15 miles with a flat!

[unRAPIDdan]

Went for an evening out with the Boxster and Mrs D this evening. The car was left for just over six hours before we left for home. During the journey (mix of towns and rural roads) I started to wonder if the steering might be feeling somehow different to usual. As the journey went on I convinced myself that, due to any difference being almost immeasurable, that it must have been all in my mind. The journey concluded when we arrived home about 15 miles later and..................

..................the front offside tyre was flat! I've reinflated the tyre to the correct pressure, and can see no sign of damage or anything obvious, and it's possible that some toe-rag has decided it might be a wheeze to let it down (as I can hear no air being lost and it only took 6 hours or so to go down while the vehicle was left).

The tyre is a 19" Bridgestone Potenza RE050A. I'm assuming this is a run-flat, as the car hardly felt different. Should I be looking at replacing the tyre regardless of whether it stays inflated? the fastest I travelled on the way home was about 65mph - most of the journey would have been 40-50mph at the most.

Any advice welcome,

D.

 

[unRAPIDdan]

Well - the tyres going down .

The only workable answer is for Mrs D to limp it to the OPC on Monday and have them replace it. Next question - any ideas what sort of money this is going to cost for the OPC to sort? The tyres have plenty of meat on them, will I get away with the punctured tyre being replaced, or will they have to be replaced as a set? It's still on the OE tyres, which are 235/55/ZR19. Bloody nuisance .

 

[spyderman]

I very much doubt the OPC will permit a repair, esp after driving on it. If the fronts were nearly new, you might get away with just the on tyre replaced, providing also that they can match it exactly (same make, model and N rating). If not, from an OPC, you could be looking at a set of four. In which case it would be a lot cheaper to take it elsewhere. See what they say, but don't feel obliged to get tyres from them.

 

[garyw]

ORIGINAL: unRAPIDdan
The tyre is a 19" Bridgestone Potenza RE050A. I'm assuming this is a run-flat,

No there not... low profile though..[]

If you ran it with a flat then the tyre is scrap without a doubt!!
A trusted tyre centre would be my option- although certain OPC's are being very competitive on tyre costs- some others not so []
I'd certainly ask them but I doubt I'd be driving the car to them.

garyw

 

[unRAPIDdan]

All sorted by the local OPC;

Black Circles quoted 187.00 each fitted - OPC quoted 198.00 each fitted. Went with piece of mind from the OPC.

Thanks for the replies to my initial comments,

D.