> Reminds me of calling a local wheel supply house here in
> Detroit when I was looking for a spare set of Probe GT alloys to mount
race
> tires, and the guy on the phone said "I don't have any right now, but if
you
> really want them, I can get 'em for you in a couple days."
>
> I declined and promptly went out and reinstalled the wheel locks on the
car...
Heh - reminds me of a thread on the BMW list a while back (apologies to
those of you on both lists for whom this is a repeat). Many BMWs come with
a full sized alloy spare to match the rest of the wheels. A number of
people had opened up their trunks after the car had been in the shop, only
to find a cheap steel spare in their trunk. Apparently certain shops and
dealers had been liberating alloy spares and selling them as "custom alloy
wheels" on new cars! So put a 5th wheel lock on your spare...
- Justin
95 SC2 "Locutus" with a cheap doughnut temp spare
83 320i "Igor" with the cheap steel spare it came with - works great
on a 2002!
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