It’s a Jeep thing

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
11/17/2018 at 20:01 • Filed to: None

(I assume the owner simply hasn’t had a chance to replace the tire but I found the idea of carrying this around amusing.)

DISCUSSION (12)

Spanfeller is a twat > Just Jeepin'
11/17/2018 at 20:33

Jeeps on bad tyres? yeah... totally a jeep thing.

I almost wore down my tires to the wires...

XJDano > Just Jeepin'
11/17/2018 at 21:33

Not a Jeep, but I had to vacuum out the yellow soot from a fire extinguisher in the back of my car (too much shit’ll do that) and went ahead and put air into the original spare tire. It was flat and never used. (05 equinox)

So even if I got the spare on, it’d still have been flat.

Just Jeepin' > XJDano
11/17/2018 at 21:41

One of a few reasons I like having a full-size spare, and am emphatic about five- tire rotations. I want to know that my spare tire is useful.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Just Jeepin'
11/17/2018 at 22:41

And this is why I drive cars that don’t have spare tires! And even if they did, you couldn’t drive on them!

Just Jeepin' > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
11/17/2018 at 23:19

That’s...oddly sensible yet unappealing.

shop-teacher > Just Jeepin'
11/17/2018 at 23:51

I mean, you've gotta get it to the tire shop somehow...

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Just Jeepin'
11/18/2018 at 01:33

Only because you haven’t seen a C4GTS launch.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Just Jeepin'
11/20/2018 at 12:09

full size spares are nice. When i had my old Camry I got a flat literally minutes before leaving town for the weekend, and at 4 hour trip. I put on the full size spare and was on my way in maybe 15 minutes. I was pretty broke at the time working part time at Mcdonalds so i couldn’t afford a new tire right away. So i drove on that spare for a month without a problem. Altho i was annoyed because I had 3 nice aluminum snowflake wheels, and one steelie.

I don’t think I’ve owned a car with a full size spare since.

Just Jeepin' > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/20/2018 at 12:17

When I used to have small cars with donut spares I’d go buy a junkyard wheel and keep a full-sized spare. That was before the modern trend of making the wheel well too small to pull that off , though.

hedbutter > Just Jeepin'
11/20/2018 at 12:17

Any tips for 5 tire rotation? If my plans go in motion as i would like them to, i may be lifting my comanche at the end of next summer, and (seeing that i have 5 matching ravine wheels now ), would love to keep the spare in rotation.

Fun fact- the comanche had the original spray tire and wheel on it AND the drop mechanis m worked perfectly.

Not Fun Fact- found out that the tire iron that was in the truck was not the one required to take the lugs off (luckily, found this out in my driveway and no on the road side). So i guess a PSA- check your tire iron on used cars.

Just Jeepin' > hedbutter
11/20/2018 at 12:24

I bought this because I bent my tire iron trying to loosen a lug, and I wanted something that I could use to help others.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015DJ8A40/

There’s a standard 5-tire rotation pattern which, of course, many service technicians don’t know, so I keep print-outs in my glove compartment.

Look for figure G at this link: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=43&

hedbutter > Just Jeepin'
11/20/2018 at 13:04

That makes sense- i actually found a replacement lug wrench at pepboys for 6 bucks, and it works the spare tire mechanism as well plus fits in the stoke location. And i’ll definitely keep that in mind when i have to put new tires on. Definitely a win all around (spare is always kept in good shape/aired up, all tired will wear a bit more slowly) .