<VV> Spare tire

[Rick Norris]

So,
You have extreme green slime??
Sounds like a medical condition.
Too bad Billy Mays won't be around to help you
clean it up!
TLH

>     I don't carry spare tires anymore in my vairs (or my BMW's).  Each car 
> has one of those small air pumps that plugs into the cigarette lighter (or 
> power port these days) that you can get at your local auto parts store for 
> less than $15.  Most flats are due to a nail or screw, and if you pump up 
> the tire, you can drive a pretty fair distance.  Has worked for me a 
> number of times.  For the REAL BAD problems, each car also has a bottle of 
> green slime --- to be used only in EXTREME  emergencies as it's hell to 
> clean up.
>
>     Got to thinking about this when I bought my wife the M Coupe, and it 
> had no spare, but just a pump (much higher quality than what's in the 
> other cars) and green slime.  Not having a spare saves a fair amount of 
> wieght ---  about 40 pounds in my M5.  Now there was the time that my son 
> ran a tire low on the Vair and then hit a chuck hole or something and 
> ripped about a 3-4 inch gash in the side wall of the tire when the rim 
> pinched it.  Did wish there was a spare in the car that time.
>
>             Travis Payne    65 Monza coupe
>             Raleigh, NC     65 500 coupe
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