Why I like runflats
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Why I like runflats
I was driving home tonight from upstate NY to NYC, when I hit a pot hole on the hwy in the pouring rain at 65 mph. I new right away that it was going to be bad and then the DIC says left front tire flat,drive at 55 mph. I had 85 miles left on my trip and was not sure how far I could go on a flat so I call onstar they connected me to a tech and he said I could travel 100 miles. The reason for the 55mph was that the car is not handling as it should. I did drive at 65 mph most of the trip and had no problem, it was hard to tell I had a flat. This is why I'll keep my runflats, they did their job and got me home safely.
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I was driving home tonight from upstate NY to NYC, when I hit a pot hole on the hwy in the pouring rain at 65 mph. I new right away that it was going to be bad and then the DIC says left front tire flat,drive at 55 mph. I had 85 miles left on my trip and was not sure how far I could go on a flat so I call onstar they connected me to a tech and he said I could travel 100 miles. The reason for the 55mph was that the car is not handling as it should. I did drive at 65 mph most of the trip and had no problem, it was hard to tell I had a flat. This is why I'll keep my runflats, they did their job and got me home safely.
Drove 30 miles on them and $40.00 later (patch)...all was well.
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I was driving home tonight from upstate NY to NYC, when I hit a pot hole on the hwy in the pouring rain at 65 mph. I new right away that it was going to be bad and then the DIC says left front tire flat,drive at 55 mph. I had 85 miles left on my trip and was not sure how far I could go on a flat so I call onstar they connected me to a tech and he said I could travel 100 miles. The reason for the 55mph was that the car is not handling as it should. I did drive at 65 mph most of the trip and had no problem, it was hard to tell I had a flat. This is why I'll keep my runflats, they did their job and got me home safely.
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Last time I checked, a Corvette is a street-driven sports car. If run flats aren't for you, fine. I recently had a flat and I am very glad I had run flats on the car
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I had single direction, exspensive Goodyears on my 2001 Camaro SS. Get a flat, the tire was wasted. No matter how fast you pulled over, the wheel would tear up the inside of the tire, and it would have to be replaced. I lost 3 tires that way, at about $400 + each. One time I got to the side of the road and still had some air left in the tire, but it was still to late. These run flats are the wat to go.
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koni fsds and runflats
have a 08 a6 z51, that would bounce down these north east roads just north of the n.y. city. was positively going with non -runflats as i did on my 2002, m6,z51 (with great improvement). near the end of the supercars tires (13,000 miles) i installed koni fsds and was happy with the improvement. recently replaced tires and at the last minute i decided to go with the firestone wide oval run-flats instead of invos. the dry and wet handling is very good, but i dont see much improvement in ride quality and noise over the supercars as others have posted. the roads here are terrible so i think people who say the z51 is comfortable dont have the terrible road conditions i have. i highly recommend the fsds to anyone who feels the z51 is too harsh and/or bounces around too much. i think a set of non-runflat nitto invos would have been icing on the cake, but it is nice too have the security of runflats. next time i will go with the mag ride option, as the engineers really nailed it with the zr1, according to the road tests.
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Extended mobility tires, traction control, limited slip differentials, active handling and magnetic selective ride control are all fantastic inventions, and I wouldn't want to be without any of them.
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110% The car has no spare. It just makes sense.I find the ride on my RF's fine, with good handling, great traction, and quiet. Maybe because it is a 09 and the Vette has more noise reduction. I hear some of the complaints and quite frankly wonder what in the he** these people are talking about.
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Front vs. Rear flat
Glad to hear that they work well on the front as well. I had a rear flat with the run flats and I found the car to be a bit squeamish even though I was babying it. It was still better than changing a tire in the dark.