The bmw run flat conundrum

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Had my newish F30 3 series for a few months and totally no regrets about buying it. Recently got a puncture and just had to buy a new tyre for over 200 squid. I went into this fully knowing the deal. Black circle offered the best deal for tyres.

Going to normal tyres doesn't seem an option in the new beemas as they don't have space for the spare.

I don't believe in part worns as it's just silly to do that for things as important as tyres.

Is it one of things that you just have to grin and bear or is their another option?

[TykeMerc]

You run a car with a "badge" and then whine about the cost of tyres which you knew full well when you got the car were expensive.

What kind of idiot do you have to be to ask the question (or to even contemplate part worn tyres for that matter)? You're a contractor £200 is hardly the end of the world especially since your last posts were about how wonderfully successful you are now.

Or of course it may all just be a bunch of utter lies made to embellish that particular ID.

[VectraMan]

Can of foam. Never tried it, but that seems to be what lots of cars do now.

[vetran]

You run a car with a "badge" and then whine about the cost of tyres which you knew full well when you got the car were expensive.

What kind of idiot do you have to be to ask the question (or to even contemplate part worn tyres for that matter)? You're a contractor £200 is hardly the end of the world especially since your last posts were about how wonderfully successful you are now.

Or of course it may all just be a bunch of utter lies made to embellish that particular ID.

alright who has been shagging Mrs TykeMerc?

[eek]

Rather you than me replacing an individual tyre.

You are supposed to replace them in pairs especially in BMWs unless you have a poverty spec manual....

Edit to add - Mismatched pairs can give the automatic gearbox big problems....

[Ticktock]

You run a car with a "badge" and then whine about the cost of tyres which you knew full well when you got the car were expensive.

I run a car with a "badge", but there's no way I'm paying £200 for a single tyre. I drive quite "strongly" in a car with decent power behind it, but I understand that I'm not actually a rally driver and paying the extra amount won't actually help me improve my split time by 0.02 seconds on my commute.

I'm not saying £200 tyres are a rip off, neccessarily - they may be worth the money - but I doubt most drivers need tyres that cost £200 to safely drive their lower-management saloon to work.

[Scruff]

I have two "badge" cars and I see no problem running Nankang. On your brand new Beemer, I would stick with the run flats however, since it is still a new car under warranty. If you wrote it off no modifications unless declared to insurers. Even then I would be concerned...

[woohoo]

You run a car with a "badge" and then whine about the cost of tyres which you knew full well when you got the car were expensive.

What kind of idiot do you have to be to ask the question (or to even contemplate part worn tyres for that matter)? You're a contractor £200 is hardly the end of the world especially since your last posts were about how wonderfully successful you are now.

Or of course it may all just be a bunch of utter lies made to embellish that particular ID.

Don't be a hater Tyke, save up and one day you can also have a BMW.

Anyway, BMW is so last year, Volvos are the new black.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

You run a car with a "badge" and then whine about the cost of tyres which you knew full well when you got the car were expensive.

What kind of idiot do you have to be to ask the question (or to even contemplate part worn tyres for that matter)? You're a contractor £200 is hardly the end of the world especially since your last posts were about how wonderfully successful you are now.

Or of course it may all just be a bunch of utter lies made to embellish that particular ID.

Is it that time of the month then?

I am not going to boast about being successful, it's only a 3 series bmw, any contractor on 300/day could afford one. No biggy

[DimPrawn]

Is it that time of the month then?

I am not going to boast about being successful, it's only a 3 series bmw, any contractor on 300/day could afford one. No biggy

£300/day contractors should be driving 5 year old Skodas/Passats

HTH BIDI