No, and I've driven the car LESS than 5,000 miles
No, and I've driven the car 5,000-10,000 miles
No, and I've driven the car 10,001-20,000 miles
No, and I've driven the car 20,001-30,000 miles
No, and I've driven the car MORE than 30,000 miles
Yes, ONE time
Yes, more than once
Location: Marceline, MO
Posts: 228
My VIN: 10515
Club(s): (PNDC)
Have YOU ever gotten a flat and successfully used the spared tire?
- No, and I've driven the car LESS than 5,000 miles
- No, and I've driven the car 5,000-10,000 miles
- No, and I've driven the car 10,001-20,000 miles
- No, and I've driven the car 20,001-30,000 miles
- No, and I've driven the car MORE than 30,000 miles
- Yes, ONE time
- Yes, more than once
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Location: Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Posts: 724
My VIN: 11035
I haven't used the spare yet but luckly i made it home before it went flat and found i had nail punch in there. Made for a very vibrating ride back home! Also had to get 2 new rear tires!
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Location: Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Posts: 724
My VIN: 11035
Here is the pic. Dont know why it wouldn't postOriginally Posted by Christian Dietrich
I haven't used the spare yet but luckly i made it home before it went flat and found i had nail punch in there. Made for a very vibrating ride back home! Also had to get 2 new rear tires!
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Posts: 4,764
My VIN: Banged your VIN'S mom
Almost 9 years, over 30k miles, no flats.
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 2,734
My VIN: 01643
Club(s): (DCF) (DCO) (DCUK)
I've driven on the spare to make sure that it held air, but never in conjunction with a flat tire. I've have however used a tire plug kit on the side of the road.
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 749
My VIN: 6720
Club(s): (AZ-D) (LVDG)
8 years of ownership, and just shy of 10,000 miles. Never a flat. I did replace the spare tire with a fresh one a few years ago though, just in case. Cheap insurance in the event it is ever needed.
5 speed, grooved hood, grey interior (Nov '81)
QA1 coilovers, Delorean.eu LCA brackets, DPNW Poly swaybar bushings, DMCMW shock tower bar, Deloreana.com convex mirrors, DPNW Toby Tabs, DPI exhaust, C4 Corvette third brake light, PJ Grady tail light boards, Bitsyncmaster relays
Location: Burnsville MN-Moving to Kalispell MT. in June 20111
Posts: 886
My VIN: 2691
156,000 miles, 30 years ownership, no flats, no spare.....
Location: Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Posts: 724
My VIN: 11035
Hahaha now thats awsome!
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Location: Stevens Point,WI
Posts: 2,469
My VIN: 6125
Approximately 16k in 9 years.
Got a "flat" in the middle of nowhere, IL on my way home from DCS '16. The steel belts in the LH rear tire failed causing it to bulge out of round. I installed the spare and it immediately went flat. My fault for not replacing the 35 year old rubber. I reinstalled the bulging tire, limped my way to Wal-Mart to get a new full size tire the next morning. I later replaced the spare tire rubber with this one from Tire Rack (Kumho T125-70D15):
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...13674x012-tire
Location: sacramento
Posts: 1,415
My VIN: 1768
Club(s): (NCDMC) (DCUK)
Trying to find the picture of it but I used my spare maybe 5 years back. I backed into a curb in a parking lot and found a few miles down the road the RR tire had a burst sidewall.
I had made sure I replaced the original spare tire when I bought my car so the tire held up fine for the 30minute drive home, but I doubt my differential liked the two odd sized tires.
The big issue I had was that my lowered car was too low to fit the emergency jack under the rocker sill. So I had to go hunt around the side of the road for a large enough rock to drive on top of with my flat tire to get enough ground clearance.
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