So, I need new winter tyres.
Dealer asked me if I wanted to go with runflats, and actually suggested runflats for my F10… but on the internet, everyone is bashing them left and right.
From my understanding, they are a bit less comfortable than non-runflats, but that’s about it?
If it makes any difference, tyres in question are Uniroyal 245/40/R19.
Planned summer tyres are Pirelli PZero PZ4 LS.
First, in most cases, it’s technically not “runflat” anymore but rather run-on-flat, which is a standard Mercedes Benz came up with to try to strike a better balance between comfort and run flat capability. It can only do 50 miles at 50 mph I think whereas true run flats were able to do more.
In my experience there’s still a lot of stigma around true run flats from years ago, which truly were horrible. But these days, the suspensions are better and the run-on-flats are much softer. A lot of the folks that knee-jerk respond and tell you to ditch run flats may not have ridden on the latest generation of cars or run-on-flats.
My personal take is that for the higher profile tires (like yours) where sidewall is decently chunky, the difference is not that big. This is based on personal experience with my own swap. However on lower profile tires, the difference is more noticeable. This is based on two swaps I did on a 5 series. I swapped my 20s from ROF to regular, and I did the same on 18s (I’m kinda obsessed). With the 20s the difference was huge. With the 18s, I couldn’t really notice a difference in comfort between ROF and regular b