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Spare tires?

Subject: Spare tires?
From: "T. S. White" <tswrace@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 07:58:53 -0700
Cc: Triumph Triumph list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <NOEDJDCNFBCNELMBFNFECEBAFJAA.Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
> I got the tire at the local "Pull yer own" junkyard.  Came out of a Nissan
> Maxima I think (lots of cars with 14" wheels use this size spare), looked
> like it had never been used, cost me $10 including the wheel.  (For $2 more
> they would have kept the wheel <g>)  It's significantly lighter too, which
> makes it easier to handle and might even help performance a tiny bit due to
> less weight to lug around.
> 

I run really fat tires.  225x14 60 R.  My spare tire has always been a
can of flat fix.  I keep my top in the spar tire compartment.  I have
need the top more often that a spare.  In fact I have never needed a
spare.

        Regards,
        Tom

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