check that spare! (if you have one)

[tonycarreon]

hah. good point, but i would think that once the spare is out of the frunk, there should be just enough room to get it in there at an angle - assuming you were not using it for anything else.

[ekam]

Everyone should have an electric tire pump in the trunk. I have the BMW M Mobility Kit, it's a very compact piece of kit.

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by ekam

Everyone should have an electric tire pump in the trunk. I have the BMW M Mobility Kit, it's a very compact piece of kit.

Slime makes a number of aftermarket kits that are very similar to the BMW . In fact, I believe that Slime now provides GM with their oem version .

http://www.slime.com/product/491/Safety-Spair-(%2370005).html

[ekam]

I'm pretty sure they're made by 2 different OEM companies. The BMW kit is made by a German company... I found their site before but have since lost the link.

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by ekam

I'm pretty sure they're made by 2 different OEM companies. The BMW kit is made by a German company... I found their site before but have since lost the link.

I wasn't suggesting that Slime makes BMW's kits, I was just throwing another option out there . I agree that BMW's kits are probably made in Germany . I've previously owned three "M" vehicles; all of which came supplied with the inflation kit . I think one of them may have actually contained sauerkraut .

[ekam]

You can also get this from Tirerack.

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=38

[Johnny Danger]

This raises the question, how effective and dependable are these kits ? Does anyone have any experience with one of them ? Unfortunately (or, maybe I was fortunate), when I had my "M" cars I had no reason to use it .

[Overdrive]

Originally Posted by ekam

Everyone should have an electric tire pump in the trunk...

+1 and amen to that, I have a combination battery jumper/air compressor that I keep in my cars, though it tends to bail other people out more often than me, but better to have it and not need it than the other way around. And that way, if the spare is a bit low, or very low, you can remedy that on the spot and safely be on your way, not to mention touch up the air pressure on all the tires before a drive.

[jmatta]

I ripped up a rear tire pretty well a couple years back...fortunately, the rim itself survived, as there was no place to pull the car off; drove on it for a bit until I found a safe spot. Pulled out my spare and it was nearly flat. The rear wheel (10 x 18) deflated, did fit in the frunk. Drove a couple of miles at a greatly reduced pace, until I found a service station with air. Luckily, the spare didn't get chewed up and looked new after some cleaning. Probably be a good idea to carry a kit, though it wouldn't have helped based looking at my tire.

[shlim8]

Imagine driving on a spare tire that is under-inflated and on top of that, an average of 10 years old !!! hmmm

[Overdrive]

I wonder how much a new spare would cost...?

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

I wonder how much a new spare would cost...?

From the dealer? No less than $500.

They're N-rated spares!!! Only approved by Porsche!!!

[Spinnaker]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

I wonder how much a new spare would cost...?

$58.95 at
http://shop.wheelsrims.net/search.html?offset=0&make=porsche&model=boxster&year=2000&part_type=wheels_rims&part_subtype=steel_wheel