flat tire today........
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flat tire today........
Flat today on the way back from cruising the foot hill roads here in central cal. Thank god for flat fix in a can. 
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100 degrees was hot out too. I don't carry the spare, cause I like the way the pipes look. But now......maybe I better think about that mini spare I have in the barn,.....and throw it in the back storage area.
One 20 0z can of fix made 20 psi.......and got me 30 miles back home. Then 3 hrs later I checked it......And it was flat. So don't waste any time when your moving. .
..Hot august nights coming up in reno. I better get ready. .....
. 100 degrees was hot out too. I don't carry the spare, cause I like the way the pipes look. But now......maybe I better think about that mini spare I have in the barn,.....and throw it in the back storage area.
One 20 0z can of fix made 20 psi.......and got me 30 miles back home. Then 3 hrs later I checked it......And it was flat. So don't waste any time when your moving. .
..Hot august nights coming up in reno. I better get ready. .....
Le Mans Master
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From: Oxford MA-----You just lost the game!!!!
I like having a spare tire, I guess I'm just old skool. A can of fix-a-flat is better than nothing, I guess, but I still like having a spare tire.
Keep the shiny side up!
Scott
Keep the shiny side up!
Scott
Burning Brakes
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From: dudley ma
In the 11 yrs I have owned the car I have never had the spare tire carrier down. I think it is the original tire from what I can see of it. I think it is time to drop it and put a new tire in there.........Don't want to steal the thread. But while we are on the subject what size tire are people using for a spare?
Le Mans Master
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From: Paoli, IN
St. Jude Donor '17, '19
I learned the from my family members who learned the hard way, you need to inspect your spare. My sisters had a flat and when they went to get the spare out, it was flat too. Hadn't been touched in years. I guess air slowly leaked out over time.
The incident inspired me to look at my spare. It was flat too. I think it had less than 15 PSI. Its a lessen to learn but can be avoided. REGULARLY check the pressure and usability of your spare.
The incident inspired me to look at my spare. It was flat too. I think it had less than 15 PSI. Its a lessen to learn but can be avoided. REGULARLY check the pressure and usability of your spare.
Melting Slicks
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From: Ocean County NJ
Fix a flat does the trick short-term, but was told that the tire is useless after that and needs to be replaced. Something to do with how it seals the flat creates a lopsided mass on the wall and will be out of balance.
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Running down to the local tire place at 7 59 am , to get it fixed, and have all the nails pulled out of the others. I remember when we were kids, we would do a burnout at night in front of our friends, and they would laugh because of all the sparks coming off the tires. .
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Safety Car
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From: Lakeland Florida
I keep the spare tires on all my cars. I try to keep them stock looking and keeping the tire and carrier fits that build.
After reading this post though I think I will take the spare tire out of them to check the pressure. Might be something that I will try to do on one of my periodical checks.
kdf
After reading this post though I think I will take the spare tire out of them to check the pressure. Might be something that I will try to do on one of my periodical checks.
kdf
Drifting
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From: Hamilton Virginia
This reminded me of when I bought my corvette. I was checking it out, laid down and looked underneath at the condition and also to see if it had a spare. well it did, so I thought. 2 weeks later started cleaning the underneath and lowered down the spare tire basket to clean more. Well it did have a spare tire, just no rim 
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From: Duvall, WA
Last year on the way home from Napa, CA, in the middle of Nowhere, Oregon, we had a flat in my wife's Porsche. The sidewall was shredded and we had no cell coverage. This event convinced me to put the spare back on my '71.
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From: Science Bitch! Mississauga, Ontario
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This reminded me of when I bought my corvette. I was checking it out, laid down and looked underneath at the condition and also to see if it had a spare. well it did, so I thought. 2 weeks later started cleaning the underneath and lowered down the spare tire basket to clean more. Well it did have a spare tire, just no rim .
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Le Mans Master
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From: Livonia MI
You may consider installing a tire pressure monitoring(TPMS) system, as really not that expensive. C5 & C6 Corvettes have always had these, as use run flats, with no spare. All new cars 08' up, are required to have these now. While seems a bit much doing this, shred a difficult to replace tire, with a rare rim, and wish you had. I carry a Viair 90P compresser and plug kit in my car, even with TPMS.
Burning Brakes
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From: Greensboro NC
Another nice modification to make?
Long line up to a air pressure gauge in the dash (maybe replace that silly non working clock)...
In my case, since I'm running a staggered set up, I'll have a 215/70R15 for a spare as the diameter in nearly the same as the 275/40R18's on the rear. I have a flat on the rear I can run the spare without damage to the posi. I have a flat on the front, I can have some really bad handling until the flat is fixed.
I have a flat with the wife along, I have a problem since I don't think I can put the flat behind the seats.
So is it: Strap her on the rear deck, or strap the tire on the rear deck?
Long line up to a air pressure gauge in the dash (maybe replace that silly non working clock)...
In my case, since I'm running a staggered set up, I'll have a 215/70R15 for a spare as the diameter in nearly the same as the 275/40R18's on the rear. I have a flat on the rear I can run the spare without damage to the posi. I have a flat on the front, I can have some really bad handling until the flat is fixed.
I have a flat with the wife along, I have a problem since I don't think I can put the flat behind the seats.
So is it: Strap her on the rear deck, or strap the tire on the rear deck?