Got a flat tire - how to use Porsche tools?

[Porsche Chick]

Originally Posted by Jager

During a road trip I had a flat in the middle of Nowhere Oklahoma, a can of fix-a-flat would have been of no use, the sidewall was cut from the wheel rim to the tread.

Oh, yes, this scenario did occur to me when I first opened the frunk.

I really don't know what Porsche was thinking when they took away the spares. I believe the 911's don't have spares anymore either.

[Jittsl]

So suggestions would be:

Even if your car didn't come with a spare see if you can fit one. My gt3 didn't but the spare from a turbo did the job.

Throw the supplied wheel brace in the dumpster and buy yourself a good quality 18mm deep socket and 18" arm. Practice standing on it to loosen your wheel nuts - even if they are correctly torqued they can still be a bastard if they are hot.

Do not let anyone do the final torquing of your wheels beside yourself.

Porsche bilt everything supplied in our kit down to minimum weight with very little regard for whether it would actually do the job of changing your tire. When I bought my latest GT3 I picked it up in Boston and blew a rear tire outside Buffalo NY on my way home. Cost me a full day while I waited for a new tire to arrive, to say nothing of the lengthy tow and a lot of screwing around. Promised myself that I would always be prepared after that.