Home Deppot has a portable compressor for low dough. Like $40 bucks. Runs forever on a charge and can even be used to power a cell with as it's charge port is the same as a ciggarette lighter adapter.

 

Ive yet to have a flat on the '44. I hope not to either, I dont carry mine as its deformed and wont return to its normal shape to fit in the whole. I dont believe in that fix-a-flat stuff. yucky. cell phone is all I rely on
good thing shes not my daily, so normally i dont have to worry about it...

 

[quote] what's a "fire arm"? <hr></blockquote>

Sorry for the added space, firearm, or more specific, a 9mm auto.

I did not remove mine to save 15lbs, I did it because running a 16" spare with 17" rims and big tires just does not work. I used the space to add 25lbs worth of amps for my system.

Also, if I am going to be driving in a "sketchy" area, I'll drive my beater.

Not sure why you are pissed off, it will be us on the side of the road waiting for the flat bed, not you.

 

[quote]Originally posted by SamGrant951:
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good thing shes not my daily, so normally i dont have to worry about it...</strong><hr></blockquote>


Oh, I should have added that to mine as well...

My daily drivers normal wheels/tires are the same size as my space savor spare .


Tifo

 

What specific problems have you guys experienced with fix-a-flat? I've seen it work a couple of times. How can it ruin a wheel?

Micah

 

[quote]Originally posted by MicahJones:
<strong>What specific problems have you guys experienced with fix-a-flat? I've seen it work a couple of times. How can it ruin a wheel?</strong><hr></blockquote>
It corrodes the finish. I've seen dozens of chrome finishes on wheels become problematic after fix-a-flat was sprayed into the tire. Then you've got bead sealing issues which cause leaks and the customer gets to come back every month for us to re-seal the damb things. I hate that stuff...I cursed customers who came into the shop with that **** in their tires. Sometimes they use more than one can, too...maybe eight!

 

[quote]Originally posted by Perry 951:
<strong>

Sorry for the added space, firearm, or more specific, a 9mm auto.

I did not remove mine to save 15lbs, I did it because running a 16" spare with 17" rims and big tires just does not work. I used the space to add 25lbs worth of amps for my system.

Not sure why you are pissed off, it will be us on the side of the road waiting for the flat bed, not you.</strong><hr></blockquote>

DOH! (slaps forhead). i'm not sure how that lack of a space threw me off. or maybe it was because i know you have a backround in firefighting, i automatically assumed it was some sort of fire extenguishing device.

packing heat is always smart. but i just don't have the money and i'll wait to get a peice til i move to texas or something where you don't have to leave a kidney to get a bb gun.

like i said, i sounded too harsh. but when i hear people say they took out their spare for weight savings on a street car, i think that is even ricier than saying 20 inch rims and 25-series tires are "performance upgrades". but maybe that's just because my *** has been saved by spare tires a whole bunch of times.

 

Hmm...

My spare is all dried up and deformed, I don't have the compressor and you're not supposed to patch z-rated tires anyway.

There's also a very good chance that I'll get a blown tire while going a bit fast, and then it really doesn't matter if I had the spare or not - as the car won't be driveable afterwards anyway

... just my opinion.

 

As far as the debate on driving on the inflatable spare, yes, it can be done. I took a piece of sharp gravel thru the center of the tread on a 1/2 worn Pirelli; unrepairable 3/4" cut <img src="graemlins/cussing.gif" border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" /> . Had to get home on the spare. Did about 50 miles of 2-lane mountain roads at 50-55 mph with no problem, then another 20 or so of mountain interstate. Nope, I would _not_ try to fling it hard thru the curves, or drive a sustained 70 mph, but it drove just fine.

After loosing two Pirelli's this way, I now run cheaper tires...

Jim, hoping to get home tonight before the big freeze-up...

 

[quote]Originally posted by bs:
i'm pretty sure it says somewhere in the manual that if you loose a rear tire you are supposed to jack up that side from the middle, take the front off, take the rear off, put the front on the rear and the spare on the FRONT.
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ISTR my owner's manual showing the spare mounted on the left rear....

 

[quote]Originally posted by PorscheG96 is PISSED:
<strong>
It corrodes the finish. I've seen dozens of chrome finishes on wheels become problematic after fix-a-flat was sprayed into the tire. Then you've got bead sealing issues which cause leaks and the customer gets to come back every month for us to re-seal the damb things. I hate that stuff...I cursed customers who came into the shop with that **** in their tires. Sometimes they use more than one can, too...maybe eight! </strong><hr></blockquote>

you should listen to him, he knows what he is talking about...

 

I have goodyear run flats, I had a flat a while back and didnt even realize it, had 0 tire pressure too, I love these tires.

 

[quote]Originally posted by MicahJones:
<strong>Two words: Weight Savings <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />

Micah</strong><hr></blockquote>

Eeerrrrr. Wrong.

Two more words: Cost savings

Matt

 

Where can a person get a 17 inch spare? this is the main reason why I haven't gone with big reds/17's, money also. I mean sure their great at the track, when you've got a spare set of tires and rims but what about out on the highway? Do the new 17 equiped cars have spares?

 

Perry, got carry a pistol in your '44?

What kind ya got? I recently picked up a beautiful USP 40 cal, that I keep in my 944...used to be a glock 23...which even before (when i lived in a boondock town) I had a AR-15 Carbine stuck back there....

-Mike