<VV> Doughnut Spare Tire

[Mark Noakes]

Sometimes we catch the flat in the driveway the next morning. Often its on the road though. My wife is especially bad at picking up stuff, but everyone has had it happen. 

Mark

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> On Aug 31, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com> wrote:
> 
> 25 years,ago plus or minus an econo run participant showed up with four donut spares at a convention. High pressure low drag. Cheating tires, im glad he didn't win.
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Marc Sheridan via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Date: 8/31/19 12:50 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: mark at noakes.com
> Cc: VirtualVairs AA <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Doughnut Spare Tire
> 
> Wow! I been driving over 50 years and I don't think I've ever had a flat on
> the road.
> 
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 12:26 PM mark--- via VirtualVairs <
> virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> > This must be one of those "your mileage may vary" things. We mostly run
> > top of line name brand tires on our non-Corvair vehicles. We average one
> > puncture a year, often at darn inconvenient times, and in the US though
> > we have AAA, they can take hours to respond (my wife had an event on her
> > Jeep that took 4 hours for them to pick it up...and no she wasn't out in
> > the sticks) so I don't use them for tires. I am not a fan of tire
> > sealers but use them if/when I have to.
> >
> > Mark N
> >
> > On 8/31/19 4:11 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> > > Punctures are evry rare with modern tires. I just carry one of those
> > > aerosol tire sealers instead of a spare.
> > >
> >
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