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Old Feb 28, 2017 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by JimVonBaden
Often, if you have much wear on one, when you replace it, you have to replace the other three. Screw that!
I did not know about this.........
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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 07:45 AM
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Complete BS on the 'tuned' suspension. Tuned for what? What about snow tires? Are you racing the thing on a track? ... I've owned my CLK for almost 10 years now with all different tires. Some high priced run-flats, some cheapo's, some winter. The one thing I really hated about run-flats was the fact you never know how much air is in them without checking. I once had a tire with only 20lbs in it (instead of 30lbs). Don't know how log I was driving on it before I checked it. After that I got paranoid and started checking them all the time. At least with normal tires you can visually notice a tire with low pressure.
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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 02:06 PM
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The one thing I really hated about run-flats was the fact you never know how much air is in them without checking. I once had a tire with only 20lbs in it (instead of 30lbs). Don't know how log I was driving on it before I checked it. After that I got paranoid and started checking them all the time. At least with normal tires you can visually notice a tire with low pressure.
I think there is a law for car manufacturers to couple runflats with TPMS.
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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mis3
I think there is a law for car manufacturers to couple runflats with TPMS.

Quite possibly.. But W209's don't have TPMS.
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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 02:49 PM
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Car dealerships here in Canada are mandated to equip TPMS for all new cars with runflats. Like you said, you never know how much air is in the tire!
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Old Mar 1, 2017 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TechSuperstar
Quite possibly.. But W209's don't have TPMS.
well.... they do but it just turns a light on in the dash and the function is turned off in the US.
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