Difficult decision this.
1. Many years ago I had a puncture in the offside front wheel of my Cavalier, on the M56, in the dark, and I don't want to go through that experience again.
2. My friend has a Toyota, no spare, just a can of goo. Twice now she's suffered a split in the sidewall (probably down her driving over kerbs), neither of which could be repaired.
My 335 has RFTs (no space in the boot for a spare of any size unless it's just dumped in), and on the one occasion I've had a deflated front tyre, I just slowed down to 50 and carried on. Once I'd reached work I phoned a mobile fitter and had a new tyre fitted later the same day.
Now I'm not making out RFTs to be the answer, but in terms of safety, they're the best thing around, and once the new 3G ones are available, they'll address the "problem" of ride quaility.
|