How many carry a spare wheel

[DB6]

I have the original 1984 GoodYear Grand Prix,its as hard as a rock and still has the dimples on it, of course it sits on its little frame(Yeah I know its past its expiration date), I have the original jacking kit too, (they must have spent all of $3.00 on that kit) but I am planning on a long run (600 miles) and was just gonna use the spare cradle as a luggage rack and carry a can of fix a flat, a bible, and a AAA card.

Seriously, apart from the gain in weight saving too, how many of us really need a spare, like Motor Bikes do not carry one and this is really a 4 wheeled bike?

[pksurveyor]

I have a spare on my current Caterham and I also ordered a spare for the new car. The spare and jack provide a peace of mind on the road. They also provide a little cushion between your rear end and the SUV behind you.

[Boxologist]

u don't need a spare until U NEED A SPARE!

 

have one. its was part of the tyre rotation on teh orginal tyres. now its just a spare.

[Davemk1]

I have a spare in a can velcroed to the inside of the boot.

 

Dave

[Mike Rohaley]

99% crash protection for me. I would bet that it effectively doubles the amount of energy that can be absorbed before it reaches the passenger area (there is not much car back there). I have been dragging it behind me for 43 odd thousand miles and have never needed it and would bet that I never will, but, I could see it possibly used as a Suburban-cushion one day.

[JohnCh]

I carry this with a few extra CO2 cartridges. Saves over 30lb. from the rear of the car and supposedly work pretty well. I haven't had to use it yet, but hopefully it is enough to get me to a gas station.

 

-John

[slngsht]

If I add a spare, then my car will be heavy :rofl:

[scannon]

If I add a spare, then my car will be heavy :rofl:

 

Yeah, but it will help with traction, one thing you would be happy to have.

[gjslutz]

If you take a spare in a can you also need a length of rope. With the rope and a good screwdriver or rod you can wrap the rope around the tire and tighten it with the rod to push it back to the edge of the rim. You will still need the jack to raise the car to make the tire round again for this to work.

[sparecr]

If I add a spare, then my car will be heavy :rofl:

 

Not if you move up to F1 rims and tires.

 

I carry a spare but no jack. We can say it is there for crash protection, we also can say we hope Britney and Kevin get back together, but neither would be exactly true now would they?

[Alaskossie]

sparecr, I dunno.....

 

In 1964, I was the passenger in a 1961 Porsche coupe that hit a maple tree in Vermont head-on at 55 mph. Both driver and passenger had lap belts. There were injuries (me, broken upper jaw; driver, broken wrist and broken hip), but we survived. I attribute much of our survival to the lap belts -- but I credit some part of our survival to the Porsche's spare tire in the front luggage compartment, which remained inflated after the crash (even as the front-mounted fuel tank cracked and spilled gasoline into the footwells......

 

So, I will carry a spare on the back of my Seven as God and Colin intended ...

 

-- and the Seven looks more balanced that way, anyway.

[athens7]

I have always carried my spare, except for 2 weeks when one wheel was out to be replaced. Without the spare, the back tires would spin all the way to 7000 rpm in first gear. The little extra weight seems to be just enough to help the rear hook up better.

[pi7ot]

If I add a spare, then my car will be heavy :rofl:

 

Amen.

 

I don't run with a spare. I have picked up a nail but the tyre did not deflate. (Famous last words eh?)

 

My pressures are 18F/18-20 R. My 7logic dictates that since My tyres were designed for cars twice the weight or more a deflation will be less immobilizing(Sort of like run-flat logic ).

 

I also think that the Bare stubby rump of a 7 looks like the dogs...

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[manik]

I would suspect that a spare wheel/tire combo that was in a horizontal position, such that the tire could deform in an impact *might* add some protection, but a vertically-mounted spare on the back of your seven has zero deformability due to the wheel structure. The load would be transferred metal-to-metal and no better force dissipation than without it. Perhaps some of our mechanical engineers can chime in on this?

 

 

tm

[tnttim]

So, I will carry a spare on the back of my Seven as God and Colin intended ...

 

 

In the Seven world isn't that the same person??

Weren't we all (well our cars at least) created in his (car's) image??

 

:blueangel:

 

Tim

[southwind25]

We dont carry the spare on ours...instead we put a leather motorcycle bag for a bit more beer..i mean cargo space. we figure the beer inside the bag will act as a hydraulic bumper much like those water barrels on the freeway...right?

 

of the 28 years i have been driving..i have only gotten 3 flat tires..

the fact they were ALL 3 this year... is just boggling.

actually all 3 were complete delaminating blowouts.

2 were on the boat trailer, the other on the breadtruck..

 

 

[solder_guy]

... but a vertically-mounted spare on the back of your seven has zero deformability due to the wheel structure. ...

 

I agree. A spare makes my wife feel better about the car.

 

Rob

 

 

[kitmfgr]

I think if you were hit in the rear of a Seven, a spare would help spread the load before it got into the tank and suspension, but it's weight we live without. If we were worryied about it we would put spares on the side to. Saw a flat on a Seven once, and you could not tell unless you were on the track. Tire stayed up even with out air.:ack: