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Old May 8, 2015 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JoesC5
Are there all season run flat tires available in the 19/20 sizes for the Stingray and the wide tires sizes for the Z06?

It's difficult to have a "choice" when there are no run flat tires available in the Corvette sizes(other than the base Stingray 18/19).
I suppose you looked before you asked the question, but here are the answers.

For a regular Stingray (18/19), there are runflat, A/S tires per tirerack (which doesn't list yet for '16 model year): http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...SortCode=57950

For Z51 Stingray (19/20), there are no runflat, A/S tires, but there is this:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...SortCode=60100

That's the best (so far) the tire companies can do. It still remains a somewhat limited, but choice of the owner as to what tires, or model of car to select depending on what is important to the owner. Stay tuned for more choices from the tire company(ies).
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Old May 8, 2015 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rmorin1249
I am planning to do exactly as one poster advised: have my dealer remove the OEM tires and install a set of UHP AS tires that I will order from TireRack(probably) and have them shipped directly to my dealer for installation. If, by a stroke of luck, GM decides to offer an all season option before my car order is finalized, I am ordering a 2016, then I will likely order them from the factory. I'm not holding my breath on this actually happening since Michelin does not have any AS tires available in the 19/20 size that are runflats. I would be happy with non-runflats as I've been running them on my BMWs for many years with no issues.
Good not to hold your breath since GM did not offer an option for the 18/19 base car tires and they have been available in runflat All-Seasons since the C7 was introduced. However never know!
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Old May 8, 2015 | 04:30 PM
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Agree! Thought I'd see what tires they put on the 4 Wheel Drive Ferrari FF! It does snow in Maranello! Tire Rack lists only two as OEM tires for the FF, both Max Summer Performance, Pilot Super Sport and P Zero's.


Even The Ferrari FF 4 Wheel Drive Comes With Max Summer Tires! Guess if you want All-Season tires you'll have to spring for the extra money after you spend $300,000+ for the car!


When I lived "Up North," up to 30 years ago, I always had winter tires! They were mounted on another set of wheels and I changed them when winter was over. Even my 1984 Dodge Colt Turbo (I had just before moving South from Connecticut) had 4 winter tires on the OEM 13 inch rims and I switched to high performance Pirelli's on aluminum 14 inch wheels for the remainder of the year.
As noted, Ferrari and other high performance cars don't offer "all-season" or mud & snow tire options! Reminds me of the poster who asked if the Vette could be used in snow and on dirt roads! Now when I lived in North East Ohio I had a CJ5 for the winter! Parked my 260Z, too much salt on the roads! Think a Jeep CJ is what he really needed to buy! Great for off-roading in the summer as well!
weather is not an issue for me(have two nice AWD vehicles in the garage and live in S. Car.) just thinking that all-weather tires could be an option. I can't wait to get mine, will not be customizing or changing the vehicle in any way.
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Old May 8, 2015 | 06:41 PM
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weather is not an issue for me(have two nice AWD vehicles in the garage and live in S. Car.) just thinking that all-weather tires could be an option. I can't wait to get mine, will not be customizing or changing the vehicle in any way.
When it does rain the tires are fine. If you get a Z51 or Z06 you’ll want one mod (I’ve over 25!) ceramic brake pads. The dust with the stock pads will have you cleaning the wheels after a few trips.
I also found side skirts were a must to keep the rocker panels from getting dinged. If you get a Z06 they are standard! Installed the GM Splash Guards that help for the rear panel but the issues on the rocker panels are from the middle of the door back. GM installed some thick 3M plastic in that area but it soon looks crappy. Once I installed the side skirts I was able to remove it.
Then there is a catch can and if a Z51 or Z06 a clean oil separator to add. Some protector for the inside door panels, and if you get a standard shift a cue ball size shift **** is a good addition as is a skip shift eliminator! You’ll need to power a radar detector so finding where to put it and how to power is another semi-mod. I also found a way to have the shallow cup holder not spill a water bottle but that took a mod. Hard not to add a few mods but admittedly some of us go overboard!

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Old May 9, 2015 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by meyerweb
While I understand the desire for run flats, for the last 5+ years I've been driving a car with no spare and no run flats. It has a kit consisting of tire plugs and gummy worms, a slime-like sealer (in case the plugs don't seal completely), and an air pump. For 40+ years I've been riding motorcycles without a spare (and just plugs & pump). Run flats are a real convenience, but not an absolute requirement.

I also think I was still in college the last time I had a flat tire (probably just jinxed myself with that statement).
I understand why some don't want to use run flats but GM feels it's a necessity and they equip the Corvette with run flats, even the "track" ready Z06.

For me it's more than just convenience. I have been driving on run flats for the past 18 years(since 1997 in my C5 and now in my Z06) and have not had a flat either. I carry a spare tire in my other three cars and the last time I had to put the spare on was back in 1995.

But I'm 72 years old and crawling around in the dirt trying to plug a 13 inch wide tire on a car that is sitting just 3 inches off the ground(with a non run flat tire that has collapsed the sidewall entirely), is not my idea of fun driving. Try to get a jack under the car with it sitting on a flattened not run flat tire, to change out the tire.

I guess for those that never drive more than 50 miles from home and live where there are plenty of rollbacks and drive on nice roads with extra wide shoulders to immediately pull off on, then non run flat tires are okay, I guess.

That's not how I drive. I put 11,000 miles on my Z06 last year out west, driving on narrow roads with limited cell service.

Just last week I drove to Natchez, MS, then drove the 442 miles Natchez Trace Parkway to Nashville, then on the heavy traffic I-65 to Bowling Green. Driving 75-80 in the left lane and have a tire blow and try to cross three lanes of bumper to bumper fast moving traffic, to get to the right hand shoulder in one piece would tear up a non run flat tire in short order(and maybe ruin the wheel. The Natchez Trace Parkway is not a road that you want to have a flat on. I did not have a flat, but if I had, I could drive my Z06 with it's run flat tires to an area(driveway, rest area, history marker, etc) and pull of the road and then deal with the flat.

I only drive my Z06 in the warm months of the year but I suspect that people that want all season tires, intend to drive their Corvette in possibly poor weather. That's when I want a tire that I can drive on for up to fifty miles without getting out in bad weather, resting in a prone position on the wet cold ground while trying to plug a hole I can't see with a car sitting just 3 inches off the ground, with my feet extending out in the highway(if my flat is on the drivers side).

Like I said, it's more than simply convenience having run flat tires.

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Old May 11, 2015 | 07:34 AM
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My ZR1 already has max summer performance run flats and my 07 vert has A/S RF Michelins. If I sell off the 07 next year for some version of the C7, it will need A/S type tires or at least tires that don't crack in the winter. I fortunately have two vettes each day to choose from to commute to work but at least one of them had better be able to go as long as the roads are not icy or flooded.
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Old May 11, 2015 | 08:17 AM
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I understand the concern about running non-runflats but my plan is to simply call a flatbed if I can't inflate the tire enough to get me home or to the nearest tire store. I'll call GM if the car is still under the factory warranty and USAA after that as my insurance includes towing and labor. I will likely put a set of the new Continental DWS 06 tires on my C7 immediately after delivery and sell the OEM tires. It is doubtful that GM will be offering anything other than the summer tires in 2016 unless someone has some information that I haven't seen.

I'm hoping that I can find a C6 or C7 owner who will buy my OEM tires as I will sell them for at least $500 less than the TireRack price.

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Old May 11, 2015 | 09:25 AM
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With the C7 sold in Canada and all the northern states, including museum pickup (and deliveries taken during some of the coldest months); Summer tires being the only option (with all the caveats about using them in cold temps), it makes perfect sense to offer an AS option. GM could even make a few extra $ if they choose to with that option.

Many northern owners may be concerned with safety and willing to sacrifice some performance to select an AS option.

While you can (as some have indicated) coordinate a tire swap at the dealership during the process. A buddy went through this when he bought his (it was a 1 week delay in dealer getting the tires and installing them and then my buddy having to figure out how to get he four summer tires home from the dealership when he picked up his C7 and storing them someplace warm when he got them home).

It makes more sense IMO to give the buyer the option for one tire or the other at the time of purchase as many owners never test the lateral G limits of our cars.

Was not an issue for me being in Florida, but I do sympathize with those living north and buying the car as a daily driver.

Just my $.02. I'd never have given this a second thought had not my buddy explained all he had to go though to get his tires swapped out and the extra $1200+ expense.
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Old May 11, 2015 | 09:41 AM
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Might as well have a V6 option.
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Old May 11, 2015 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by longboy4
....only the poor people have to drive their Corvettes in the rain.
There is no shame in being poor, only in driving poorly.

I have Mich AS run-flats on my C6 and they don't corner as well as the Badyear F1s that came with it, but they're less expensive and much handier in the rain. More durable, too; a set lasts me more than a year of daily driving.

Still, I can understand why GM has only the high-performance tires as OEM. If you'd rather have all-seasons, then as has been said, just order your own and switch them out before leaving the dealer. You can sell the OEMs in a flash, as C6s use the same size.
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There is no shame in being poor, only in driving poorly. ...............
I guess I qualify as poor as I have to choose which one of my two corvettes each day will have to get wet!!!
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Old May 11, 2015 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JoesC5
I understand why some don't want to use run flats but GM feels it's a necessity and they equip the Corvette with run flats, even the "track" ready Z06.

For me it's more than just convenience. I have been driving on run flats for the past 18 years(since 1997 in my C5 and now in my Z06) and have not had a flat either. I carry a spare tire in my other three cars and the last time I had to put the spare on was back in 1995.

But I'm 72 years old and crawling around in the dirt trying to plug a 13 inch wide tire on a car that is sitting just 3 inches off the ground(with a non run flat tire that has collapsed the sidewall entirely), is not my idea of fun driving. Try to get a jack under the car with it sitting on a flattened not run flat tire, to change out the tire.

I guess for those that never drive more than 50 miles from home and live where there are plenty of rollbacks and drive on nice roads with extra wide shoulders to immediately pull off on, then non run flat tires are okay, I guess.

That's not how I drive. I put 11,000 miles on my Z06 last year out west, driving on narrow roads with limited cell service.

Just last week I drove to Natchez, MS, then drove the 442 miles Natchez Trace Parkway to Nashville, then on the heavy traffic I-65 to Bowling Green. Driving 75-80 in the left lane and have a tire blow and try to cross three lanes of bumper to bumper fast moving traffic, to get to the right hand shoulder in one piece would tear up a non run flat tire in short order(and maybe ruin the wheel. The Natchez Trace Parkway is not a road that you want to have a flat on. I did not have a flat, but if I had, I could drive my Z06 with it's run flat tires to an area(driveway, rest area, history marker, etc) and pull of the road and then deal with the flat.

I only drive my Z06 in the warm months of the year but I suspect that people that want all season tires, intend to drive their Corvette in possibly poor weather. That's when I want a tire that I can drive on for up to fifty miles without getting out in bad weather, resting in a prone position on the wet cold ground while trying to plug a hole I can't see with a car sitting just 3 inches off the ground, with my feet extending out in the highway(if my flat is on the drivers side).

Like I said, it's more than simply convenience having run flat tires.
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