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[BRG/Blk Cooper S]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Eggman (original)

Disagree, R/F's are a tyre dealers dream, they con' so many people over repairs/rims etc.

Disagree.....with what?
Running Runflats & conventional tyres on the same car?

You are running 4 x conventional tyres so have obviously experienced the vastly different handling characteristics of each type of tyre..

In my experience runflats were harsh, noisy, prone to tram-lining, prone to severe understeer and had both the ABS and DSC kicking in constantly.

My Vredestein Sportrac 3's suffer from none of the above, are as grippy as hell, quiet and give the MINI the sort of handling the designers no doubt had in mind.

Back to the Runflats & conventional tyres being mixed........it's a very bad idea and you know it, frankly an accident waiting to happen such would be the upset to the balance of the car (I personally would never run a different type of conventional front/rear either but that's a whole other story).

It's been debated to death already but why would anyone buy a relatively high-performance car such as a Cooper S and then totally compromise it in this fashion for the sake of a few £'s......I can't understand anyone with a true appreciation/respect for driving such a vehicle doing this..

Get a Polo/Panda/Corsa etc and be done with it if you want cheap, reliable but boring transportation..