Alternative For Carrying A Spare Tire

To those who prefer carrying a spare over a AAA card, may I also suggest:

Spare Alternator belt
Spare alternator
Full set of hoses
Spare radiator
otterstadt
clamps
pressure cap
3 gallons of coolant
spare wiper blades
spare fuses
spare starter (for automatic only)
spare battery
spare vacuum hoses
misc. electrical wire, crimpers and misc connectors
spare fuel pump
spare pickup hose and filter screen
spare fuel accumulator
spare frequency valve
full set of o rings
plugs, cap, rotor, wires, coil
clutch master and slave (for manual only)
Castrol GTLMA fluid
Spare headlamps
Spare wheel bearings
Drive axles with boots
tie rod ends
shocks
ball joints
full set of bolts and nuts, including TABs
brake pads
ISM
CPR
a spare of any part you have purchased from Hervey
rain poncho
work light
Jumper cables
Tow strap
gas can
flares
safety vest
work gloves and safety glasses
Electrical tester
Tools for all of the above,

and of course wheel chocks, jack and lug nut wrench.

Or...

A AAA card.


The above items are as likely to leave you stranded as a bad tire...

There are merits to carrying a spare tire, but it all comes down to personal risk assessment, and individual preference. There is no "right" answer here.

If a car has lowered suspension, will the spare even keep it off the ground?

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Originally Posted by TTait

a spare of any part you have purchased from Hervey

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The best line ever on DMCtalk.

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Originally Posted by SS Spoiler

If a car has lowered suspension, will the spare even keep it off the ground?

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Only if you kick your date out first. :p

You can't prepare for every contingency, but you can prepare for the most likely ones. Most cars come with a spare tire, and those cars' owner's manuals include instructions for changing a tire when you get a flat. Some people carry a can of fix-a-flat. Some people carry a patch kit. Some people carry spare tires. Some people carry none of that stuff. Who cares?

More important, why does anyone else give even half a shit about someone's spare tire that he bought four years ago and finally got to use? Let him brag. He feels better about the money he spent. Good for him. It doesn't affect you unless you give him the attention he wants.

The DeLorean community doesn't have to be monolithic. We are not the Borg. Our cars may all look alike, but we don't have to all think alike. That's just stupid. I think that every stupid argument in the DeLorean community would disappear if people simply got it into their heads that because something works for you doesn't mean you have to convert everyone to your way of thinking, and of course vice versa.

Who am I to tell someone else how to spend his money? I'm neither a DeLorean parts vendor nor a financial advisor. I for one am happy to just sit back and watch other people spend money I don't have and see what happens. Why not just enjoy the show?

Oh, never mind. I'm old and tired. Don't listen to me.

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If anybody is interested in this type of full size spare, I have located a source that has four. I can buy them and offer the other 3 for sale here.

I was with Steve Sunday morning after the open house. He got an alignment before driving home. The rear tires were a little out of spec on the toe, but not much.

Most of what I remember Steve talking about that weekend was his "crappy Chinese tires".