Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 19:55:20 +0100 From: "sid cliffe" <justinsnopsamOFFsidcliffe.fsnet.co.uk> Subject: Re: Is it only me?
Thanks Dave, Great minds etc.etc. Sorry aboout "tyres" .Forgot to say I'm in the UK . On second thoughts, where did this language originate ?? just sid <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:ad5r7q$tu3n8$1nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de... : Someone who looks an awful lot like sid cliffe <justinsnopsamoffsidcliffe.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: : > that dislikes Compact Tyres ? : : > Just got a 9-5 SE lpt 2.3 auto (ARC) Saloon with all the toys,and I love it : > EXCEPT the baby size spare. : : Agreed completely. : : > It looks as though the boot well would take a full size wheel. : > Has anyone changed the compact ? : : It sure does, and no, I haven't yet. It's not as *deep* as : it would need to be for a normal 9-5 wheel and tire (sorry, 'tyre'), : but I would think that a steel wheel with a normal tyre on it would : fit both the car and the well. : : > OK! I'm a bit paranoid !. : : Perhaps, but I don't like the stress of being on a mouse-spare and : being limited, as you mention. Also, you don't want to have it : on the front, as it makes the differential do *way* too much work : while you're driving (think of what the spider gears are doing : when you have two different size drive wheels going). : : I got some strange looks when I had a flat front tire, and the first : thing I did was jack up the *back* of the car on the same side, to take : off the full-size tire there so I could use that on the front. Sometimes, : it's more fun to just let folks wonder... : : Dave Hinz : :
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