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Hopefully, it will not be needed. A flat in my 986, while out for a run, encouraged me to come up with a solution for the 28 - that 986 spare saved me a lot of grief.
I had to use the spare on my 89 last summer when I had a flat after the tyre shops had closed. Hole was too big for tyreseal. I was a bit sceptical at first as the handling is definitely affected. Luckily it was on the rear but if on the front I would have swapped good wheel over. Because of distance/time constraints to catch an early morning ferry I drove approx 370 miles on it. Tyre held up fine although the handling was definitely affected. Distance meant I ran it at up to 70mph. I was impressed that the original pump worked to be honest as I had only given it a cursory check before departure, not a full inflation test. Handling aside I like the look of the red wheels but maybe that's just me!
David
Interesting, because as I recall the manual say that the spare should always be run on the front, i.e. if you get a flat on the rear you are supposed to take a good front and more it tot eh rear and place the spare on the front. my assumption is that due to a possible difference in rolling diameter they wanted to ensure the rear didn't burn up the dif in case it was a limited slip.
I was at a track day at Spa-Francorchamps, years before I could afford new tyres
On one of the first laps after sighting laps were completed, the right rear delaminated after managing to get through Pouhon, which is one of the most challenging corners for tyres on any circuit
Thankfully I was able to fit the space-saver and drive to Liege and search for an impossible to find 245/45/16
After visiting about ten or twelve tyre shops we found a pair!
And so we returned to the track to enjoy the rest of the day
Sadly I don't have photos from that trip (too poor to buy them at the time), these are from a couple of years later
Hopefully, it shall remain stowed. A flat in my 986, while out for a run, encouraged me to come up with a solution for the 28 - that 986 spare saved me a lot of grief.
One downside depends upon how that tire is secured - a panic stop, or roll-over, or hard crash can propel that thing forward into the back of your neck, assuring instant and probably painless death (which would be the upside in that case)
08-28-2019, 08:12 AM
My spare tire solution
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