hate run flats
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Houston, Tx
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14
As we were heading out for dinner and a movie last night, we saw a nice C5 on the side of the road and the owner appeared to be plugging a flat tire. When we returned home three hours later, the nice C5 was still sitting there all alone with a flat tire. That guy probably never worried about a flat tire until last night.
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From: Eastern
Melting Slicks
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I find non-RF tires a lot better on handling and comfort. A stiff suspension setup on a Camaro with non rf is not too far off from the harshness of a stock Z51 with run flats. That's how much harshness is introduced by the stiffer sidewalls.
On a long 5k mile road trip, with RF tires on my vette, I still drove with a hand jack and plug kit on hand. So my "peace of mind" is not quite up there with most people.
Since I have 2 cars and brought both to track lapping, I find the RF tires (GY, Firestone Wide Oval RF, and my current Bridgestone Potenza RF) all have a VERY nasty trait with relation to their edge of grip profiles. They grip to the edge of their limits and release very quickly which can be challenging when trying to prevent spin outs. It gives a false sense of confidence on that edge line.
With my car with non runflats, the transition from traction to non traction is a lot slower relatively speaking. There's a lot of communication from the tires in terms of noise and gradual wheel slip that allows me to react to it and even use it to my advantage to induce some drifting.
On a long 5k mile road trip, with RF tires on my vette, I still drove with a hand jack and plug kit on hand. So my "peace of mind" is not quite up there with most people.
Since I have 2 cars and brought both to track lapping, I find the RF tires (GY, Firestone Wide Oval RF, and my current Bridgestone Potenza RF) all have a VERY nasty trait with relation to their edge of grip profiles. They grip to the edge of their limits and release very quickly which can be challenging when trying to prevent spin outs. It gives a false sense of confidence on that edge line.
With my car with non runflats, the transition from traction to non traction is a lot slower relatively speaking. There's a lot of communication from the tires in terms of noise and gradual wheel slip that allows me to react to it and even use it to my advantage to induce some drifting.
Last edited by SladeX; May 29, 2016 at 01:22 PM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2014
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From: Ohio
Just took the 05 out for the first time on TSW's and Firestone RF. At 28k the Goodyears' were gawd awful. Firestone RF's are so much quieter. My vette is a cruiser only, so I'm very satisfied with the improvement.
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From: Huskerland
2021 C6 of the Year Finalist - Modified
Hate is such a strong word.......I would prefer to run a nice cushy tire but out here in the boonies its a long wait for a tow truck if I couldn't get the flat fixed in the rain....at midnight....between Thedford and Mullen on Highway 2.......that and the B-Stone Potenzas RFT's ride nice......just don't want to have to worry about it.......
Last edited by Huskerman; May 30, 2016 at 11:08 AM.
