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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / May 2008

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Where to find a new spare tire?

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The Hurdy Gurdy Man - 06 May 2008 01:30 GMT
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?
idbwill - 06 May 2008 02:00 GMT
Junkyard, eBay, Dealer, or the neighbors Saturn.
Nate Nagel - 06 May 2008 02:02 GMT
> 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
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> 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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ratatouillerat@yahoo.com - 07 May 2008 01:07 GMT
>> 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
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>
>nate

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
 
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