68AutoBug wrote:waveman1500 wrote:I wouldn't think of going without a spare, mostly because bugs handle much better with some weight in the front! I wouldn't really want to have to use my spare, since the tyre on it is at least 25 years old, but it holds air fine and has tread on it so presumably it could do the job.68AutoBug wrote:I have heard of people replacing the spare wheel with a bag of cement... years ago..lol
be very careful of old tyres...
someone gave Me a wheel with a michelin tyre with great tread
I put on the front... going down the highway at 100KMH
it blew out in a big way... and threw the car off the highway..
the wheel with tyre wouldn't fit into the spare wheel well as there was steel sticking out everywhere...
I threw it away...
I was surprised that there are many cars that don't come with a spare at all these days.. most are expensive..
no room to put a spare.. and a space saver would be just dangerous... many have run flat tyres..
Yes!! when we bourght our 1972 super lady bug painted bug there was 3 sand bags in the front along with the spare. we drove 10km south and thorght what are these people on about lets dump these sand bags os we took em out and left em on the side of the road and imediatly a very signifigent change and was alot less arero dynamic. i said DAD!! lets go back and get em haha.
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