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Where to find a new spare tire?
Few things are worse than getting a flat tire, putting on that anemic little
spare tire, and then having the spare tire last for just a few miles before
shredding and becoming a motorized pizza cutter. Unfortunately for me, that
just happened.
So now I need a new spare tire. One option would be to just locate a proper
rim and buy a tire for it, but storage space for a spare is at a premium
(this is on a 1997 Saturn SL2, the spare tire well is pretty much only big
enough for the standard crapmatic spare tire). Short of going to the dealer,
where would I locate one of those emergency spares? I'd prefer to avoid a
junkyard. The tire repair store didn't carry them, I didn't see one in
the J.C. Whitney catalog, and I don't think I'll have much luck hitting the
standard array of chain auto parts stores (Autozone, Pep Boys, Napa, etc.)
although I'll give it a shot anyhow. Any ideas or suggestions?
The Hurdy Gurdy Man wrote:
> Few things are worse than getting a flat tire, putting on that anemic little
> spare tire, and then having the spare tire last for just a few miles before
> shredding and becoming a motorized pizza cutter. Unfortunately for me, that
> just happened.
>
> So now I need a new spare tire. One option would be to just locate a proper
> rim and buy a tire for it, but storage space for a spare is at a premium
> (this is on a 1997 Saturn SL2, the spare tire well is pretty much only big
> enough for the standard crapmatic spare tire). Short of going to the dealer,
> where would I locate one of those emergency spares? I'd prefer to avoid a
> junkyard. The tire repair store didn't carry them, I didn't see one in
> the J.C. Whitney catalog, and I don't think I'll have much luck hitting the
> standard array of chain auto parts stores (Autozone, Pep Boys, Napa, etc.)
> although I'll give it a shot anyhow. Any ideas or suggestions?
junkyard. ought to be able to find one that's never been used from a
wrecked car.
nate
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> Few things are worse than getting a flat tire, putting on that anemic little
> spare tire, and then having the spare tire last for just a few miles before
> shredding and becoming a motorized pizza cutter. Unfortunately for me, that
> just happened.
>
> So now I need a new spare tire. One option would be to just locate a proper
> rim and buy a tire for it, but storage space for a spare is at a premium
> (this is on a 1997 Saturn SL2, the spare tire well is pretty much only big
> enough for the standard crapmatic spare tire). Short of going to the dealer,
> where would I locate one of those emergency spares? I'd prefer to avoid a
> junkyard. The tire repair store didn't carry them, I didn't see one in
> the J.C. Whitney catalog, and I don't think I'll have much luck hitting the
> standard array of chain auto parts stores (Autozone, Pep Boys, Napa, etc.)
> although I'll give it a shot anyhow. Any ideas or suggestions?
junkyard. ought to be able to find one that's never been used from a
wrecked car.
nate
--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
* members.cox . net /njnagel
On Mon, 05 May 2008 21:02:00 -0400, Nate Nagel <njnagel@roosters . net >
wrote:
>The Hurdy Gurdy Man wrote:
>> Few things are worse than getting a flat tire, putting on that anemic little
>> spare tire, and then having the spare tire last for just a few miles before
>> shredding and becoming a motorized pizza cutter. Unfortunately for me, that
>> just happened.
>>
>> So now I need a new spare tire. One option would be to just locate a proper
>> rim and buy a tire for it, but storage space for a spare is at a premium
>> (this is on a 1997 Saturn SL2, the spare tire well is pretty much only big
>> enough for the standard crapmatic spare tire). Short of going to the dealer,
>> where would I locate one of those emergency spares? I'd prefer to avoid a
>> junkyard. The tire repair store didn't carry them, I didn't see one in
>> the J.C. Whitney catalog, and I don't think I'll have much luck hitting the
>> standard array of chain auto parts stores (Autozone, Pep Boys, Napa, etc.)
>> although I'll give it a shot anyhow. Any ideas or suggestions?
>
>junkyard. ought to be able to find one that's never been used from a
>wrecked car.
>
>nate
>
>--
>replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
> * members.cox . net /njnagel
I agree -- If there's one thing that one can buy 'like new' from a
junk yard, it's donut spares. Actually says a lot about modern tires.
Pete
wrote:
>The Hurdy Gurdy Man wrote:
>> Few things are worse than getting a flat tire, putting on that anemic little
>> spare tire, and then having the spare tire last for just a few miles before
>> shredding and becoming a motorized pizza cutter. Unfortunately for me, that
>> just happened.
>>
>> So now I need a new spare tire. One option would be to just locate a proper
>> rim and buy a tire for it, but storage space for a spare is at a premium
>> (this is on a 1997 Saturn SL2, the spare tire well is pretty much only big
>> enough for the standard crapmatic spare tire). Short of going to the dealer,
>> where would I locate one of those emergency spares? I'd prefer to avoid a
>> junkyard. The tire repair store didn't carry them, I didn't see one in
>> the J.C. Whitney catalog, and I don't think I'll have much luck hitting the
>> standard array of chain auto parts stores (Autozone, Pep Boys, Napa, etc.)
>> although I'll give it a shot anyhow. Any ideas or suggestions?
>
>junkyard. ought to be able to find one that's never been used from a
>wrecked car.
>
>nate
>
>--
>replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
> * members.cox . net /njnagel
I agree -- If there's one thing that one can buy 'like new' from a
junk yard, it's donut spares. Actually says a lot about modern tires.
Pete
