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Old 10-01-2020, 02:01 PM   #1
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Some days...

...I feel dumb about how much I obsess about sourcing spare tires for my cars.

Some days I don’t.

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Old 10-01-2020, 02:08 PM   #2
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Image doesn't work for me... what is it?
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Old 10-01-2020, 02:27 PM   #3
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Weird.

It's the Boxster on its spare.

Tires are 7 years old, though, so it's probably time for a new set, anyway.
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Old 10-01-2020, 02:31 PM   #4
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I see all 4 pics. While it wouldn't have been ideal, you could have gotten home on a plug kit. The only car of mine that has a spare is the e46. I make the plug kit comment partially to convince myself I'm fine.
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Old 10-01-2020, 02:35 PM   #5
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I see all 4 pics. While it wouldn't have been ideal, you could have gotten home on a plug kit. The only car of mine that has a spare is the e46. I make the plug kit comment partially to convince myself I'm fine.
yeah looks like plenty of tread left to me too.. Someone needs new tires on his turbo
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Old 10-01-2020, 03:00 PM   #6
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I see all 4 pics. While it wouldn't have been ideal, you could have gotten home on a plug kit. The only car of mine that has a spare is the e46. I make the plug kit comment partially to convince myself I'm fine.
Right. I built a crazy spare solution for my M3C. Primarily because we had the house in the mountains with no cell service on route...

But I worry about the 2 and country drives for the same reasons. I have a plug kit and an air compressor. But, I'd hate to have to rely on them to get me home.

The M3 had sort of a well area that the spare could fit in, so it was feasible to keep the compact spare in the trunk. The 2, not so much.
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Old 10-01-2020, 03:08 PM   #7
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Well done, JST.

Weirdly, although it was a PITA to unpack the entire SUV from a week-long vacation on some side lawn, I was thrilled to have my full-size spare and to be able to have the family vacation continue uninterrupted.

I do feel nervous about not having any kind of spare on the Miata or M3.
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Old 10-01-2020, 03:33 PM   #8
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Well done, JST.

Weirdly, although it was a PITA to unpack the entire SUV from a week-long vacation on some side lawn, I was thrilled to have my full-size spare and to be able to have the family vacation continue uninterrupted.

I do feel nervous about not having any kind of spare on the Miata or M3.
There's a turn-key solution for the M3 that's big and kind of heavy but it's nice to have the peace of mind.

EDIT: What's annoying about the BMW is that it uses the same diameter wheel as the Tesla, and the Genesis alloy temp spare that I have for the Tesla is a lot lighter and smaller than what I have for the BMW. The problem is that I can't find a 19" alloy wheel that would fit the BMW. I *think* one from a Bentley would fit, but I only figured that out after I bought the bimmersolutions spare and I don't want to drop a few hundred bucks figuring it out.

Bimmerzone shows an alloy wheel available for temp spare use but annoyingly does not prepackage it with a 145/70 18 tire.

https://bimmerzone.com/collections/b...hoCRcMQAvD_BwE

Not sure about the Miata.

Yes, I could probably have gotten home on a plug kit or even maybe without one, though I realized too late that I don't have a compressor in this car. I should get one, I guess.
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Old 10-01-2020, 03:51 PM   #9
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Without commenting on the "do I need a spare?" question...WTF is in the tire? Looks huge. Was it making noise? Do you know how quickly the tire lost air?
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Old 10-01-2020, 04:14 PM   #10
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I ordered the compact spare for the X7 specifically because of your posts about spare tires.
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