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Used BMW Warning to Motorists

If anyone is thinking about buying a late from the lighter plug, the only way home
used BMW car then pay attention to the was to use the back roads with regular
following information as it may save you stops to re-inflate the tyre each time
a serious amount of money. the low pressure warning came on, the
A close friend purchased an 18 month old warning had to be re-set each time the
BMW 325i M Sport recently from a private tyre was re-inflated.
seller and did not pay close attention to Some 11 hours later with many stops and
the tyres which were quite worn. After a diversions the car was on the drive back
couple of months further wear he realised at his house and the next morning a call
they were looking a little low although to the local BMW dealership was made to
still quite legal so he took the car into arrange the replacement. It still took a
a leading tyre companies garage over day to get the tyres in and the stop and
Christmas to get a new set put on. pump procedure was used to get the car to
After half an hour he was told that the the dealership. Another 350 pounds later
company could not get the tyre's, this and the car was back on the road again.
was because only one manufacturer made I guess there are a number of lessons to
the approved tyres which were a certain learn here, one of course is the issue
type of run flat sports tyre. Though run and sensibility of run flat tyres which
flat tyres are common in many other BMW are being rolled out across many types of
models these tyre's were extremely hard car now, secondly of course is whether it
to source without going to the nearest is wise for the everyday person to
BMW dealership. purchase cars privately anymore.
Now the second problem was the cost, a Of course the puncture could not be
complete set of tyres fitted was going to foreseen but then being stranded at a
cost 1,300 pounds inclusive and so what motorway service station and then
seemed like a bargain at the time of stopping to re-inflate a tyre for 11
purchase very quickly turned out to be no hours is not a very sensible and
bargain at all. With the new tyre's fulfilling experience either.
fitted the car was merrily on its way But what if the car had been purchased
back from Bristol when the low air from an approved BMW dealer, first of all
pressure warning light flashed. the tyres would have been in top
After pulling off the motorway, a quick condition, the downside is that the price
check revealed that the new rear nearside would be more to start with but then this
tyre indeed had a puncture, the fact that can be offset by the potential for
the car had run flat tyre's means of reduced depreciation due to the cars
course that there is no spare. After approved dealer status.
ringing a number of emergency callout Furthermore, at the service station the
tyre companies and using the very limited owner could invoke the BMW emergency
run flat ability to reach a tyre fitting recovery service and driven home in a
company after leaving the next junction a replacement car, safer and far more
certain reality dawned. convenient. Looking further, what about
Not only could the companies not get a the complexity of electronics and
replacement tyre (soonest was 5 days) it components, most people would not have a
became apparent that a run flat tyre clue as to whether these are in good
cannot be repaired, in fact one national order or about to malfunction
distributer said it was against the law (frighteningly expensive).
to repair a run flat tyre. Therefore as cars become ever more
At this point what are the options, the complex can everyday motorists put
car is still 4 hours from home, it has a themselves at risk like this, is it not a
puncture that cannot be fixed and a tyre false economy and a flawed outlook on
that cannot be replaced. A trip to a personal safety to purchase privately
nearby Halfords and 25 pounds later an rather than through a dealership.
electric pump was deployed that worked




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