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Originally Posted by extrashaky
So you have specific experience with runflats on your 86? Please tell me more about that.
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give me a break. runflats came on a ton of other cars, mostly GM vehicles. it doesn't matter which other vehicle the rubber rolled under, the conditions will be the same. a tire is a bladder of air, mounted to a round hunk of metal, that rolls. the tech of the tire might be more specific, but there are no tires in the entire world that would act in an entirely different way when installed on 2 different vehicles. the characteristics of runflats are well known at this point.
the only benefit to a run-flat over a normal tire is that they can be driven on to a safe-er location instead of just simply shredding in seconds on deflation.
runflat's never really caught on because the overall expense per tire is a lot more, availability is iffy at best on a normal day, and the theoretical 'convienience' isn't significantly improved over a 5-tire, or 4-tire/fix-a-flat setup.
runflat's have their origins in military applications, where teams needed to GTFO of a bad situation, and the vehicles were taking on tire damage. runflats allowed them to actually GTFO, where a standard tire would strand them within range of the opposition.
runflat's aren't going to help during cleanup after a hurricane, but will help during evacuating if you just need to get a few more miles to safety.