Tyre opinions - I'm going on a roadtrip
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:16 am
Later this year, Wor Lass & I are going to Italy in the X3. When I bought the car it already had conventional tyres (Pirelli P7 *marked) fitted. Normally this would be fine by me because I think runflats are pretty pointless when a lot of tyre places won't repair punctures in them - particularly after they've been driven on. 
As a rule, I carry one of my winter wheels, a bottle jack, jack pad, breaker bar + socket & wheel chock in the boot. However, for the 2-and-a-bit week Italy trip I'm fairly certain that I'm going to need to free-up boot space for all the stuff WL insists on taking along on holiday - even after I coerce her into "downsizing" at least twice before I attempt to load the car.
Bearing in mind that I feel the P7s are not much more than an adequate tyre and when they do need to be replaced I would rather go for another make (which would probably mean non-runflat again, and not *marked, because the only option I've seen in 225/60x17 runflats is the Dunlop), do you think I should;-
1) Buy a set of runflats and be prepared to get robbed if I get a puncture while out of the UK
2) Stick with the conventional tyres and take a couple of cans of Tyre Weld and my 12v pump along for the ride. I know a lot of people say Tyre Weld renders the tyre unrepairable, but at least non-runflats are cheaper to replace.
(a very tongue-in-cheek 3) Leave the wife at home
4) Do you have any other suggestions.
TIA
Stuart
As a rule, I carry one of my winter wheels, a bottle jack, jack pad, breaker bar + socket & wheel chock in the boot. However, for the 2-and-a-bit week Italy trip I'm fairly certain that I'm going to need to free-up boot space for all the stuff WL insists on taking along on holiday - even after I coerce her into "downsizing" at least twice before I attempt to load the car.
Bearing in mind that I feel the P7s are not much more than an adequate tyre and when they do need to be replaced I would rather go for another make (which would probably mean non-runflat again, and not *marked, because the only option I've seen in 225/60x17 runflats is the Dunlop), do you think I should;-
1) Buy a set of runflats and be prepared to get robbed if I get a puncture while out of the UK
2) Stick with the conventional tyres and take a couple of cans of Tyre Weld and my 12v pump along for the ride. I know a lot of people say Tyre Weld renders the tyre unrepairable, but at least non-runflats are cheaper to replace.
(a very tongue-in-cheek 3) Leave the wife at home
4) Do you have any other suggestions.
TIA
Stuart
I never knew such a thing existed. Thanks lads 
I'm all over that!