Spare Tire C5
Burning Brakes
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From: SW Desert
What caused that?! I also replace my tires every 6 years as recommended by tire rack and the manufacturer. If a tire is in good condition, properly inflated, and not too old, it would take something absolutely crazy to do something like that. Modern tires should never fail that catastrophically.
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That was a very OLD tire on my Olds Cutlass that seperated and then came apart but I use it as an illustration. With my Camaro DD I once hit a large hunk of metal on the freeway and it tore a gash in the tread that no kit could possibly save. Luckily I had a factory donut in the trunk to get me home. True, modern tires shouldn't fail but it seems like I'm dodging more garbage in the roadways than ever before.
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I believe that the front calipers on a C-5 are notably larger than the rears, so if a 17" spare wheel would clear the front calipers, it should also clear the rears. What I would be much more concerned with, would be the OD of the spare tire. Cars with limited slip differentials don't like tires that are different ODs on the same axle, You can burn up an LSD really quick, with mis-matched tires.
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That was a very OLD tire on my Olds Cutlass that seperated and then came apart but I use it as an illustration. With my Camaro DD I once hit a large hunk of metal on the freeway and it tore a gash in the tread that no kit could possibly save. Luckily I had a factory donut in the trunk to get me home. True, modern tires shouldn't fail but it seems like I'm dodging more garbage in the roadways than ever before.
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I ran non-runflats for a number of years, and carried an air compressor, plug kit and had emergency road service on my car. But having runflats can make a whole lot of sense.
Anyway, the GTO spare mentioned above was popular a few years ago.
Anyway, the GTO spare mentioned above was popular a few years ago.
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If opting for road service, be advised there are a lot of companies besides AAA that offer it. In fact, AAA road service, or lack thereof, in my state of Michigan has deteriorated to the point of wasting money. AAA was, for years, the gold standard of road service. The last 2 or 3 times I needed it, it was terrible. After the last incident, when wife and I waited over 6 hours for a wrecker, I dropped AAA. We were less than 1/2 mile from the AAA garage!!! They work like this: If you become a AAA towing service, AAA pays X amount of $$$ to the garage for towing you. But when you become an accredited AAA garage, AAA figures you'll get more business, based on the AAA name. So, AAA pays the garage LESS $$$ than the garage would get if they simply towed the vehicle with no AAA middle man. So, if it's a busy night for the garage, guess which call the garage prefers taking?
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If opting for road service, be advised there are a lot of companies besides AAA that offer it. In fact, AAA road service, or lack thereof, in my state of Michigan has deteriorated to the point of wasting money. AAA was, for years, the gold standard of road service. The last 2 or 3 times I needed it, it was terrible. After the last incident, when wife and I waited over 6 hours for a wrecker, I dropped AAA. We were less than 1/2 mile from the AAA garage!!! They work like this: If you become a AAA towing service, AAA pays X amount of $$$ to the garage for towing you. But when you become an accredited AAA garage, AAA figures you'll get more business, based on the AAA name. So, AAA pays the garage LESS $$$ than the garage would get if they simply towed the vehicle with no AAA middle man. So, if it's a busy night for the garage, guess which call the garage prefers taking?
. I still carry fix a flat, plug kit and a pump in case of emergency.As mentioned above an unsecured spare behind the driver is nonsensical and dangerous. Also mentioned above...which jack exactly are the spare tire carriers planning to use when their C5 with a flat is an inch off the ground? Talk about insult to injury when you think your covered with a spare but you can't fit your scissor jack under your car.