"Renescent" (cbabson)
12/27/2013 at 18:58 • Filed to: None
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"Renescent" (cbabson)
12/27/2013 at 18:58 • Filed to: None | 0
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So, driving home from work, feeling like 9 miles of bad road and my car starts rumbling like a monster... jump off next exit into a gas station. As the picture shows, a little air isn't going to fix it one bit.
I'm a little bent, 2 days after Christmas and I have to buy a pair of 245/35ZR18's that are never in the budget... thanks Obama.
So, Ze Germans are so clever... the spare is a donut of course; however, to save on space, they give you a deflated spare and a gauged air pump you plug into the lighter. The tire is less than an inch tall on the rim at rest and inflates to what you see below in about 3 minutes.
Good times... now for some NyQuil and a pillow.
Rico
> Renescent
12/27/2013 at 19:05 |
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Damn bro sucks to hear. Will the difference in tire size damage the suspension at all?
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Renescent
> Rico
12/27/2013 at 19:18 |
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Nope, car was even and level; actually rode really well too! Didn't take the off-ramp nor turns very quick, the contact patch on that spare looks to be about 3 inches wide haha.
Lazzris
> Renescent
12/27/2013 at 19:28 |
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Here is my outcome of a Detroit road. Held air till i got home. Its about the width of my hand.
thedevilinside
> Renescent
12/27/2013 at 19:41 |
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I drove about 5mph in turns when I was on a spare tire. I don't like 7 year old spares.
RafelX
> Renescent
12/27/2013 at 19:45 |
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Is this a Benz? I've had 3 W124 chassis models and they all did this. Mainly on the drivers side rear, and it would just wear out the very inner edge of the tire.
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Rico
> Renescent
12/27/2013 at 20:56 |
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Ah good because that would suck.
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Renescent
> RafelX
12/28/2013 at 09:41 |
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Yep, W203 AMG... and it is the driver rear. Is it all that common or a coincidence?
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RafelX
> Renescent
12/29/2013 at 03:31 |
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Don't know if it's common as I haven't seen any chatter about it on the Benz forums, but having it happen on 3 cars is to me too much of a coincidence. That said, all the cars were in the 8 year, 80,000 mile range when I bought them, so I don't know what normal wear is. I always suspected worn bushings or something, but I never bothered to have them checked or replaced. As long as I stay on top of tire rotations, I can get about 25k miles out of the tires. FWIW, my W210 E420 and my mom's W203 C240 haven't had this issue.