NEED: 215/70-16 Spare Tire

Yes, my wife's spare tire blew out while mounted on the rear hatch! AZ sun,
I guess. Any idea where I might find a used tire in that size? What else
might fit? glen at ccim.net

"glenf" <ccim@jps.net> wrote in message
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> Yes, my wife's spare tire blew out while mounted on the rear hatch! AZ
> sun,
> I guess. Any idea where I might find a used tire in that size? What else
> might fit? glen at ccim.net
>[/color]
Make friends with someone at a small local tire shop and ask them to keep
one for you.
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Ray O
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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:02:38 GMT, "glenf" <ccim@jps.net> wrote:
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>Yes, my wife's spare tire blew out while mounted on the rear hatch! AZ sun,
>I guess. Any idea where I might find a used tire in that size? What else
>might fit? glen at ccim.net[/color]

First, take a good hard look at the condition and remaining tread of
the tires that are on the car now. (Be honest with yourself.) If you
have one or two that are getting kind of close to the wear bars, buy a
new tire (or pair of tires) and put the best used one on as the spare.

That, or stop around to all the local tire shops (don't call). Tell
them you want to buy a good used take-off tire in that size, and leave
your business card with the tire size details written on the back side
so they can pin it on the bulletin board.

Might take a few weeks for a set to come in, but it's in the tire
shop's favor - they get the tire for free, and sell it to you for
roughly $20 - $40 mounted, depending on the size.

I use take-off tires on my utility trailers that see very little
road time - just like spare tires that never get used, they rot out
long before they wear out. And the special trailer duty (ST) tires
that allegedly resist rot better are a lot of money and usually
special order only.

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"glenf" <ccim@jps.net> wrote in message
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> Yes, my wife's spare tire blew out while mounted on the rear hatch! AZ
> sun,
> I guess. Any idea where I might find a used tire in that size?[/color]


At the store?

Why would you even consider a used tire for your Wife's car. Oh, I get it,
it's your wife.




What else[color=blue]
> might fit? glen at ccim.net
>
>[/color]
You need to get a tire that is the same size as the tires on the ground,
which I assume are the same as the tire tha tis on the spare tire carrier.