<VV> Spare tire

[corvairduval at cox.net]

My experience is different than yours. Very few flat tires on the road I
have had would have been able to fill. Driveway yes, but of course I had an
air compressor there...

Especially those Michelin's that shed the outer tread.

Frank DuVal

Original Message:
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From: Edelstein and Payne eandp at mindspring.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:39:08 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Spare tire


     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   

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