Another puncture

[shambolic]

£414 for a rear tyre
BMW tyre insurance that I've not used in nearly 3 years; replaced both rears in Dec as down to 3 mill at my own cost.
Only pay up to £250 per lain with a £10 excess. You also need to pay FULL amount then claim back the £250

 

[aquazi]

Why do they only pay £250?

Also on those tyres which were down to 3mm what happened if you accidentally got a puncture in both and made two claims.... Thats a nice way of getting £500 off new tyres :evil:

 

[Stark]

I've got 4 almost new ones in my garden, doing nothing, if anyone wants to buy, either 1, 2 etc....

 

[sars]

Bad luck, £414 seems a tad expensive

I've got 4 almost new ones in my garden, doing nothing, if anyone wants to buy, either 1, 2 etc....

Don't they work better on your car, or have you made a lovely flower display out of them

 

[Stark]

I'll use them when I need them....but ok for now. Got them off someone on here, too good a bargain to turn down. Maniac stopped me from buying 4 new 326 M sports with new tyres on eBay the other day....they went for £590!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

So is the tyre insurance (like most insurances) a con? I can understand you needing to pay for the replacements when down to 3mm cos thats wear and tear, but surely they should pay out for a genuine claim.

What tyre was it that cost over £400?

 

[sars]

I'll use them when I need them....but ok for now. Got them off someone on here, too good a bargain to turn down. Maniac stopped me from buying 4 new 326 M sports with new tyres on eBay the other day....they went for £590!!!!

Wow that's cheap

 

[Stark]

Really cheap. But was a question over authenticity or a scam. Seller was in Latvia and the car was coming to Northampton next week...so wasn't sure

 

[Zed Five]

Why not just get it repaired rather than replaced?

I had mine repaired for £10. took 20 minutes. I've done 5000 miles on it since then. no problem

Runflats can be repaired. Exactly the same guidelines apply as a normal tyre, except for the fact it would never blowout (like a normal tyre can).

As long as you kept the pressure up and didn't drive on it flat, no problem.

I don't get this 'change a £300 tyre becuase there is a nail in it' view that people are taking with runflats. That's the advice that Kwik fr will give you. (£10 v £300) - no contest.

 

[Stark]

Yup ATS def repair the runflats. The issue came from, apparently, that the tyres are a bugger to get off the alloy and too many centres were damaging the alloys when trying to get them off. The ATS I use, use cloths etc with the machine and when trying to pry it off etc....

 

[Anonymous]

Its to do with the sidewall. With a normal tyre, if you drive it whilst flat, you damage (weaken) the sidewall and it becomes unsafe. As the sidewall isn't reinforced, the fitter can visually see this when removing the tyre.

With a runflat, as the sidewall is reinforced, running it on flat can still damage it, but the fitter can't see the damage.

If you keep pressure in it then it should be ok, but the fitter only has your word for it, and they are worried that if they repaired it, and then it failed cos the sidewall had in fact been damaged, then they might get sued for it.

I believe tyre manufacturers are approving repairs now, but many fitters wont do it, probably cos of the liability issues and obviously the profit issues...

 

[TitanTim]

I recently bought a tyre plug kit for the Z3s tyres. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work on runflats?

Tim.

 

[Zed Five]

I recently bought a tyre plug kit for the Z3s tyres. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work on runflats?

Tim.

Don't see why not. Its just a tyre, but as said with stiffer sidewall. Personally I would always seek advice from an expert as to if its safely repairable though. I.e. Too close to sidewall etc.

 

[andysat]

I recently bought a tyre plug kit for the Z3s tyres. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work on runflats?

Tim.

You can buy kits??

 

[chris g]

my local tire firm fixes my rft with a plug - the challenge isnt the fix, (apparently) its that they are hard to take off the rim, but I have had 2 punctures fixed on my z4

 

[TitanTim]

I recently bought a tyre plug kit for the Z3s tyres. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work on runflats?

Tim.

You can buy kits??

Yes this is the one I bought

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160671617005?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Basically if you get say a nail in the tyre, pull it out, use the bore tool to make a larger clean hole. Use the needle tool and thread the sticky rubber strip into the tool and then push the needle into the tyre and then twist and pull and it will leave the rubber plug behind, then just snip the plug level with the tyre. Theres some good demos on YouTube.

Tim.

 

[andysat]

Wow-good to know-thanks for the heads up!