TamiamiThomas

Took my new GS on a road trip up to MN to see an old HS friend and the girlfriend wanted to see the Mall of America. Anyway, going through Kentucky when the right rear low tire press indicator came on. We stopped at a truck stop and I found a deck screw in the middle of the tread. Since I had read this forum before I had ordered a 12v compressor and kept it in the storage well in the trunk. l left he screw in and I pumped it up, drove a while, pumped it up again and then made it to a discount tire where they fixed it right (internal patch with plug).

I would recommend everyone get one. Without the compressor we would have been sidelined for quite a while.

Ward Cleaver

There are run-flat tires on your car.

How do you figure you would have been "sidelined for quite a while" if you wouldn't have had an air compressor with you?

Regards,
-Ward

TamiamiThomas

Well, I read on this here forum that if you go ~50miles on the run flats you destroy them (they will get you to safety, but then you have to buy new ones). The tire place was about 75 miles away so I figured I would have to wait for a tow if I didn't want to destroy the run flat.

Are you saying that is inaccurate?