Scotty Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GTs are run flat tyres! This may be old news to some but worth sharing as I didn't know : I was looking on the Dunlop site the other day (coz the tyres are officially "summer" tyres and not "all season" ones) and I noticed that Dunlop say they are "Run On Flat" tyres. The page says check with the manufacturer to ensure they can be used as such.... so I did. ....and Audi confirmed that on my car they can be used as run flats. I'm happy with that as it means if Mrs Scotty gets a puncture with our young kids on board then she can drive to safety/home/garage etc without waiting (e.g. on a motorway) or changing it herself. They say 50 miles at 50mph which is the same as the space saver. It probably means you have to replace the tyre but it's a handy thing to have .... if you know about it! Audi also repeated what it says in the manual : "Run flat tyres must only be used on vehicles which have a tyre pressure monitoring system" The idea is obvisously that they don't want someone driving on a deflated tyre and not realising as they could go too fast or too long. Do you guys with the Dunlops all have TPMS as a factory fit option? I think this may be the case? If not then of course there is indeed a risk that you may get a puncture and not notice which would be potentially dangerous. I don't wish to insult anyone that they wouldn't notice but with RunFlats and a low profile tyre perhaps it's not that noticable?? p.s. Dunlop also list the A4 B8 as "up until 2014" so perhaps they know something Audi don't want the public to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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