Anybody backfit run flat tires on their 3rd gen Ex?

[EasyRhino]

I have runflats on my C6 (unidirectional and different sizes front to back as installed at the factory), therefore, no spare tire as on all 6th gen Corvettes. It comes with tire pressure monitoring that reads out on the dashboard and alerts if a tire goes low.

I've had more than one occasion to drive them without air long enough to get to a place to fix them (home in both cases). Actually they can supposedly go up to 100 miles with no air.

I've always counseled my wife and kids to never stop on the shoulder to change a tire, as it is a way too dangerous place to change a tire, and am considering installing run flats on the Ex next time (and dumping the spare).

Just wondering if anyone has done this?

I think in the future all tires will be federally-mandated run flats and no cars will carry spares, but until then. . . . .

 

[waskly]

run flat will deflate making the tire smaller spin faster and causing 4x4 problems.

what is funny is gm's way of getting you togo a dealership which i find funny.

porshe is build the same way front/rear tire difference but at least it might be bright yellow/red/green but carries a donut.

run flat is a nice idea, but alot will still find the same answer, curbs, people who 90% park on curbs bang up rims, and a run flat will eat trough the sidewall anyway.

its a nice idea but also posses dangers.

as for getting a flat, you will always have a problem with a flat, slowing down to get to a safe place to change a flat is risky of getting rear ended, pulling to the medians is also not to safe, uneven ground, not pavement, etc.

so in the end, flat== no fun at all.

as for run flats on an ex, i'll take my spare over a run flat any day of the week.

its the same brand, size, and radius as the running tires.

also i forgot to add its a nice idea you get a nail, valve blow out. but what do you do when the tire gets shredded? and is underivable.

 

[EasyRhino]

I hear you, you waskly wabbit, but have grown to love my Corvette's run flats (an well as the run flats on my son's BMW) and they have never forced me to resort to running to the dealership.

I still consider, for the times that I'm not in the car with the wife, that pulling off on the shoulder is a greater risk than shredding a tire. I can replace a tire, can't replace a life.

Besides, I have no interest in the wife changing a tire, and, as far as I am concerned, there is no place on this island so remote that she cannot make it home on a run flat tire with zero pressure, where I can either plug it, or she can move over to the 'spare' car while I get a new tire replacement if the run flat is too damaged to repair.

All of our cars have nice rims, and to date, none of them have been curb jumped or curb rashed. While I understand your point (run flats are not for morons who gank up their rims and sidewalls) we don't have that problem here, and even if we did, I don't have a problem with replacing a rim and tire if accidentally damaged. Heck, even with the bad roads over here, I've had no problem with my low-profile Corvette tires even though I've had to run through some monster 'tank traps' (major pot holes) here.

Note that run flat tires actually have stiffer sidewalls (duh, that's how they work), and that causes them to transmit some road harshness, which varies from brand to brand (some hate them for that); therefore, they also serve as a low-rolling resistance tire, potentially improving gas mileage as well.

 

[waskly]

the flat fix in a can also works for certain situations, maybe not a side puncture but for normal nails, slow leaks, where the nail flew out, it works decent enough to get home and get out of harms way.

i didnt notice you were in hawaii, lucky its freezing in ny

run flats are not horrible, but they have ups and downs, if soemone is smart enough and knows they have a flat, there geat to get you off that freeway into a safe location with minimal tire/rim damage.

given to most drivers, i would guess more people would be running on 4 flats then anything.

also suv/vans run flats is actually inset on the rim passenger cars weigh less, so they get stiff sidewalls.

there nice where you can get off safely from danger to some place safe, i dont like the idea it does not even come with a spare tho. i still feel safer running a real tire then a flat. what happens when the bead breaks from the rim..... you lose control of the vehicle a little.

it has pluses and minuses depends on the blow out tho. same as the flat fix foam. which imo is cheaper and will do the same thing till you replace or repair the flat.

 

[EasyRhino]

Is that NYC, as in New Yawk City?

Brrrrrrrrr.

 

[irocdupi]

Im on NY to out on the island and its cold in the 20's now

 

[EasyRhino]

Im on NY to out on the island and its cold in the 20's now

I cannot handle the 20s anymore. As my house has no heat or AC, I have to put on a light jacket if it drops to 68 out here. Good luck with that. Love NYC, but I'll keep it for short visits only from now on. Actually lived upstate 30 years ago. Brrrrr.