rain .. trying to patch a flat and air it up ! I'll stick to run flats for the peace of mind that I can at least get home or to somewhere safe !

mrlmd

Exactly what he said. I was going to say the same thing but he beat me to it. Especially if the road surface is wet or damp. Or if you want to take a long road trip. Safety is the number one priority, while having fun driving the car is second, and you don't want to have to worry about it.

Pounder

I have driven my share of miles through out my lifetime and have never had a flat. To go though life running hard non-handling tires just in case something might happen would not be for me. But that's why they make both types.

Crosis

The other 6.8 billion people on earth seem to get along with non runflats just fine. I've had 1 flat on a personally owned car in 20 years. Not really much of a stress point to get rain on me once in a while.

keeso6z

I'm going with run flats again. I don't want to bother with carrying that stuff and fixing it.

keeso6z

Most cars have spare tires - Corvette's don't.

Tsumi

And if you get a flat in the rain, you're changing it in the rain. Spares don't magically swap themselves out. So your point is?

oemtech

I **** canned my new runflats of my 2014 Cadillac ATS after about 10k!

DDaaryl

I replaced my aged run flats with Hankooks and have a better quieter ride. No one really wants to run around on old tires but the question needs to asked: Anyone have an aged Goodyear run flat fail or come apart at speed causing damage or an accident? Is this all speculation?

When you buy tires use TireRack for a price comparison. Many locals will match or beat their price especially after you include shipping costs and you won't need to deal with their "shady" recommended installers that like to price gouge customers.

Pounder

Not to mention just because your running run flats does not mean you couldn't get a blow out ????

Tsumi

It's really not about whether or not it falls apart, but rather the loss of traction that causes the accident being the far more likely scenario. Especially in rain.

To be fair, some runflats can keep going with a blowout while a seal kit isn't going to do anything.

S.C. vette

Not even on your vette

Pounder

OK for how long ????

Tsumi

Bridgestone's DriveGuards are rated to 50 miles after a blowout.

An interesting thing to note is that run flats are twice as likely to get blowouts compared to regular tires according to J.D. Power and Associates.