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Originally Posted by grouxp
Thank you all!
Unless someone wants to talk me out of it (please, don't be shy), I'm inclined to stick with runflats because (1) I'm no longer young and am therefore not inclined to change a flat in the Florida heat and/or summer rain and (2) I'd have to buy a jack, spare wheel & tire, and would lose most of my hatchback space.
So, that said, Costco offers the following runflats that would fit:
- Michelin Primacy 3 ($1,493 installed)
- Bridgestone Potenza S001 RFT ($1,738 installed)
Any thoughts on either of those, or am I just plain stupid to stick with runflats? Or, is there a better runflat I should get elsewhere? (I don't have to buy from Costco; am just used to buying tires there.)
Thanks again; I really appreciate you BMW veterans helping out this newby!
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Haven't read all the posts.
I almost always have my pleasure car fitted with high performance tires -- often it comes this way from the factory -- while my daily driver has been since 2018 almost always fitted with run flats.
Really there is an argument to be made for run flats. There is peace of mind that I can drive the car to a much safer place to then deal with the bad tire. In fact several times now -- with two different cars -- I have driven a car fitted with run flats some miles -- the most was 10 miles -- with one of the tires flat to a dealer to get new tires.
If you want to use run flats my advice to you would be research what run flat tires BMW sanctions for your car and go with those tires.