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      03-21-2011, 07:17 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by mario486 View Post
I have now had two colleagues/friends who have had a flat with a RFT tyre fitted to a BMW. In both cases they drove around 100km on the flat easily but in both cases were told to replace the tyre.

Could be just a money making racket but surely running on a flat RFT will weaken the tyre wall fairly quickly.
Sure, but my point is, in Aus1 case, it's a whole different ball game.
Contrary to our urban, semi-urban or even country roads, there is no service station for miles, and street lightning is not existent in the middle of the bush.
Trying to repair a flat on the side of the road might become a life or death situation (Passing traffic, thugs, vengeful kangeroos and other wild animals, meteorits, MadMax ... you name it!)

Being able to continue driving a car with a flat tire in these conditions make sense.
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