The touareg had the collapsible spare and an air pump. Seemed like a good compromise.
Land Rovers apparently get better mileage with the spare on the hood. So perhaps that is a model to follow in this weight-and/or-fuel-saving age. On Sun, May 13, 2018, 9:30 AM fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Curt wrote: > > > > > > > > I think I've used the spare maybe 4 or 5 times in 25 years of > > > > driving. > > > fmiser wrote: > > > > I run out of fingers and toes if I try to count the number of > > people I have helped on the side of the road with a flat tire. > > > tyee165 wrote: > > > How often have you tried to help someone who had a spare with > > very little air in it? Do you carry a pump? > > In all of those stop, not once has it been a spare with too little > air pressure to drive on. > > My electric pump died, so I would have to use the hand pump. It > still work though it is a LOT older than the 12V one was. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
