I keep thinking about this...my wife's X3 has 19" RFT...and at the end of a 3 year lease I'm pretty sure Im going to be on the hook to replace them and they aren't cheap. I've often thought about swapping out the tires for less expensive, well performing non-rft....except I have no place to store the stock ones. Which sucks.

 

well find some space!!

3 year lease is too short to be driving on run flat.... It will be the best mod you can do to your car. 100% guaranteed.
As you have noticed, it also make sense financially. Why do you want to pay more for something so shitty?

 

 

They won't ding you for replacing the tires with non-RFTs after surrendering the lease? I never even thought about that...

 

No doofus.. put the shit RFTs back on when surrendering.. thus the needed space.

 

They will... big time.

In my case, i was too lazy to change when i could. Like i said, i got used to it and settled until the tires are below 4/32. (BMW's requirement for lease return)
But i really did not feel like paying $1300 for another set of shitty tires that might not even last till my lease return. So i MIGHT have to buy ANOTHER set.

So i went with what i should have done long time ago, summer.... since it is much cheaper i dont mind buying another used set RFT from the forum later for lease return later.


The best move is: Drive the RFT for 5k miles, put the summer tires/AS on, drive for 20-30k miles and put the RFT back on for the remaining months ->Return.

 

I know what you mean. I haven't driven on RFT but when switching from my worn-out winter tires to my PSS, it was an incredible difference.

Tire lives matter so much.

 

Winter tires are like driving on marshmallows. The upside is that you're less likely to crash into things in the winter if you have them.

I've never had RFT either but I've also never heard anyone say anything good about them ever.

 

Muh bad. I read at the end of lease. Sounds like he's planning ahead, and not that it's three years later now.

 

 

RFTs are marketing.. it's for a specific crowd..

 

You are correct. There is really nothing good about RFT. Most of the manufactures won't even allow the big tire dealers to fix run flats even if the nail is in the middle of the tread. So you will have to go to some hole in the wall tire shops to get it fixed.
If you don't trust those type of shops, you pretty much have to get a new tire every time you get a nail in your tire.

 

RFTs are great for those situations where you need your wallet lightened for no good reason other than a very slim possibility of convenience

 

Let's not beat around the bush. Are you all implying RFTs are for the RLX crowd?

 

BFD. LMNOP, as it were.

 

Yeah, as long as RFTs are on the RLX, the grip exceeds that generated even by the McLaren P1.

 

RLX with RFT can run over land mines like they are not even there....

 

RFT's are great for when you get a flat tire late at night and everything is closed.... ask me how I know


btw doing a photo shoot with Randy Pobst tomorrow at a local racetrack!

 

So is a spare tire, tire repair kit, and/or AAA.

 

I sure appreciated those run-flats when I got a flat while in NYC after midnight (last year) and was able to drive back to the place we were staying without having to get out of the car. I found a place that would fix it in the morning, they said it was unfixable so they replaced with a used RFT for cheap, and I was able to drive back to Chicago without trouble.

 

 

Good thing you were going slow

 

Wow awesome! I'm coming.

 

My 2010 A4 Avant is almost 7 year old now. Has about 83k miles on it so far.

Any major maintenance list for the car?

 

More low.

 

That one time convenience is enough for the sacrifice on a daily basis? i don't know man...

 

yah a new car

 

what's the daily sacrifice?

 

deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2


Basically RFT is the complete opposite of what you would consider a good set of tires.

Whether if you are looking from performance or financial perspective. Other than the up to 50 miles driving range when you get a flat, there is nothing good about it.

 

oh yeah, it's coming back to me now... I remember hearing/reading lots of bad stuff about those RFT's.

Thanks for the link.

 

RFT are awful. We always swap them on our BMWs, & 'Vette owners do the same. It's a big shock to us at work when we found out the LC has RFTs as well.

 

Under the bed!




MAKE THEM FIT!

 

^ That is what she said.

 

So Im slowly replacing my tan interior with black. I ordered a black rear deck lid from eBay so I went ahead and pulled my tan one. After during so, I noticed my tan lid has some wierd blue/green paint on it.

Then I opened my new black one and noticed it has red/yellow paint in the same place hahaha what the hell is this?!?!?

 

 

In other news.. I've must have been under a rock.. where did this Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio come from..
Car and Driver is all over it's stromboli.. Horree fuck.. and a new SUV on the way.

I find it funny how CD had issues with their ARGQ.. like it wouldn't effing start, brakes would go in and out..
yet they're like eff it..

Anyways..

 

They characterized it as a 458 with 2 cylinders chopped off

 

Holy balls.. yes.. the turn signal shit means it's shooting for BMW owners.. or old man caddy owners

 

The Giulia is a damn sexy car.
Even the Giulia Ti is a looker. Local AR dealer has 1 Quadrifoglio in stock with no listed price.

 

FTFY