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