<VV> Spare tire

[Edelstein and Payne]

     I don't carry spare tires anymore in my vairs (or my BMW's).  Each car has one of those small air pumps that plugs into the cigarette lighter (or power port these days) that you can get at your local auto parts store for less than $15.  Most flats are due to a nail or screw, and if you pump up the tire, you can drive a pretty fair distance.  Has worked for me a number of times.  For the REAL BAD problems, each car also has a bottle of green slime --- to be used only in EXTREME  emergencies as it's hell to clean up.

     Got to thinking about this when I bought my wife the M Coupe, and it had no spare, but just a pump (much higher quality than what's in the other cars) and green slime.  Not having a spare saves a fair amount of wieght ---  about 40 pounds in my M5.  Now there was the time that my son ran a tire low on the Vair and then hit a chuck hole or something and ripped about a 3-4 inch gash in the side wall of the tire when the rim pinched it.  Did wish there was a spare in the car that time.

             Travis Payne    65 Monza coupe
             Raleigh, NC     65 500 coupe