According to my dealer (after my whole flat tire fiasco) Our 8s are running Run Flats. Did anyone else know this? I guess after going back and forth with Bridgestone tire about acquiring a new tire (none in New Mexico) the Bridgestone Rep told him they were RF tires. $270 later I am back in my baby and running (carefully now)

 

Your dealer is wrong. The RX-8 does NOT have run flat tires. Bridgestone does make run-flat versions of the RE-040, but Mazda does not put them on the RX-8. That's the absolute truth, sorry. I hope you're not running 1 run-flat tire and 3 regular tires now! Maybe you should read the sidewall of the new tire very carefully, and compare it to your original tires.

Regards,
Gordon

 

Well here's the deal, All tires are the same per sidewall and to back the dealer that they are run flats. I have had several flat tires in my driving experience and all the time the tire has been completely flat after a blow out. This time it was different with the tire looking as though it had gone low but not completely flat running on the rim flat. This tire had the sidewall completely split so chance of air remaining inside were nill. The Runflats from Bridgestone are the same RE040 as ours so is it possible ours come with them? I think so.