Does It Work? video: run-flat tyres, tested to destruction

Published: 22 August 2008 Updated: 26 January 2015

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More manufacturers are fitting run-flat tyres, as they seek to remove the unnecessary bulk and expense of spare tyres. But do run-flats actually work? Watch our new video as we put them to the test in our latest Does It Work? video series.

CAR’s associate editor Tim Pollard takes a Black and Decker drill to the Dunlop rubber on his long-term test Mini Cooper S to find out just how durable these run-flats really are… Scroll down to watch the video embedded in this page.

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By Ben Pulman

Ex-CAR editor-at-large

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