Puncture

[ori]

Damn nails.

Yup. As per title. Luckily was smack bang in the middle so had it repaired. I know some are against repairs, but a new tyre after just 3,000 miles hurts!

 

[buzyg]

Nothing wrong with repairing a tyre correctly. Fair enough if your planning a track day or an autobahn run then replace.

 

[q96169we]

There has been a big screw in my G31 tyre sice the second day I picked up the car. It seals itself and the tyre is RFT, so I have never done anything in the past two years. :rofl: :rofl:

 

[ori]

The ticking noise would drive me nuts!

 

[Mr Tidy]

I had a Pirelli run-flat repaired on my 1 Series and got another 11,000 miles out of it with no issues.

The biggest challenge seems to be finding somewhere that will repair a run-flat rather than insisting they need to sell you a new one!

 

[ronk]

Nothing wrong with repairing a tyre correctly. Fair enough if your planning a track day or an autobahn run then replace.

That’s what I would do as well!

 

[tomscott]

There has been a big screw in my G31 tyre sice the second day I picked up the car. It seals itself and the tyre is RFT, so I have never done anything in the past two years. :rofl: :rofl:

Run the risk of hitting something hard like a pot hole or speed bump and it damaging your wheel I would get it sorted.

 

[Zed Baron]

I had a Pirelli run-flat repaired on my 1 Series and got another 11,000 miles out of it with no issues.

The biggest challenge seems to be finding somewhere that will repair a run-flat rather than insisting they need to sell you a new one!

I thought you couldn't (or not recommended) repair punctures on runflats? 'the reinforced design and structure of a run flat makes it extremely difficult to tell whether there's secondary damage and the internal structure has been compromised'

 

[ronk]

I thought you couldn't (or not recommended) repair punctures on runflats? 'the reinforced design and structure of a run flat makes it extremely difficult to tell whether there's secondary damage and the internal structure has been compromised'

The big tyre outlets don’t repair runflats but my local tyre bloke does: he told me that he can see evidence if the runflat facility has been used and of course the normal puncture location rules apply.

 

[weegeoff]

Damn nails.

Yup. As per title. Luckily was smack bang in the middle so had it repaired. I know some are against repairs, but a new tyre after just 3,000 miles hurts!
[/If it was slap bang in the middle. You can bet it was some jealous, mindless , cretin put it there. :thumbsdown: quote]

 

[Zed Baron]

I thought BMW moved away from runflats on the G29?

 

[ori]

I thought BMW moved away from runflats on the G29?

The g29 doesn’t have run flats. At least the m40i doesn’t, but I think the entire range doesn’t.

 

[Russ Z4]

None of them should do - I would hope. It's only when you come off runflats you appreciate how bad they are in comparison!

 

[Mr Tidy]

I thought you couldn't (or not recommended) repair punctures on runflats? 'the reinforced design and structure of a run flat makes it extremely difficult to tell whether there's secondary damage and the internal structure has been compromised'

The big tyre outlets don’t repair runflats but my local tyre bloke does: he told me that he can see evidence if the runflat facility has been used and of course the normal puncture location rules apply.

I think the problems arise if the tyre has been run flat - the insides tend to delaminate.

Mine only got a puncture a few miles from home and still had 1.5 Bar pressure when I checked it. Before I took it for the repair I inflated it slightly above normal and as it was only 5 or 6 miles to the tyre place it still had plenty of pressure when I got there.

And like buzy I went to a local independent tyre place - got it repaired for a tenner.