Run Flats!

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Never seen a flat run flat but I thought the sidewall was supposed to stay rigid? What do you reckon? A new tyre needed now? This was from driving 100mts. 100km? Yeah right.

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To top it off, rang VW assist - Cant help you its Sunday. Call back tomorrow and we will tow it.

When these tyres need replacing I am getting a spare and normal tyres :facepalm:

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Originally Posted by Luke

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bahaha they are not runflats! that will teach me.

Your lucky you dont have to buy a new wheel after driving that far on a flat tyre!!

What made you think it was a run flat?

Rob

The salesman told me.....? I think it was him when he was explaining the mobility kit. Or maybe I just misunderstood.

Anyway - id say it will be off the road for a few days because I cant see any tyre places having this particular tyre in stock. Definitely going to look into a spare though.

Runflats are really not worth the compromise in ride quality for the sake of not having a spare.

Used the mobility kit this arvo and its got some go in it. Better than the last compressor I got from supercrap auto... It got the tyre to about 36 psi in under 5 mins which i thought was good.

Downside is I found the nail and its flat again....

$600 a tyre!!! mama mia!

Shop around... What are they csc3's

We had one of our normal tyres blow out some years ago blistering hot day I could sense a strange vibration but nothing happened for about ten minutes until it just blew travelled about 2oo metres until stopped as we had a trailer on the back so I just let the van roll stop by itself , I learnt from a defensive driving course not to brake with a blow out . The tyre was absolutly destroyed the whole inside was in shreds [turned out they were faulty from new] got two new ones for free , lucky part was the alloy wheel was undamaged worst part stinking hot day unhitch trailer and get spare out from underneath fully loaded van what a bastard job that was.

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Originally Posted by Luke

Used the mobility kit this arvo and its got some go in it. Better than the last compressor I got from supercrap auto... It got the tyre to about 36 psi in under 5 mins which i thought was good.

Downside is I found the nail and its flat again....

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Just buy a quill repair kit and plug it?