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[johnnycboy]

As title says anybody had experience of these.  Any tips to make em last longer, i've read mixed reviews and i'm not convinced they are as good as the dealer states they are :-/ especially at nearly £200 a corner

[hoofing it]

there great for running over stop sticks you can keep going  (for about 30miles)

[Marks DTM Calib]

Only any good on a car designed to take them

[johnnycboy]

Points taken - thanks

[rob in gib]

I have extensive experience with the goodyear emt
tyres the 1st generation were very hard but 2nd generation were very good however the tyre compounds tended to be towards the soft side so great for grip not for mileage also with the tyres being so good at running flat you have to have a pressure monitoring system fitted this adds to the start up price

I have been in a car doing in excess of 150mph (off road of coarse) with a tyre on each corner drilled through the sidewall and no difference noticed

With all this said i personally would stick to a good quality set of tyres with a good spare as back up

hth  rob

[feeutfo]

and even cars designed to take them have agro, cracked wheels and tramlining issues on bmw's according to Tony at WIM. "Customers with runflats queueing round the corner" he said. "What do you recomend?" says I. "Bin em and fit normal tyres" says he.

Runflats weigh alot, so BMW made thier wheels even lighter to get some of the weight back, but runflats transmit so much stress through the side wall the wheels cant take it and crack causing a puncture, except you dont notice until the tyres breaked as well. Unless you have tyre pressure sensors as an option...then ignore the sensor warning because "the car still drives ok" accordint to my brother in law.

[VXL V6]

Have a read on the Wheels-inmotion forum and see what they think on there.... 

[Lazydocker]

I wouldn't want to have them fitted

[cem_devecioglu]

not worth the money.. I'll simply change the tire

[Jim]

I have a full set of 4 run flats tyres fitted to omega pre-facelift cdx alloys in the garage that I aquired

[johnnycboy]

Had a read on wim - mixed views again.  Dealers quoted me £300 for insurance of 4 tyres over 3 years.  Might just spend the extra and get normal running tyres with an emergency spare. :-/

[johnnycboy]

there great for running over stop sticks you can keep going  (for about 30miles)

just re-read this and took a bit of time for the penny to drop .

You been a naughty boy then

[Jim]

Had a read on wim - mixed views again.  Dealers quoted me £300 for insurance of 4 tyres over 3 years.  Might just spend the extra and get normal running tyres with an emergency spare. :-/

Insurance for tyres over 3 years :-? :-?

[johnnycboy]

Had a read on wim - mixed views again.  Dealers quoted me £300 for insurance of 4 tyres over 3 years.  Might just spend the extra and get normal running tyres with an emergency spare. :-/

Insurance for tyres over 3 years :-? :-?

Its like any insurance you buy it but may never use it :-/

[Jim]

Had a read on wim - mixed views again.  Dealers quoted me £300 for insurance of 4 tyres over 3 years.  Might just spend the extra and get normal running tyres with an emergency spare. :-/

Insurance for tyres over 3 years :-? :-?

Its like any insurance you buy it but may never use it :-/

Ok, Never heard of tyre insurance