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Quote: Originally posted by MattCharlie on 07/7/2010

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I had a blowout on Friday and can tell you they are well worth the money. As for a monitoring system I wouldn't have thought there would be a market for them, when you have a blowout on your van you certainly know about it and any sensible caravanner surely should be checking the tyre pressures regularly so a slow puncture would be detected in this way?

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I check tyre pressure before every journey and always carry a pump with me. Check the nuts are correctly Torqued as well. If that check shows that the pressure is well down that could be an indication of a potential problem. Blow outs are not the sole province of pressure. Nails, rocks potholes and many other aspects of road use can create the problem. Like the concept of a monitoring system that may give a warning "Nail in the road 200 yards on the left...swerve to the right!"

Phil

Quote: Originally posted by cwdc56768 on 08/7/2010

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"Nail in the road 200 yards on the left...swerve to the right!"

Phil

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Quote: Originally posted by Rune Caster on 06/7/2010

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Quote: Originally posted by cwdc56768 on 05/7/2010

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Well the boys in blue use them on their new wheels. Ever seen an old Police car?

Anyway, hope I never find out how good they are!!!!!

Phil

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Don't the boys in blue combine the use of Tyrons with Run Flat tyres?

In their case there is little point in keeping a tyre on if they can't carry on driving in a chase

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As a police traffic officer myself, I have never heard of Tyron bands being fitted to police vehicles.  Run-flats are only fitted to vehicles in my force if they were originally fitted by the manufacturer.  Contrary to popular belief, police vehicles are not 'tweaked' (other than standard manufacturer upgrades such as ignition remaps), probably in case of civil litigation in the case of a collision, and also because they get auctioned off to the public at the end of their life.  Note that the police vehicles on the Tyron website look very dated, and the scruffy 'police officer' who endorses them looks to have retired many moons ago.