Runflats run..er..flat!

[Leesfarm07]

Went down to local tyre dealer to swap over a nearly worn runflat and to my horror when he took the old tyre off it was obvious it had had a repair and been run flat (not by me!) the inside looked as if it was about to delaminate at any time frightening really!

 

[Ewazix]

Nasty, but that's why the tyre pressure warning system's there, wonder what happened? :?

 

[wegras]

Went down to local tyre dealer to swap over a nearly worn runflat and to my horror when he took the old tyre off it was obvious it had had a repair and been run flat (not by me!) the inside looked as if it was about to delaminate at any time frightening really!



That's a graphic reason why the real experts recommend not repairing runflats :roll:

 

[Leesfarm07]

It's funny, the fitter said they have so many drivers who come in with 'flat' run flats that they've been running for days, some literally hanging off the rims

 

[bcworkz]

We all care for our cars and are distressed when any warning light comes on. We want it fixed asap.

There's a lot of other car owner's that see cars as a transport necessity. As long as they get from point A to B, they are content. They ignore warning lights as long as the car still gets them where they are going. Or they never heard of run flats. "The tyres look OK, the light must be faulty". Or they conveniently use faulty logic to avoid any inconvenience. "That light is for regular tyres. I have run flats so it's OK to keep driving indefinitely."

 

[un1eash]

This is exactly why you shouldnt repair a run flat tyre after a puncture, who knows what damage may have been caused.

 

[srhutch]

I see no issue with run flats as long as te usual rules are applied as with normal tyres and it hasn't been run flat. If the light comes on ad has lst a couple of psi then there houldnt be any issues, but the op's shouldn't ave been fixed.

 

[Mowflow]

We all care for our cars and are distressed when any warning light comes on. We want it fixed asap.

There's a lot of other car owner's that see cars as a transport necessity. As long as they get from point A to B, they are content. They ignore warning lights as long as the car still gets them where they are going. Or they never heard of run flats. "The tyres look OK, the light must be faulty". Or they conveniently use faulty logic to avoid any inconvenience. "That light is for regular tyres. I have run flats so it's OK to keep driving indefinitely."

I have a friend who runs a garage. He says that it terrifies him the number of people that come in with cars that have quite serious faults and the owner thinks that it's hilarious that they have been driving around like that telling themselves the noise/warning light is nothing to worry about. he says people seem to think that mechanical ignorance is something to be proud of.

I'd never get a runflat repaired. When one goes it's a great excuse to replace the whole lot with non run flats