Quote:
Originally Posted by pawoSD
Bluedef system is no big deal. I had mine alert once to fill it, I bought about 5 gallons at the dealer for $27 and poured it in, nothing to report since.
No spare in the car but my GLK has runflats....also in 16 years of driving I've only had to change two tires.....so the risk is pretty minimal in my opinion.
|
Get the BlueDEF at WalMart or Sam's club, its about low teen$ for the 5 gallon jug.
Run flats are a way of life, manufacturers are dumping spare tires across the board to reduce weight. They have to squeeze every pound of unnecessary weight to meet the fuel economy standards (no politics here please).
Like you I have had 2 flats in 38 years of driving experience. One way back in the day in the 90s (Honda, it had a donut even back then) and the other was on our 2008 ML320, again this has a donut but I was up in Charlotte and didn't want to drive to Columbia on a Donut so I went to a local tire shop and had them swap it for a new tire.
My 2013 has the run flats and I hate the ride (it is LOUD and HARD).
__________________
The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)
both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)
1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech
Last edited by jay_bob; 05-01-2019 at 12:53 PM.
|