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There are always trade-offs.
The reputed hard ride of run flats vs being stranded when the tire damage is beyond repair with a bottle of goop.
I had an experience on the New York Thruway worth mentioning. My battery died at a gas station there. Calling AAA, I was told they didn't cover the Thruway because there was a tow company with an exclusive contract. And they gave me the number.
But and but...there was no answer...so I was stuck with wife and daughter at 10:00 pm on the thruway on a cold night. Then I remembered a Car Talk episode which gave the counter-intuitive advice to turn on the headlights, count to 60, and try again. Sure enough, I got the car started and made it to the hotel in Ithaca. I was able to repeat the same Click and Clack magic in the morning and got the car to a garage that replaced the battery.
Moral of the story: don't look down your nose at run flats or claim that AAA will come to your rescue no matter what.
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