GL 350 Run flat tires unavailable
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GL 350 Run flat tires unavailable
2010 GL350 with a tire failure at 33,000 miles and Goodyear currently out of stock of replacement tires in the Continental USA!! I mean WTF! so cannot drive this vehicle for 3 weeks until stock arrives. This is just deplorable.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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Forget about Run Flats and buy regular tires. If you'll get size 285/50/20 - you'll save even more.
Get this thing instead of spare : http://www.ebay.com/itm/400247804177...ht_2655wt_1344
Get this thing instead of spare : http://www.ebay.com/itm/400247804177...ht_2655wt_1344
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Bridgestone run flats are better & cheaper. Where are you located? Have 2 near-new Bridgestones sitting in my garage that I'd be willing to sell. I'm located just south of Modesto, ca.
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Btw, I for one am a fan of the run flats. Sure they ride rougher, are noisier, and are unreasonably expensive, but they came in REAL handy one time already. Hit a huge pothole in the middle of the country at about 1am (pitch black, nowhere safe to pull over, no cars around), which ended up bending a wheel & flattening a tire. Because of the run flats, I was able to limp home at 45 mph instead of sitting out in the middle of nowhere, waiting for a tow truck.
Sometimes the tradeoffs are worth it..
Sometimes the tradeoffs are worth it..
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there are several new and used ones on ebay right now.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...0R20&_osacat=0
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...0R20&_osacat=0
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or buy a doughnut spare: http://www.ebay.com/itm/230806359288...84.m1555.l2649
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Guys.... thanks so much for the comments and ideas.
I am in Seattle.
I did some research and was told that the Bridgestone was not a run flat tire.... was this incorrect??
As far as the spare goes I will try to determine if it will fit in place to the tool tray under the rear deck lid where the Adblue tank is.
Thanks for the ebay leads... I guess I was not thorough enough...
Will send a pm to stickeygreen....
Thanks again.
I am in Seattle.
I did some research and was told that the Bridgestone was not a run flat tire.... was this incorrect??
As far as the spare goes I will try to determine if it will fit in place to the tool tray under the rear deck lid where the Adblue tank is.
Thanks for the ebay leads... I guess I was not thorough enough...
Will send a pm to stickeygreen....
Thanks again.
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