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      03-21-2011, 07:04 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Gatekeeper View Post
In your predicament, it becomes a safety issue I would say.
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.

To be honest I don't know enough about it. I will see if I can find out more.
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