BMW owners - have you ditched Run Flats?

Whilst run-flats were initially slated for the harsh ride quality, am I wrong in assuming , these days, they are a lot better in terms of ride?

I'm fairly sure I read something about this recently (Telegraph Motoring section most likely)

Harsh ish ride and the ability to continue your journey or swapping a wheel on the hard shoulder with trucks passing inches from you.....

I think,were I in a position to choose, I'd be inclined to go for the former rather than the latter regardless of ride quality.
 
Ditched the RFT's on my e92 335i on 19"wheels and it was transformed. Carried a compressor and tyre weld "just in case".

On the X6 I will keep the RFT's as the ride quality is fine with them on.

As for insurance, they were not interested and just noted it down for information.
 
I've kept the RFT on my E60. The cost difference it not that great and for mostly motorway miles that I do (circa 15-20k a year), the "ride" quality isn't really a big issue.

Albeit when I got the car 3.5 years ago, the goodyear tyres were £150 a corner, they are now circa £245 a corner before a bit of haggling.
 
My E60 came with runflats from new the previous owner had the presence of mind to order the car with the spare wheel kit then on the first change swapped them out, can't say how they compare all I know is it feels 'fine' with non run flats on.
 
Changed from RE050A RFTs to CS5 non-RFT and now Michelin Pilot SuperSport non-RFT, absolutely night and day. I believe the Bridgestones RE050A rfts are amongst the worst for bone shaking. Probably doesn't help that I'm on 19s though, but with standard tyres the ride is like a different car compared to with RFT.
 
rG-tom said:
Changed from RE050A RFTs to CS5 non-RFT and now Michelin Pilot SuperSport non-RFT, absolutely night and day. I believe the Bridgestones RE050A rfts are amongst the worst for bone shaking. Probably doesn't help that I'm on 19s though, but with standard tyres the ride is like a different car compared to with RFT.
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I've heard this too, that the RE050A's are bad even as far as RFTs go! Although apparently they brought out a revised version which was much better comfort wise...?? Not sure if it was exactly the same model number but pretty sure it started RE050.
 
Had the RE050 RTF's on my Z4, ditched them as soon as they wore out. Horrible things.

Carry 2 cans of Holt tyre weld and a Ring Automotive electric compressor in the boot. Also with the RAC.
 
booyaka said:
I've kept the RFT on my E60. The cost difference it not that great and for mostly motorway miles that I do (circa 15-20k a year), the "ride" quality isn't really a big issue.

Albeit when I got the car 3.5 years ago, the goodyear tyres were £150 a corner, they are now circa £245 a corner before a bit of haggling.
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We need to buy two for the front of the mini.

Managed to get a price of £170 a pair fitted for Goodyear excellence 195/55/16.

Previous price before I looked around and haggled was £160 EACH.
 
Dandle said:
What tyres did yours come with? Mines on Goodyear excellence which aren't all that grippy. There don't seem to be many good tyres in our size yet either.
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They are down to 3mm so all 4 will get changed soon. I am going to have a big bonfire I think.
 
I got rid of the runflats on my Z4, the ride was noticeably better without them!

I've still got them on my 335i M as I'm thinking of changing the car soon and I thought it may put some people off not having the "standard" tyres on the car. To be honest the roads are just so bad around here I don't think it will really make that much difference!
 
Anyone recommend a brand of tyre weld?

Is there different sorts of weld available? I have been looking at the slim brand on the rain forest and I am not sure if I should go with that or the Holts?

Also, if you use weld, will local tyre shops still do a puncture repair, or is that not needed after you use the weld?
 
Tyre weld is strictly a temporary solution until you can get the tyre repaired. I was going to get a can of Holts Tyre weld as it can be washed away with warm soapy water, so they can repair the tyre.

I'm not sure i would even ever use tyre weld though - all the punctures ive ever had took hours/days to deflate rather than minutes. I'd probably just inflate the tyre to 40psi and drive a few miles to the local kwik fit/tyre place for it to be repaired.
 
I need some sort of tyre repair gunk.....The GF Touran got a puncture while we where in north wales.
The Touran has no spare but instead comes with a compressor and some liquid stuff that was well..useless to say the least...so I need to find something else that I hope will work.....

GJUK
 
Someone I know bought a 335d M Sport 3 years ago, wasn't made aware that because it had run-flats, that they were not repairable in the case of a puncture.

In the course of the first few months of ownership picked up two punctures, then just recently at it's first MOT it was failed because it had a bleb on one of the tyres, but worse than that, the alloy was cracked.

They wanted him to pay £500 odd for a new alloy but claimed it wasn't fit for purpose with BMW fitting the cars with stupid tyres when our roads are pothole ridden, ended up only having to pay for the tyre.

He enquired about retrofitting normal tyres but was told that it would void the warranty, surely not?
 
Just about to ditch mine. The ride quality is awful and tramlining is scary.

Cost wise, I can get 4 decent non RFT's for about £150 more than two terrible RFT's. No brainer really.
 
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