Had a flat tire on the highway for the first time in 20 years...
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I have now had 3 experiences of being completely fully flat on a runflat tire, and while its good peace of mind, Im still not sold on the tires I have. In concept, yes, but not the Contis my MB came with. One time, the entire side wall blew open from hitting. pothole so needless too say, I needed a tow. Would this have happened if the sidewall wasn't as still? Who knows. The second time, I had a regular puncture on a tire with a previous minor bulge, and I was about 15 miles from the nearest MB dealer which had my tire in stock. I immediately started hearing noises, but kept going, driving around 50mph on the freeway. Noise was getting progressively worse and by the time I got to the dealer, the bulge had burst and the tire obviously failed. And lastly, I had a regular puncture, no bulges on this one. Tire was making weird noises that didn't instill confidence. I limped to the nearest tire shop for a patch. Each time this has happened, I remember weird noises coming from the tire. Bulge there or not, these noises happen immediately. I am not sure how they can recommend people driving up to 50mph.
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But, since you bring the issue up, if you want to hear a tune about some eye-opening luxury cars, check out Springsteen:
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Back on topic, I think we have done a few threads on it in the past, but there are some experimental tire/wheel designs being tested that don't require any air at all.....they go beyond the run-flats. One of them is Michelin's Tweel:
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]I have now had 3 experiences of being completely fully flat on a runflat tire, and while its good peace of mind, Im still not sold on the tires I have. In concept, yes, but not the Contis my MB came with. One time, the entire side wall blew open from hitting. pothole so needless too say, I needed a tow.
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#69
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I think a lot of it is just the realities of the wheel setups of cars today. For instance, on that LC there isn't anywhere to put a full sized spare, and the wheel setup is staggered like you said. Those types of wheel setups used to be relegated to exotic high performance cars but thats not the case anymore, even pedestrian cars have large wheels and wide unusual tires.
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#71
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Because its ugly lol. Why would anybody want to have a huge spare tire on the back of a beautiful Lexus LC coupe? The LC also does not have a hatch, it has a small trunk:
I'll take my chances with a flat. Like I said here, I had my first flat while driving in 20 years, and I didn't even have to have the spare put on.
I'll take my chances with a flat. Like I said here, I had my first flat while driving in 20 years, and I didn't even have to have the spare put on.
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OK, sorry about that...I think that's my bad. Perhaps I misunderstood the earlier post. I thought, by "LC", you were referring to the Land-Cruiser/Lexus LX, not the LC coupe.
#73
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No, the LC coupe that Jill mentioned.
For SUVs there are plenty of spaces to put spares, and I believe all serious SUVs still have full-sized spares. My Grand Cherokees did. Not on matching wheels like on my LS but thats understandable.
For SUVs there are plenty of spaces to put spares, and I believe all serious SUVs still have full-sized spares. My Grand Cherokees did. Not on matching wheels like on my LS but thats understandable.
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I totally get the idea behind having no spare on an LC 500. You’ll ruin the design and there is nowhere to keep it. And it’s kind of pointless if the wheels are staggered front to back
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they do you will ruin the four-wheel-drive system on an LX 570 or my 4RUNNER for example if you were to go to a smaller spare. Spare tire stuff as interesting as my four-wheel-drive vehicles have matching fifth wheel spares, they are supposed to be swapped in and out as a five tire change when you do your rotation. On the 15 4RUNNER, they still have A full size spare but they don’t use a matching rim anymore.
I totally get the idea behind having no spare on an LC 500. You’ll ruin the design and there is nowhere to keep it. And it’s kind of pointless if the wheels are staggered front to back
I totally get the idea behind having no spare on an LC 500. You’ll ruin the design and there is nowhere to keep it. And it’s kind of pointless if the wheels are staggered front to back