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All done. And what a transformation!
Hitting bumps and potholes in the road is now almost a pleasure. The ride is significantly smoother with none of the crashing through road dints and bumps as before. Even sleeping Policemen (for the non UK folks on here, these are traffic calming raised humps across the road) can now be taken at some speed.
As I bombed along at 80, I noticed the loud tyre rumble of the runflats I was so used to was gone, replaced by a new softer whooshing noise as air flowing around the car's body is now the prominent sound.
This is all so much better than I expected.
I had to call several places before finding a sensible price for tyre fitting. The first place wanted £25 per tyre! The second £21. All because they are 20 inch wheels and taking runflats off rims is difficult because the walls are so thick and stiff. I ended up using a place that charged £12 per tyre regardless of size or type and because the first tyre was so hard to get off the rim, it took the fitter 2 hours to do all 4 and halfway through he had to get some help.
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