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Just why is it that spare tires are made to be installed valve side down?
Other than to make it difficult for weaklings like me to take it out and
check the pressure?

"riz" <riz@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Just why is it that spare tires are made to be installed valve side down?
> Other than to make it difficult for weaklings like me to take it out and
> check the pressure?

To alleviate that little problem, buy one of these:

http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl....Product_ID=798

It's a $9 hose to attach to the spare's valve, making it easy to check the
pressure. You leave it permanently attached to the spare's valve (except, of
course, when you need to *use* the tire... if you can remove it in the first
place... ).

why not just buy a $9 portable tire pump air
compressor? Then when you take your spare out,
you can fill it up wherever you happen to be? Or
if you have a slow leak you can just fill up the
tire and drive to the nearest tire repair shop.

Mine fits under the trunk thing, along with a $10
bottle jack that works a billion times better
than that cheapass scissor jack they give you.
unless its minus 90 outside... Then I stick
to the scissor jack.

t

"riz" <riz@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Just why is it that spare tires are made to be installed valve side down?
> Other than to make it difficult for weaklings like me to take it out and
> check the pressure?
>

It's a nice cavity where I stash a bag with an old pair of jeans and jacket
for working on the car while out on the road (only once in 21 yrs of Honda
ownership).

They are nice, but it takes a long long time to reach 60psi! You need
something more heavy duty.

Plus, when you get a flat in a 'bad' area, you don't want to spend pumping
up the spare when someone can rear end you.




"disallow" <loewen_t at yahoo.ca @> wrote in message
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> why not just buy a $9 portable tire pump air
> compressor? Then when you take your spare out,
> you can fill it up wherever you happen to be? Or
> if you have a slow leak you can just fill up the
> tire and drive to the nearest tire repair shop.
>
> Mine fits under the trunk thing, along with a $10
> bottle jack that works a billion times better
> than that cheapass scissor jack they give you.
> unless its minus 90 outside... Then I stick
> to the scissor jack.
>
> t
>

true enough regarding the 'bad area' thing. I
don't tend to think that way much since I am in
Canada... lol a coy canadian...

My compressor gets my spare up to 60 psi from
almost nothing (15 psi) in about a minute and a half.

t

toss in some rags and a 1/2 used bottle of hand cleaner........

Never know when you might be a saint and change a older persons tire and
need to clean your hands a bit.

Wait, there are still people like me that will stop to help????????

Yes, there are a few "road saints" left to help the needy.

I will only accept money if the person throws it on the ground.

My good deed for the day/year/etc, but not gonna let a $20 bill just blow
away!


"J." <J@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>
> "riz" <riz@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:mR3Yd.12729$Wz3.9510@fe09.lga...
> > Just why is it that spare tires are made to be installed valve side
down?
> > Other than to make it difficult for weaklings like me to take it out and
> > check the pressure?
> >
>
> It's a nice cavity where I stash a bag with an old pair of jeans and
jacket
> for working on the car while out on the road (only once in 21 yrs of Honda
> ownership).
>