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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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Goodyear Excellence RunFlats -- your experience?

Since I'm running summer-only Dunlop non-RunFlats on the Crown Spokes now, I'm looking for a decent all-season tire to get me through our mild Seattle winters.

I have an opportunity to pick up some nearly new Bridge Spokes with the Goodyear Excellence RunFlats already mounted (they're a MINI OEM option).

Does anyone have any experience to report for this tire? This tire model is so new that Tire Rack and the other typical review sources have nothing posted yet. I don't really care how loud it is or how it performs in the dry (it is a RunFlat, after all). I am, however, very interested to know how it does in the wet and, better yet, if anyone's had the chance to run it in cold/icy conditions.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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Bridgestone RE960 AS if you can deal w/ non RF. Came highly recommended by Tire Rack. I like them even more than Pirelli P Zero Nero M/S I had on my 04 Cooper.

not sure on tire size you need. I went with 215/45-17 in place of 205/45-17
w/o issue.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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I just got a full set of these mounted at the recommendation of another NAM member and so far I am very happy. Great grip, low noise and nice handling.
 
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