i'm on my way back home after picking up lunch and am on the highway cruising along in my 94, just enjoying the weather and the car and i hear a "POP". i recognized the sound and begin to slow down and my low tire indicator came on. luckily i was near a rest area and pulled in right away. the left front tire was flat and i had a seat full of hot food and the wife and kids waiting on me to eat so i jumped out and moved the seat forward and grabbed the lug wrench. i lowered the spare tire and it was FLAT!!!! i had just thought to myself the other day to lower it don and check it. well i forgot and i paid for it. i was able to call for a ride to the gas station to fill the spare and i installed it and it made it home just fine. after dinner (food was cold of course) i went to the garage and the spare was flat again. i repaired the old tire and reinstalled it. going to buy a set of new tires as soon as i can. moral of the story, for the guys that still have a spare in their car, check it twice a year.



here's a pic of the hole in the tire. appears a large screw tore into it:

 

I have no spare............

 

Glad you're okay.

 

thank you. i was going 72mph when i heard the pop. i slowed down right away because i feared the worst.

 

Thx for the reminder. I popped mine out and the psi was only 40 so I bumped it up to 55

 

I carry a small 12v air compressor. They are cheap and they fit in the wells/compartments behind the seats. Don't have to worry about whether the spare is flat, and on the few times I had a flat, I just pumped up normal tires to nurse it home where I could change/fix it without using the spare. (yours had a bigger hole that you probably would still need to change to the spare)

 

Hehehe.... I had been meaning to check mine, and after reading the OP I did.
No pressure at all, washed it, cleaned the paint and aired it to 60 lbs as recommended in the tire. Surprised that there is no dry rot whatsoever and the rim paint looks great after cleaning.

 

Thanks for the remider, This is one area I still need to address.

 

You'll have those that will chime in that the spares are too old now to be driving on them...I would probably agree but at the same time, it's better than being stuck and as long as you don't push the spare, you'll probably be okay... certainly shouldn't drive at highway speeds though on our old spares!

I do take mine down yearly to clean and check. Before putting it back up, I coat with good rubber protectant. I also keep a can of "Fix a Flat" in the car too for added insurance.

 

I have the spare tire delete and changed out the EMT's-----I would be SOL!!!

 

Get one for the other right side and you can use them as skinnies!

 

or put both on the rear and do effortless infinite burn outs

 

72 --

Whats the speed limit out there ---- what --- you know a guy

You better not do that with your black one --- its only happy above 90-ish

 

Great reminder. I'm going on a 7 or 8 hour ride in a few weeks. I should see if I have a spare and what shape it is in.

 

hahaha, yeah 72. speed limit is 65, but i usually go 5 or 7 over.

haven't gotten the 84 back together yet as the wife knows how to drain me of all money and life, lol. but when it is together, it once again be happy. the spare from the 84 actually looks to be in goo shape and hold air without a problem!!

 

Yikes same here have the car 5 years all ready and still have not checked this yet.

 

^^^ i see you're from Lindenhurst. i went there back in Feb and picked up an 84 Corvette! nice little place. we ate at a diner there and i think it was on Mountauk (can't remember how its spelled) Highway. food was excellent and it almost seemed like a 50's style diner inside with all of the chrome accents.

 

Hes being nice -- again --

"Lindencrest" -- Montauk and Broadway --- its a dump

Now that its warming up -- the whole south section smells like gym socks --- or my underwear

Spiller ?

Is that you with the banana just north of me - in my old neighborhood ???

 

Reminds me of a time I had a flat, not on the Corvette, when I stopped to fix it realized there was no jack handle in the car. Initially thought "no big deal, I have a large screwdriver I can use to jack it up". That worked well for about the first 5 or 6 jacking motions (each getting slower) as the light slowly came on and it hit me "this is great dumb ***, how are you going to get the lug nuts off?"

Called a friend who took pity on me and came to my rescue. Got the flat off, the donut spare on, tightened the lugs, then proceeded to lower it to finish tightening the lug nuts. To my dismay, the tire went lower and lower...and lower. It was not completely flat but nearly so. We decided to try to make it to his house which was a bit over 10 miles away to inflate the tire, no other options in the Arizona boonies. We made it about 2 miles and the donut failed. Wound up taking the flat up to his house and found an old dry rotted tire that would fit and, as he actually has a tire changing machine, put this old dry rotted tire on (no, thankfully that one did not go flat) and I was actually able to finally make it home.

I was determined to never have this happen again, and shared the information with many other people to be sure to check the pressure on their spares periodically...but unfortunately don't practice what I preach, because I have never checked the pressure on any spare in any car since that experience.

Will try to remember to do so soon!