I had a tire pressure warning come up on screen during the drive yesterday but the on board computer said I can resume the drive as the car is equipped with run-flat tires.
Well, it turns out that these Pirelli tires are not run flats and the pressure dropped quickly and below critical. The car has no spare tire, no tire-puncture fix solutions in place, no high-jack or even a pump included.
The car is the “Ultimate pack”… Does this sound normal?
Bought the car new from BMW.
M cars never come with runflats.
I thought the new m4 CSL came with runflats?
What if you have the M40i? Does that count since it’s not a full M?
Fake M, only WBS vin numbers are real M
M SUVs use a 5YM vin
True, they are fake Ms too
Depends on the spec. You can spec either all-season runflats, all-season regular, or summer regular.
Not an M at all…just a badge
Not a full M is just not an M.
It’s M-sport which is just a fancy looks package BMW uses to make the car appear more premium.
The distinction for say the M340 is they have this package by default and so call them all M340 and so on, but effectively they are just slightly upbadged regular BMWs with a bigger engine so BMW can charge you more.
My car does not have runflats.
That’s an MSport Competition, too.
This sounds like a reasonable answer. The “if” bit I might have missed out on
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You might be right but…this isn’t an M car so not relevant?
I believe my old E46 M3 came from factory with runflats since it didn’t come with a spare tire.
What did they do with 1Ms? Can of green in the trunk?
Iirc the bulk of 1s came with RFTs because zero room for a spare.
The cars come with roadside assistance. Use it. My wife somehow popped the bead on a runflat, used the SOS for a free tow.