one flat turns to four

[Henry A Harper III]

Is that space saver the same height as a *new* stock tire, or a *worn* stock
tire?

Doesn't the auto V8Q have a non-Torsen, not the same as "normal"
manual-transmission quattros, center diff arrangement?

BTW my B7 avant has a full-size spare, on a 5th stock 17" 5-double-spoke
wheel - it's a "new" as in never been driven upon tire. The old 200q20v had
a space saver (narrower) that looked about the same diameter as the normal
wheels but I never measured or tried it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Mike Arman
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:36 AM
> To: audi at humanspeakers.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: one flat turns to four
>
>
> On 5/3/2012 12:18 PM, Huw Powell wrote:
> >
> >> The mini-spare is supposedly rated for 50 miles, so if the factory says
> >> you can use a mini-spare on your Quattro, you can be assured that even
> >> that much of a mismatch won't blow the diffs. If it did/could/might,
> >> Audi would supply a full-size spare and caution us never to use the
> >> space saver mini spare.
> >
> > The space saver spares included with quattros are the same
> height as stock tires.
> >
>
> Interesting - the space saver spare on my V8Q was significantly
> smaller in diameter than the other
> tires. Either Audi changed the spec or someone changed the spare
> - no idea which . . . ;-)
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike Arman
>
> 90V8Q
>
>