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Used BMW Warning to Motorists

If anyone is thinking about buying afrom the lighter plug, the only way home
late used BMW car then pay attention towas to use the back roads with regular
the following information as it may savestops to re-inflate the tyre each time
you a serious amount of money.the low pressure warning came on, the
A close friend purchased an 18 month oldwarning had to be re-set each time the
BMW 325i M Sport recently from a privatetyre was re-inflated.
seller and did not pay close attentionSome 11 hours later with many stops and
to the tyres which were quite worn.diversions the car was on the drive back
After a couple of months further wear heat his house and the next morning a call
realised they were looking a little lowto the local BMW dealership was made to
although still quite legal so he tookarrange the replacement. It still took a
the car into a leading tyre companiesday to get the tyres in and the stop and
garage over Christmas to get a new setpump procedure was used to get the car
put on.to the dealership. Another 350 pounds
After half an hour he was told that thelater and the car was back on the road
company could not get the tyre's, thisagain.
was because only one manufacturer madeI guess there are a number of lessons to
the approved tyres which were a certainlearn here, one of course is the issue
type of run flat sports tyre. Though runand sensibility of run flat tyres which
flat tyres are common in many other BMWare being rolled out across many types
models these tyre's were extremely hardof car now, secondly of course is
to source without going to the nearestwhether it is wise for the everyday
BMW dealership.person to purchase cars privately
Now the second problem was the cost, aanymore.
complete set of tyres fitted was goingOf course the puncture could not be
to cost 1,300 pounds inclusive and soforeseen but then being stranded at a
what seemed like a bargain at the timemotorway service station and then
of purchase very quickly turned out tostopping to re-inflate a tyre for 11
be no bargain at all. With the newhours is not a very sensible and
tyre's fitted the car was merrily on itsfulfilling experience either.
way back from Bristol when the low airBut what if the car had been purchased
pressure warning light flashed.from an approved BMW dealer, first of
After pulling off the motorway, a quickall the tyres would have been in top
check revealed that the new rearcondition, the downside is that the
nearside tyre indeed had a puncture, theprice would be more to start with but
fact that the car had run flat tyre'sthen this can be offset by the potential
means of course that there is no spare.for reduced depreciation due to the cars
After ringing a number of emergencyapproved dealer status.
callout tyre companies and using theFurthermore, at the service station the
very limited run flat ability to reach aowner could invoke the BMW emergency
tyre fitting company after leaving therecovery service and driven home in a
next junction a certain reality dawned.replacement car, safer and far more
Not only could the companies not get aconvenient. Looking further, what about
replacement tyre (soonest was 5 days) itthe complexity of electronics and
became apparent that a run flat tyrecomponents, most people would not have a
cannot be repaired, in fact one nationalclue as to whether these are in good
distributer said it was against the laworder or about to malfunction
to repair a run flat tyre.(frighteningly expensive).
At this point what are the options, theTherefore as cars become ever more
car is still 4 hours from home, it has acomplex can everyday motorists put
puncture that cannot be fixed and a tyrethemselves at risk like this, is it not
that cannot be replaced. A trip to aa false economy and a flawed outlook on
nearby Halfords and 25 pounds later anpersonal safety to purchase privately
electric pump was deployed that workedrather than through a dealership.



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