Watching Sportscenter this morning and saw this Firestone tire company advertisement. It shows various cars running wild on the road, one happened to be a Z06 Corvette. I hope they are not trying to imply that the Vette runs on Firestones. Vettes and Goodyear have been together for years! DA! I just bought my first set of F1 Supercar tires and I love em' It just struck me as a dumb, deceiving ad.

 

My second set of tires on the 2000 coupe were the Firestone Firehawks and they were leaps and bounds better than the Goodyears.

 

I think that they are illustrating that they have a great variety of tire for many different kinds of cars!

 

The 29$ Kmart special tire is better than those runflats! Try the Supercar tires then let me know what you think!

 

Better think again

There's plenty of Corvettes here that run on other tires than GYs...mine included.

 

 

Dumb Question ALERT!!!!
What do you do if you are not running on run flats and get a flat tire? Tow job to where ever?? Mine is my daily driver in S. Ca. and its not fun getting a flat biscuit on the freeways here. What do I do, pick up an extra rim and tire & store it in the back along with a jack accessories? Do they make that much of a difference to risk a flat tire?

 

Love my Firehawks and wouldn't go back to Goodyears unless they make the new C6 tires available in C5 sizes.

 

The driving that I do requires I drive run flats. The Goodyears were lousy in the rain....were way to loud and were way to stiff. I've got over 120,000 miles on the car and have Michelin AS Pilot Sports on the car now and will never go back to Goodyear.

 

You won't get Supercars for cheap and all run flat aren't as bad as your precious Goodyears.

 

I won't be going back to the Goodyears.

 

It's not a DUMB question - there are a lot of options, a cell phone and AAA membership is one of them. Another option is to purchase the kit for a Z06 as they don't come factory equipped with runflats.

The kit consists of a small compressor powered off the accessory/cig lighter, a patch and plug kit and some basic tools like a pliers and an awl. The downside is the kit retails for about $400.

The best option is what most folks here have done, is to make your own kit, buy a compressor at Wal-Mart for about $10, the patch kit is about $15, and some other basic tools. I've added a pair of Mechanix-Wear gloves and an old shower curtain to kneel/lay on. I put it all in a small canvas bag and keep in the center compartment. Also added a good flashlight, some clean towels and you might consider some waterless hand clearner - but that shouldn't be necessary if you use the gloves.

Another option is to run the runflats - but buy one of the other brands available like Michelin, Firestone, Kumho, Bridgestone, etc. Most of the aftermarket brands are quieter, handle better and ride softer than the factory GY's. If I lived in SoCal, and commuted daily on the freeways in that trafffic, I might be inclined to select one of the others mentioned. Good luck!

 

Do what I am going to do when my GY runflats are gone, get the Michelin Run Flats, they are suppose to be WAY better that the GY's.

 

My 'Vette runs on Firestones. In fact, I think they made the Firestone Firehawk SZ EP RFTs specifically for Vettes.

 

Mine is a semi-daily driver in SoCal, and I ditched the runflats. I carry a folding bicycle, some rope, and duct-tape in case I get a flat. Dumb answer for a dumb question! Just razzin' ya, brother!

Okay, seriously, every Z06 comes from the factory without run-flats. It's not a big deal to carry around a low-profile jack (I have one from an F-body), compressor, tire plugs, pliers, wrench, cell-phone, AAA card, etc. One lesson I learned from Pulp Fiction: it pays to know someone in the 818.

With every car I've owned, I've gotten a flat away from home, so I know it's only a matter of time. I'm prepared and yes, I think it's worth it to go without runflats.

 

there are other run-flats than Goodyear.

 

When the C5 came to the market, the tires that came on it were the Firehawk runflats.



The only good Goodyears that I've ever driven on are these F1SC tires. All of the other GY tires have been junk.

I get what you're saying about the Z06 and the Firestone ad though. I thought the same thing. Firestone never made a tire to fit the stock Z06 wheels properly. Show a C5 in the ad if anything, not a Z06.

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Has anyone tried hoosiers tires?

 

I run Firestone Firehawks on mine in the winter. Very good tires.

 

oooh ooooh let me post too. mine rolls on firestones. i would never go wtih the GY's again. if i was going with a non runflat design id still choose other than firestone.....yup......