New GM Cost Savings

[Draenor]

The run flat tires?

Yeppers

 

[Bowtie2Sierra]

Personally, I don't like them. The stiffer sidewall makes for a less forgiving ride, more road noise and they don't wear as well either (at least the tires BMW uses). I typically try to swap them out to regular tires the first chance I get.

 

[daddy]

CAFE and cost savings combined. They can save a few bucks, still raise the overall price, then blame it on CAFE, which isn't even false. Win/Win for the manufacturers. LOSS, as always, and at a higher price, for the consumer.

Ford MPGs are equivalent and that's with a spare tire.

Okay, so Ford is better at eking out MPG's. That doesn't change what I said, I don't think.

 

[Draenor]

Personally, I don't like them. The stiffer sidewall makes for a less forgiving ride, more road noise and they don't wear as well either (at least the tires BMW uses). I typically try to swap them out to regular tires the first chance I get.

Interesting. I've never had them, so I have no experience with them.

 

[mr_bots]

I will not own a car without a spare and think its dumb for manufacturers to make a pump and fix a flat standard. What if you have a blow out in the middle of BFE where there isn't any phone service?

 

[Nick The Great]

I think most people deal with flat tires with their cell phones. Just call AAA or whoever.

 

[daddy]

Not this guy. I have AAA for my wife's sake or if I break down, not for a flat tire. Gimme my spare, you dirty whores.

 

[Nick The Great]

Not this guy. I have AAA for my wife's sake or if I break down, not for a flat tire. Gimme my spare, you dirty whores.

Oh I agree. It happens a lot, though

 

[Bowtie2Sierra]

I haven't experienced the pleasure of a flat tire yet. I'm sure I will have one this week now that I said that.

 

[daddy]

I haven't experienced the pleasure of a flat tire yet. I'm sure I will have one this week now that I said that.

It's probably flat right now.