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Old 12-13-2011, 08:45 AM
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Ive never heard of run flat wheels...I bought my tires at Discount Tire with the tpms rebuild kit.....30k miles later and no issues.
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After reading through 7 pages of this forum, I've still not seen a post that asks the obvious question (maybe I missed it) of putting non-runflat tires on wheels designed for run-flat tires. My Big-O dealer told me last year I shouldn't do that, so I'm reluctant to replace my run-flats with conventional tires. Is there a thread about this?
Its difficult to imagine why someone would recommend against non-run flats, but in this case I suspect the Big "O" guy was thinking -- "hmmm 4 runflats at $250 = $1000, 4 non-run-flats @$100 = $400. Which should I recommend?"

Buy the non-RFs and forget the issues, you'll never regret the change. There are about 43 million threads that agree somewhere here.
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I have 21,000 miles on these tires and they are shot. They handled well but burning through them this fast, 14 months, is not something I'm pleased with. I am now ripping them up wine I drive. Yes I drive more aggressively than someone in a Buick but it's a MINI, you are suppose to.
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I've had these tires for about 23,000 miles. They have 3/32 tread life left. Hopefully they can make it a little while longer until my tax refund comes in. I will be trying different tires next time.

And yes I drive pretty aggressively.
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