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Originally Posted by FruitCake

for long trips, a donut is a must

Even a donut is better than nothing if you're in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night when a dealer is closed... You can hopefully get to a somewhat safe area wait there for a flatbed.

That said, I have a full size front ZCP wheel for my e46, but carry it only on longer trips through remote areas.

I need to read up on e9x spare wheel options, now.

[platinumpapi]

Originally Posted by MaxL

With the range of these cars, you cannot get far enough from civilization to ever need a spare

The range of which tires?

[calintexas]

Originally Posted by platinumpapi

The range of which tires?

MaxL was talking about the small fuel tank and relatively poor fuel consumption resulting in a fairly short miles traveled range of the car on a tank of fuel.

[MaxL]

Originally Posted by calintexas

MaxL was talking about the small fuel tank and relatively poor fuel consumption resulting in a fairly short miles traveled range of the car on a tank of fuel.

Exactly. It was a joke, though. I never had a flat that I'd have to change on the side of the road in 12 years of driving, but I was stranded a number of times for other reasons that spare would not fix, so tires is just one of the factors, and probably not the riskiest one.

I'd through one of winter tires in the trunk if I was planning a drive to a remote area in summer. In winter I would not drive to the wilderness in one car anyway - too risky.