runflat tyres

Doozergirl

harveybobbles wrote: »

Next time your light comes on can I have your old tyres?

Sounds like MINI Emergency Services are trained at the same place as Kwik Fit people...

To be fair, I was on the motorway and I'd already stopped at services and tried to inflate it and failed. By the time I got to the Tyre centre, they were showing canvas.

I've been driving BMWs and MINIs on runflats for five years now and that was the only time I've seen that light and I'm officially not very disciplined at checking tyre pressure.

Doozergirl

liam8282 wrote: »

Am I missing the obvious here?

Minis have run flats because they have no spare.

If you have a puncture, what are the people without run flats going to do?

There is space for a spare.

vikingaero

liam8282 wrote: »

Fine, but with regular tyres when you have a puncture, the tyre usually shreds or rips pretty quickly if you attempt to drive on it deflated.

All well and good if you notice a slow puncture and have time to put the gunk in and inflate the tyre, but no good for a fast or sudden puncture.

At least with a run flat, you should have enough life in the tyre to get you to a garage.


BTW I am talking from experience, I had a puncture on Sunday. I don't have a mini or runflats, but I couldn't get my wheel off due to dodgy lock in nuts.

Now if I had runflats I could have made it home or to a garage to sort the tyre out, instead I had to call out a recovery truck.

This is all with 2 kids and the girlfriend in the car, took about 4 hours for a 20 mins journey.

So comparing it to those with minis and run flats, I would stick with the run flats if that is what is on your car. I would also add that my dad and sister both have minis.

Depends if the run flat gets a slow puncture or decides to shred itself. We have 4 MINI's in the family and have experienced 1 nail puncture, 1 shredding and 1 blowout. Whatever you have, gunk or runflats you're going to need a flatbed if you need to travel any serious distance.

mark5

I just had a large can of tyre weld and a cheap compressor in the boot.

liam8282

Doozergirl wrote: »

There is space for a spare.

Where?

My dad has a 2008 Cooper S, and is always pointing out that there is no spare and what would happen if he had a flat.....

If there is a space for a spare, I know he would put a spare in.

harveybobbles

Doozergirl wrote: »

By the time I got to the Tyre centre, they were showing canvas.

Down to the canvas...?! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Sounds like you had worn the tyres out then, rather than it being a puncture of some sort...!

Weekly checks, perhaps...?

harveybobbles

liam8282 wrote: »

Fine, but with regular tyres when you have a puncture, the tyre usually shreds or rips pretty quickly if you attempt to drive on it deflated.

You are meant to erm, stop when you get a puncture though...

andygb

You can carry a space saver spare on most Minis.

http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f275/retro-fitting-space-saver-spare-wheel-791/

It seems that the more advanced we become in technology terms, the more !!!!!! we become in regard to our common sense - cars without spare wheels = madness.

liam8282

andygb wrote: »

You can carry a space saver spare on most Minis.

http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f275/retro-fitting-space-saver-spare-wheel-791/

It seems that the more advanced we become in technology terms, the more !!!!!! we become in regard to our common sense - cars without spare wheels = madness.

"I opted for DIY retro fitting the optional MINI space-saver spare under the boot floor but this can only be done on the MINI One or Cooper. On the Cooper S the twin exhaust box and battery are in the way."

So you can't have a spare in the Cooper S even if you want to, and for the others you have to do some DIY to make it possible??

Or just put a spare on the backseat maybe?

liam8282

harveybobbles wrote: »

You are meant to erm, stop when you get a puncture though...

Obviously, but the whole point of run flats is so that you can carry on to the nearest garage... within reason.

Also, as from my experience, I stopped, couldn't get the wheel off, couldn't inflate it and had to drive the car to a safe place.