I don't get it... if you have a flat, are you gonna really run on those tires for miles and miles.. then what ?? you're going to find a garage...and voila... by some kind of miracle they're going to have the replacement tire you need in stock ??? Ain't gonna happen... If I do get a flat, I'll call my insurance company, then they're going to take my car, bring it to my preferred tire shop, change the tire and that's it.... I don't get it.. Runflats are not an advantage for me.. they're just noisier, more expansive and another mean to reduce the cost by not giving you a full spare...
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I once had two flats at the same time (OK, my mistake, I hit a curb) and only had one spare. RFT would have been a real blessing then to at least get me home.
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I agree....Runflats with no Spare is the only thing that scares me about the E90. 
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http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93941
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http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98536
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Quote: | I don't get it... if you have a flat, are you gonna really run on those tires for miles and miles.. then what ?? you're going to find a garage...and voila... by some kind of miracle they're going to have the replacement tire you need in stock ??? Ain't gonna happen... If I do get a flat, I'll call my insurance company, then they're going to take my car, bring it to my preferred tire shop, change the tire and that's it.... I don't get it.. Runflats are not an advantage for me.. they're just noisier, more expansive and another mean to reduce the cost by not giving you a full spare... | At a BMW presentation last week before track day at Downsview. The BMW rep showed a video of a run flat BMW having a blowout and remaining very stable at hight speed - while a second BMW in the video without run flats did pirouettes down the highway after a blow out (essentially on 3 wheels).
It was presented as a safety measure. I think he also mentioned you could or should only drive around 80km at a certain speed or 120km at a slower speed (I foget the speeds). But the implication was to replace the tire relatively soon.
I had the same opinion as most to runflats before I saw the video.
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