stevepow

Goop in a can is a crap shoot - no good for sidewalls or any serious damage.

alexb76

Then you call Porsche to come tow your car! This is such a non-issue, I rather not comment on it anymore!

fleury-jr

In Brazil one of the laws about selling vehicles states that every new vehicle available has to have a spare tire...unless it is a vehicle's feature not to have it (such as a MB Smart)...Don't know about other sports cars, but every porsche sold here has that spare with the red colored wheel.

LlBr

May I make a comment?

I carry a spare. I don't like the idea of my whole day being effed up because I'm driving an unreliable car. Pull over, jack car, put on spare, drive away. Might even still make it on time to the meeting you were driving to.

OTOH, Getting stuck in the middle of nowhere waiting for the replacement tire to be shipped might require these accommodations (shown below).

Hummmm..., while staying there it might be a good place to smoke some of that crack cocaine and see what all the fuss is about.

964C4

It's me and here is the link:

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...cs-inside.html

997_rich

I regularly drive to from NYC to Boston to Chicago and everywhere in between. I've also been in areas that don't have mobile service.

I carry a spare for a few reasons:
-tire goop will not fix a rip in the tire.

- when your mobile doesn't work, porsche service does not respond to yelling unless they're within ~200 yards

-I have a ducati as well and I've sat on the roadside in the rain for 2 hours waiting for Ducati service even in the NYC area. When the service crews are busy you could be waiting for some time.

alexb76

Honestly, if you're that worried about flat tires, and you drive through areas that do NOT have mobile coverage, you're driving the wrong car. Maybe get a nice Audi S4 Avant, and carry an extra spare!

As I said, I got stuck with a flat tire TRACKING a few hundred miles away from home in another country and I managed to be ok with the tire goop. For 95% of the users, flat tires, specially rips on the sidewall is so rare, it's a non-issue.

PS. Maybe you need to change your cell phone carrier instead?

stevepow

993?

LlBr

It's a personal choice. I have a "control freak" issue I guess: I don't want my day ruined because of a flat!

I don't want to rely on "Porsche Roadside Service" which is really "ANYBODY Roadside service."

Since I'm HWP I'm not concerned with the extra weight of the spare.

I AM concerned about DEPENDING on other people to rescue me from the crummy breakdown margin of a lonely rural highway or interstate.

No biggie. Fun to debate though. It's about convenience.



Lemme add: This is good! A guy in the office just commented why we shouldn't trust the tow truck operator, "What if the roadside assistance contractor is a Porsche hater? Maybe he'll take his sweet time to make the [rich Porsche owner] wait." Yes, it's a bit paranoid but not totally insane.

MUSSBERGER

Cool. What was the cause of the flat?

alexb76

A long screw, the kind used for fixing drywall! right smack in the middle of the tread, left rear tire.

Sweeper

[IMG][/IMG]Look at this. Slime won't fix this. I waited 3 hours for a flatbed. Boy do I wish I had a spare. http://i55.tinypic.com/1pwgmq.jpg

Sweeper

another one[IMG][/IMG]

Sweeper

anyone know where I can buy a new Carrera Classic? 19"

alexb76

Wheel enhancements. Or try sunciadt they might have some take offs.