[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Rikx1M

This is a great solution for traveling inside your local area but a bunch of us 1Addicts were all on a tour about 400 kilometers (250 miles) away from home on a Sunday in Germany and one of our guys got a punctured tire. As he had changed to normal tires, he didn't have RFTs and nothing was open for him to get another tire or get it fixed. So he had to drive the entire way home at 80kph (50mph) and after that he said BS on that and went out and got a fullsize spare...

Do a search for Dackelone and space saver spare....

That guy Rick is talking about was ME! And it sucked driving around on that skinny little donut. It does fit on both axles. But I had a flat tire on the rear... and being limited to only 80 kph(on the Autobahn!!!) was too much punishment for me. Plus the rear end of the car was wiggling around like crazy when you changed lanes the tinniest bit! It was very unstable with one 3.5 inch tire on one side and a 9 inch tire on the other side of the car.

Lucky for me, a local 1Addict, Swadeness lent me one of his 18 inch winter wheels, and I drove home on that. For me this exposed the problem with space saver tires. When you need to use one... you really just need a real full size tire. The next week I bought a steel 17" wheel and a 205/50HR17 tire. I also have the BMW jack kit that they sell.