Spare Tire?

Okay, new to Speedsters but learning fast. I have yet to find a local owner so I can at least see a car first hand but have some questions.

Where on earth is the spare stored? Is there even a spare or is it simply hope for the best when driving .

Any owners in Maryland that would let me see there car up close? Don't need to drive it just want to se if I would fit.

Thanks,
Tony

Most of the Speedster Owners I have met have a spare tire due to too much beer consumption! Actually I have seen mostly small DONUT spares that fit under the hood depending on the manufacturer some have more room than others. You can search the threads for spare-tire and you will see what was said in the past.

Cheers

Many Speedster owners rely on their cell phone and a can of "flat fix" to get them through. My SAW Cabriolet has a compact spare, but I had a full sized 135 SR 15 mounted on a 4 1/2" VW rim in my VS Speedster. I wrote a brief article which is posted in the knowledge section of this site that documented the task on the VS.

When my sweet bride found out that the car didn't have a spare, she said she would refuse to ride with me until I put one in. She was afraid of getting stranded in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park with a flat. Cell phone reception in the park is spotty at best.
John H.
ps. I had a "spare tire" even before I discovered beer

Anthony:

I've written several times on here about my spare (on a CMC) and there are pictures in nichols1 - take a look there, to start, and, as Mike mentioned, do a search on this forum for "spare" and see what's already been written.

Bruce Stumpp is in Phoenix, Maryland, but I don't know if he's running a spare......a lot of these guys just take along a can of fix-a-flat and a credit card!! There are several other owners probably within an hour or two from you.

You can also search the registry for owners near you - they are sorted by zip code from closest to you to farthest away.

gordon
One of the "Speedstah Guys" from Rhode Island

I've seen where guys are using the Optima battery mounted elsewhere and the spare slides a little futher down into the batttery well. Darryll

if you have a flat, pick up a fat chick and put her on the other side and drive on 3 wheels...

Suppose the flat is on the passenger side. Do you suggest you put this "chick" on you lap??? Would you be willing to make one of your famous movies as a visual aid?

Would need to see if I can download that sleezy X-rated movies sound track. You know the one. Chiiga-ding-chicca-downg-chiccca-ding.....

Imagine what it would be? The car breaks down, John is stuck without a spare. He looks toward the camera. A smile comes across his face. That large cowboy hat shading his eyes just somewhat. Over there, at the bus stop, the dirty fat chick. The rest as we say is in your mind.

Chiiga-ding-chicca-downg-chiccca-ding.....

Would that be dirty as in "unwashed?" I think my first starring role would have to be something more like a Disney Flick, you know, a child's story line with a few hidden meanings and perhaps a couple of farts thrown in for good measure. I would leave the flatulence to the chick though. She would be the one fixing the flat and I'd be the one swilling the beer. Nothing like triple A working in concert with triple D ;-)
ps. maybe I should trade the dulcimer for a bazoom....or is that bassoon?

Several years ago (15) I purchased brake hubs with a Chevy bolt pattern so I had a wider choice of wheels (VW wheel designs were limited). Then purchased a collapsible spare also with a chevy bolt pattern. The spare fits under the hood with a stock tank, not sure it would fit with one of the larger gas tanks. I generally do not have a jack onboard so not sure the spare would help.

BRUCE what's that got to do with fat chicks? Oh......the post.......errr......OK

If you put in a larger gas tank forget about the spare. Just carry a CC, AAA card, Phone, with back up battery and cruise on. Drove 3400 miles w/o a spare in one week.

Before, with a regular tank I mounted a 15" 165/65 in a widely used style: (long) eye bolt & spin on tapped flat strip of steel.

Mike,

I'm looking forward to the movie suggested above by Johnny2bolts, we need something to get us through the coming winter.

Maybe you could create some fat-chick graphics for the 2005 Carlisle t-shirts....something for you to do during the winter?

Jim Bob, I've got a 14 gallon tank and a spare. Best of both worlds? Bruce and Mike, how about we develop a home brew beer formula and call it FAT CHIX BEER. That way we get the tastey suds and a good laugh when we're lounging and kicking tires at next year's Carlisle. If we get several of us doing the brewing, we might have enough to go around. I might have to revise the official Carlisle beverage poster however.

s'cuse me while I hurl.....

Gents,
I'm not a prude nor am I against jokes, even at my expense, but don't you think you have gone a little far in this public forum with the "fat chick" stuff. By the way I'm not fat and not personally offended just a little sensitive to other peoples feelings

OK then...

This may seem obvious, and if someone else has made mention of this before, excuse me, but if your regular rim and tire won't fit, where are you going to put it once it's flat and you get the space-saver spare on?

MM

"I'm not a prude nor am I against jokes, even at my expense, but don't you think you have gone a little far in this public forum with the "fat chick" stuff".
Troy is an unusual name for a chick.
Ron
Sorry Troy, but I just couldn't let this one go.

Still bad taste

Mike, your right seater holds it on her lap.
Ron

I can see it now....

due to political correctness this thread has been modified.

Pleasantly Large Women
LOVE SPEEDSTERS

Oversize Women
LOVE SPEEDSTERS

My Spare is a Large Woman

.....this is progress?

Troy, you're right of course. Even if we didn't live in a world which presently holds "P.C-ness" in high regard, at least in some quarters, we do need to be sensitive to other people's feelings. That is the bottom line. This being said, I withdraw my suggestion that members home brew the above mentioned and rudely named beer and that as punishment I'll drink lemonaide instead of beer for the duration of the next Carlisle event.
Naaaaah! I won't go that far, but I do regret my posting and offer my sincere appology to anyone, member or lurker, who may have been offended or hurt.

John,
Well said. By the way per my wife I also have a tendency to get pretty raunchy.
TM

Ok, if we can't have the F.C. Beer, everyone is invited to cruise up here to visit The Dickens Orchards and try some of their famous cider.

BD

Bill,
Dickens does make a great cider. Their hard cider is wonderful on those warm, lazy days of summer. But when winter rolls around, nothing beats their hot cider.

Cheers!
-mike

doesn't every woman like a warm dickens cider?

crap...maybe got too offensive again.....

Jeez, now you did it Mike.

BD

then there are other fat chicks ..hope this doesn't ruffle any feathers and just brings a chuckle.

The amazing thing is that David's picture is of Robert before the sex change and Alan's picture is of Robert after the sex change. All things considered, things worked out quite well for Boobie, I mean Bobbie.
Ron
Robert has often bragged to me that he can drive without using his hands...now I know why.

My wife (insurance agent) said something about the pictured young lady must certainly be getting discounted auto insurance coverage for additional frontal air bag protection

This is the Newbie section....newbie to what? LOL