Replace run flat tyres with standard?

tmabr

Hi all
need new tyres, currently on run flats as car comes with no spare or a space for one. They are much more expensive than standard.

Might get standard tyres and throw a can of holts tyreweld in the boot. Anyone done this?
Does the stuff work?
Is it more expensive to repair the Tyre after using it?
Will the car pass the NCT with no spare and no run flats?

Any info much appreciated

Fatswaldo

The tyreweld type stuff works - if used properly, but is just a get you home thing. Standard tyres work fine - more comfortable even than run-flats but whoever designed this system never drove on irish roads. A can of mousse is not much good when your tyre or wheel has been shredded by a pothole! If you have no spare, breakdown service is more useful than tyreweld.

Cost of repair is the same in my area. Spare not needed for NCT. Standard tyres fine for NCT

tmabr

Cheers man, much appreciated. Have AA breakdown for anything major so all good.

Thanks again

Gravelly

If you do that, get one of those cheap cigarette-lighter compressors (or even a foot pump) too as the tyre weld doesn't always pump the tyre fully (especially if you have large tyres). It works remarkably well - on two occasions I've had to drive a long distance with a tyre weld repair without any problems - on one of those occasions I drove more than 200 miles in Italy before I got the tyre fixed!

mossy50

throw a space saver in the boot

bazz26

Hard enough to get a cheap space saver for a BMW these days, the cost of a new one would probably cost more than the difference in price between regular and run flat tyres. Plus there is no tyre well so a space saver will take up some of your boot space.