re: Re: Strategy for 1 bad tire

["QUEK::MOY"@us.oracle.com (Michael Moy (send mail to mmoy@us.oracle.com) 19-Jul-1995 0852)]

Alasdair Mackintosh said:

>  I mixed tyres on the rear (both age and manufacturer) but mine's not
>  a quattro.
>
>  What sort of spare do you have? If it's one of those horrible compact
>  things that I've got, you might think about buying a full size wheel
>  and putting your third good tyre on it as a spare. Then buy two new
>  tyres for the front. (Hey, it's somone else's money I'm spending here...)
>
>  You should be able to find a replacement steel wheel fairly easily, 
>  though you might need shorter wheel bolts for it.

The larger wheels for the QUATTRO (and I assume Turbo) models won't fit in the
spare tire wheel well.

Michael Moy
mmoy@us.oracle.com