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Originally Posted by JimD
...I've had one blow out in 40+ years driving and it was on a dry rotted boat trailer tire. I feel pretty safe with my compressor and no spare - but I feel better equipped with my full sized spare equipped SUV.
If you get a spare, make sure you keep it aired up (and/or carry a compressor). I don't know about bmw spares but others I have used need 60 psi. They leak down quicker than your car tires. A flat spare doesn't do much good.
Jim
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That is very good advice. Yes, this BMW mini spare does need 60 psi or 4 bar of air pressure. I normally check it every quarterly year for proper pressure.
This flat I had was some 450 kms from home. It really sucked driving the 113 kms from my hotel to the 'Ring where I met another
1addict member who was kind enough to loan me his winter wheel.
Thanks Wade (
Swadeness)!
My last flat was about four years ago over here. That was local to my house - and that car had a full size spare.
Like I said... I will buy a full size spare now... bc this really sucked to drive on that mini spare. No way would I would want to drive all the way back home limited to 80 kph. I don't even think one of those mini spares can last that distance. ?
The guy from BMW assistance said that given a choice you don't want to use that Mobility glue in the tire. It makes a mess(some might leak out - onto the car) but it will also create a lot of vibration, since you have about a liter of glue - slushing around in a tire with a screw in it. He said a spare, even a space saver is a better way to drive. So that is what I went/used.
To BMW's (Germany) credit they even checked local BMW dealers and tire dealers IF they had an OE tire in my size. ON A SUNDAY! But no one did. I was really surprised they would bring me to a dealer that had a tire in stock and open up the shop. For me it was better to meet my friend and use his winter wheel.
Dackel
PS: years ago I had a mechanic friend of mine who's wife's car had a flat. She called him up at work.. and he came to change her tire. Seems, HER car(a VW Jetta) did not have a jack(he had took it out for some reason... ?) So he brought her a jack and changed her tire. After he mounted that space saver mini... when he let the car down... the space saver tire was FLAT!
Talk about a face slap! He never checker his car's tire's spare for air pressure!!! Now he does.
