I wouldnt go back to run-craps even if got them for free. Portable compressor and tire plug kit for emergency repairs in one of the rear cubbys and i can run a much better performing tire with no worries.


Most of the flats youll get are from screws. nails or small pointed objects that either stay in the tire and leak very little if at all. How many times can you really say youve had a catastrophic tire failure ? In all my years of driving,, not once.

 

How many times can you really say youve had a catastrophic tire failure ?

49 years driving, not once.

 

I've had three over the years with 'conventional' tires. I like my runflats!

 

I have had it once where all the air was gone in a couple of minutes...

 

30 and one time and with out run flats i wouldn't be here today

 

For me it's runflats or a spare tire. In some situations you may be able to add enough air with a portable compressor to get home, as some have suggested, but that certainlywon't cover you for blowouts our large gashes/holes. As far as carrying a plug kit forget it. I've been there with a friend, in the dark, trying to find a hole with a flashlight (and glad as hell it wan't raining). Sure I would like a quieter and perhaps better handling tire, but it's not worth it to me to be stuck who knows where under what conditions trying to find a hole to patch. No, not me.

 

A hole in the tire can be very tough to find at night with a flashlight.

Thats why I carry the Conti Comfort Kit as well as a couple of plug kits.

Had to use it for my son's car a few days ago. We plugged the tire and reinflated it using the Conti Comfort Kit.

I have switched to non runflats on my car, but were I taking a long road trip, I'd do it on runflats.

On another note, my CTS did not come with a spare. It comes from the factory with a compressor and fix a flat canister combo, mounted in the trunk and similar to the Conti Comfort Kit.

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No flat tires here but a runflat may save you if you get a blow out or get better control of the car and not damage the wheels.

 

Interesting discussion. I believe one little fact has been omitted - that RF's may fail, too. There is no magic in RF's; just a better tendency to let you make it home without too much todo. But catastrophic failures in RF's are no different than non-RF's; those sidewalls only carry so much load. So while there are clearly advantages for RF's, it isn't an all-encompassing "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

 

I'm actually looking to purchase a Z51 coupe so the car will have the run flat eagle f1 supercars on it. Call me stupid but i did not realized the new F1 Supercar's were run flats. I never read up on them. I just remember they C5 Z06's when you got F1 supercars and a can of fix-a-flat. Lets just not talk about the price of the damn things.

 

Those tires on Z-51 package wear out fast.

 

A couple of questions. First where is a good online source for a 2005 C6 OEM wheel to match the OE if, pray, I get a flat and have to run on the tire until both the tire and rim are destroyed and maybe the question is is there a good source for a mounted tire & OEM wheel set that I could have shipped to the boonies if, pray, i should need one. The difference in cost, RF vs NonRF would probably pay for a wheel if it should be destroyed.

Haven't taken a side yet in this polarizing argument but looking at all points about safety of runflats, shouldn't I also consider RunFlats for my SUV and for the Volvo? I don't check the spare in either and this discussion has me motivated to keep up with that. I have non runflats because that's the way the car was when I bought it (actually was suprized to find that the Nitto Invos were not RF-the salesman said they were runflats) but am looking to replace somewhere down the road.

Gotta say my emotional side says runflats and logical side maybe but I need to be prepared for what I have currently.

 

RFs to the best of my knowledge are used in a few other vehicles beside Vettes.

Tire monitoring systems which have been used by Vettes for years are now showing up on a lot of vehicles now. In fact it’s a law.

Just a question of time till RFs are in more vehicles even if only an option. The greenie-weenies will like them in their quest for fuel mileage as it eliminates the weight of a tire/wheel and jack + a little more free space

 

Just curious, how long can you drive on the new run flates once they lose tire pressure?

 

50 miles and speed limited to 55 mph.

 

Oh ok, 50 miles was the max back then but I wasn't sure if that distance had been upgraded with technology.

 

QUOTE=Wilzer;1570492867]A couple of questions. First where is a good online source for a 2005 C6 OEM wheel to match the OE if, pray, I get a flat and have to run on the tire until both the tire and rim are destroyed and maybe the question is is there a good source for a mounted tire & OEM wheel set that I could have shipped to the boonies if, pray, i should need one. The difference in cost, RF vs NonRF would probably pay for a wheel if it should be destroyed.

Haven't taken a side yet in this polarizing argument but looking at all points about safety of runflats, shouldn't I also consider RunFlats for my SUV and for the Volvo? I don't check the spare in either and this discussion has me motivated to keep up with that. I have non runflats because that's the way the car was when I bought it (actually was suprized to find that the Nitto Invos were not RF-the salesman said they were runflats) but am looking to replace somewhere down the road.

Gotta say my emotional side says runflats and logical side maybe but I need to be prepared for what I have currently.[/QUOTE]

So you got your car used. They do have wheel vendors in here not factory but duplicates. There are alot of people here that also put up their factory wheels for sale because they get aftermarket ones. Check around. Also there are wheel repair shops around but we are figuring that the wheel won't be repairable?

 

Why is there a distance limit?

 

We need wolfdogs to give the technical reason but the sidewalls can only take so much flexing before they start to come apart.

 

You can drive further, or go faster, but you risk unrepairable damage to the tire. Goodyear says that to be able to successfully repair the tire, it should be driven flat no further than 50 miles and no faster than 50 MPH. But if you don't care that you'll have to buy a new tire, you can go much further and drive a little faster before you have to worry about rim damage. Goodyear's previous generation runflat was allowed to go 100 miles. Its sidewalls were a bit stiffer, though. Goodyear made this generation runflat a little more compliant to improve road manners.