DeTomaso Mailing List: January 98, Message #30
     



From: 	pantera@pobox.com (David Doddek)

Subject: Re: Collapsable spare and inflation

Date: 	Fri, 2 Jan 1998 00:09:59 +0000



Andy wrote:

snip

>Anyway, the reason I'm writing this message is that Porsche provided a

>little cigar lighter-powered air compressor to pump up the spare instead of

>the gas cylinder inflators that came with Panteras.  I always assumed that

>sudden inflation was a necessary part of how the collapsable spare works,

>but this little compressor isn't going to inflate _anything_ very quickly.

>

>-Andy





Well, I had to actually use my colapsable spare once.  Ran over something

and had an all of a sudden flat on the back.  I did not have the inflation

can or even the compressor.  I was carrying an old fashoined hand pump.

After about a half hour of pumping, it was inflated enough to drive on.  It

was on the back and seemed to run OK.  It made the 15 mile trip home all

right.  The collapsable spare is OK for short run, bit I would not want to

use it for any extended period of time or distance or speed.  I kept the car

under 45 and no hard cornering.  The do work but with the inflated size,

they would be a hard fit on the front.



Dave D