Re: Space saver spare tires are a joke

["mlcmlcmlc" <mlcmlc@enter.net>]

Henry,
Yes, although it looks like they both have the same plastic lower piece
which holds the spare, the Avant has about 3 or more inches of height under
the rear floor where the spare sits.  I checked yesterday and a 15x7.5 w/
215/60 michlen pilot (from a 91 200q) fits in an older 5000 fine, DIAMETER
wise.  However, It sticks up the floor a good three inches by the trunk
latch.  Alternate floor cover or not, would it have hurt the car's design to
make that lower plastic bit a little lower at the rear ?
Joel Stetina
-----Original Message-----
     Does the 91
>>sedan have the same plastic floor as the 5000 ?  Not talking about Avants,
>>They have acres of space.
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>I can confirm that the 91 200q sedan has a plastic spare tire well that
looks too shallow to hold a 15x7.5 rim under the supplied wood cover. And I
would have to move an amp anyway, but that's why I carry that particular
screwdriver in the car at all times.
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>Is it being implied that the type 44 avant has a different spare tire
storage area than the sedan? I had a 5k avant loaner once, but forgot to
check the spare.
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>Henry Harper
>http://www.srv.net/~hah
>1991 200 quattro, 99k, planning to ski Monday too now that decent snow has
arrived
>1988 GTI 16v, 186k, full size 13" spare that pokes up the carpet in the
"trunk"
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