Advice - DONT drive a non RF tire whilst FLAT!

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jamiez

Senior member
 SW London
....if you do, even just to the garage to pump it up - YOU WILL ruin the tire wall and YOU will need to buy a new tire.

TRUST ME - this happened to me yesterday and it cost me £149 for a new rear tire!!!!

You have been warned!

Jamie
 
Er, isn't that the point of them - to enable you to safely drive home or to a garage without having to change a tyre by the side of the road.

You'd have to do the same if you drove on a flat RFT.

Sorry, just re-read it and it's a non-RFT that you're talking about. Thought it was obvious that you'd ruin a tyre by driving when flat :?
 
mmm-five said:
Er, isn't that the point of them.
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Re-read the OP. :thumbsup:

To me the existance of a RunFlat tyre proves that you can't drive on a flat Non-RFT so I would never move the car without pumping first.
 
So you're saying dont drive on a standard, Non RF tire, when it's flat? Why would you!!!!! :poke:
 
Andy said:
mmm-five said:
Er, isn't that the point of them.
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Re-read the OP. :thumbsup:

To me the existance of a RunFlat tyre proves that you can't drive on a flat Non-RFT so I would never move the car without pumping first.
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Doh - post edited :headbang:
 
I have done this in the past on previous cars - my tyre had a slow leak, so only had 13psi in it.... got it repaired and had a horrible vibration from it... so I had to replace it.
 
Seriously?? :poke:

Just in case then, don't drive without oil, not even to the garage to get some more :poke: :fuelfire:
 
Yes it is - but when i mean drive, i should have been more specfic - i mean, DONT EVEN DRIVE IT 1/4 of a mile to the petrol station to pump it up !!!

I wasnt driving long distances - thats obvious - i meant a very short distance!
 
jamiez said:
Yes it is - but when i mean drive, i should have been more specfic - i mean, DONT EVEN DRIVE IT 1/4 of a mile to the petrol station to pump it up !!!

I wasnt driving long distances - thats obvious - i meant a very short distance!
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That's what you use your compressor in the boot for - assuming you bought one when you swapped to non-RFTs?

As long as you keep 20psi or so in the tyre you'll be fine. You can over-inflate it if it's losing a lot of air quickly, but if it loses 20psi over the 1/4 mile to the garage then you've probably got a knackered tyre anyway.
 
When I was young I got a puncture on my push bike , being young an not to clever I cycled home :roll: , it was a hard an bumpy ride, a lot harder than the zed with runflats fitted, anyways I recked the wheel and had to do without my bike all that summer, lesson learned . Seriously, Im with SK93,,,,,,,,,,,,,erm LOL?
 
teamemmenracing said:
normski said:
Have you not goosed your alloys?
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Indeed ............ Id be more worried about the wheel ......
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This is what I'd be more concerned about! You can do some serious damage to your wheel if you drive on a flat tyre.
 
All seems a bit more than obvious to me. :rofl: 100metres on a fully deflated tyre equals new tyre and probably new wheel.

Ah well expensive lesson learned.
 
this is sound advice! :D
i would have never have come up with this rather obscure way of thinking :rofl:


maybe they can make a tyre that wil not be ruined when driving with no air in it,ive got a name allready "run flat tyre"

what do you think wil it catch on????? :wink:
 
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