No Spare tire?
08-15-2011, 11:04 AM
#16
At least Porsches use regular tires rather than runflats. One possibility is to also carry a tire plug kit with you. It does not help with a tire blowout or complete failure but it is a low cost option that may give you at least one additional option when getting a flat ( no goo to clean out of the wheel). Otherwise, get the spare and be prepared ( as stated before) to have some clean plastic bags so you can put the flat tire in the rear of the passenger compartment.
08-15-2011, 05:00 PM
#18
The odds are that you will get a flat tire... and at the worst possible time....
08-15-2011, 05:26 PM
#19
Drifting
There are some existing, well documented threads on adding a spare tire to a 997.
Search for them.
The solutions are one of two types:
Use the 996 spare - which is smaller and can sit standing upright in the frunk.
Use the 997 spare (delivered with cars in places a spare is mandated) - it must sit angled in the frunk or in its special base in a rear seat, belted in.
Search for them.
The solutions are one of two types:
Use the 996 spare - which is smaller and can sit standing upright in the frunk.
Use the 997 spare (delivered with cars in places a spare is mandated) - it must sit angled in the frunk or in its special base in a rear seat, belted in.
08-15-2011, 06:42 PM
#20
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
I am the OP, I posted just to get ALL the updated info.
Not having a spare is just a little worrying, not around town, but as someone said, you'll get an unrepairable event at the worst possible time...and we did have an "event" last year when a service monkey mounted the spare on my wifes M/B using the full length lugs rather than the short ones provided...towed to Mercedes, $1000 worth of repairs paid by road service company, three days in a motel, rental car....but we got to spend a day at the great Military museum at Ft Bragg...
(whopee-do) I know I should have watched to make sure he did it right, BUT, standing alongside a narrow shoulder on I 95 checking on this MORON was not something I was willing to do
Not having a spare is just a little worrying, not around town, but as someone said, you'll get an unrepairable event at the worst possible time...and we did have an "event" last year when a service monkey mounted the spare on my wifes M/B using the full length lugs rather than the short ones provided...towed to Mercedes, $1000 worth of repairs paid by road service company, three days in a motel, rental car....but we got to spend a day at the great Military museum at Ft Bragg...
(whopee-do) I know I should have watched to make sure he did it right, BUT, standing alongside a narrow shoulder on I 95 checking on this MORON was not something I was willing to do
08-15-2011, 10:11 PM
#21
Poseur
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
I just carry my radial tire repair kit (find via a search for that term). Works fine. Get's me where I need to go without trusting someone else!
08-19-2011, 05:35 PM
#22
Three Wheelin'
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...ighlight=spare
my current solution (not field tested though):
http://www.suncoastparts.com/product...ry_Code=997ext
the question about what to do with the take off is valid - ideas:
1 - some room is freed up from the spare - rearrange your luggage creatively
2 - cutting the tire away from the bead and discarding it may work - hard to collect on tire warranty though if you have one
Certainly first line of defense is Roadside Assistance, if you still have it, and better have upgraded AAA or similar otherwise. Patch Kit and "can of goop" is a fair backup and a spare as last resort is way better than being stuck in the middle of nowhere.
