I have a home made spare, with an honest to goodness 60,000 radial (aftermarket rim) -- see the pics in #5939's Yahoo album. I trust it implicitly. Regarding driving without a spare: I picked up a nail in my truck Xmas eve. Had I no spare, I would have been screwed. 'Tis interesting that my motoring habits generate so much wailing and gnashing of DML teeth, yet I seem to be the *ONLY* owner driving around with a spare tire. Go figure. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kevin Abato" <delorean@...> wrote: > > I am surprised you would want to, or would even trust driving on the spare! > > After seeing Marc's car, my biggest upset would be loss of space for baggage, and overall aesthetics > > Kevin Abato > Vin# 16680 > www.grenexmedia.com > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/