///Mike
'76 & '85
Recent discussions here serve as a reminder that our spares are pretty old. On top of that, they take up a fair amount of space in such a small car. Flat tires are fairly uncommon in street cars anymore, and modern sports cars aren't even equipped with a spare.
Being the paranoid left brained type, I do like having a spare in case something happens to bend the wheel or cause the tire to be irreparable. But many such instances would result in other damage to our low, somewhat fragile cars. In those cases one would have to rely on a cell phone anyway, which was not really an option when most of our cars were new.
So I'm wondering how critical a spare tire actually is for most of us...
Found this on sale for $15 today at Autozone: http://www.slime.com/product/122/Smart-Spair-15-Minute-Emergency-Tire-Repair-(#SS-PDQ/06).html
It's quite small so it fits neatly beside the jack, and would probably fit inside the spare wheel. Water soluble, so it avoids the pitfalls of the typical flat repair aerosols.
Anybody got any experience with it?
For those interested, the sign at the store said they were on sale through 6/3.
Also, has anyone yet made a space saver spare work with an X?
///Mike
Being the paranoid left brained type, I do like having a spare in case something happens to bend the wheel or cause the tire to be irreparable. But many such instances would result in other damage to our low, somewhat fragile cars. In those cases one would have to rely on a cell phone anyway, which was not really an option when most of our cars were new.
So I'm wondering how critical a spare tire actually is for most of us...
Found this on sale for $15 today at Autozone: http://www.slime.com/product/122/Smart-Spair-15-Minute-Emergency-Tire-Repair-(#SS-PDQ/06).html
It's quite small so it fits neatly beside the jack, and would probably fit inside the spare wheel. Water soluble, so it avoids the pitfalls of the typical flat repair aerosols.
Anybody got any experience with it?
For those interested, the sign at the store said they were on sale through 6/3.
Also, has anyone yet made a space saver spare work with an X?
///Mike