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adood84
10-06-2008, 12:42 PM
Last Saturday , I had a flat tire on the start of the motorway and I couldn't get to the exit (if I did I would of hit multiple cars on the way lol) , and they motorway doesn't have a service road . So I had to go slow on the most left lane until I reached the next exit which is a 1 KM away and the tire got destroyed in the process, the reason i didn't stop on teh road is because a distant cousin last summer was killed on the same motorway while changing his tire and the guy ran away .

So I put the space saver on and I go the next day buy last PS2 tire avilable in Saudi paid for it , they come take the tire of the wheel and the wheel has a crack . Then I go to BMW and discover its not avilable and has to ordered which would take around 7-10 days.

Now the question is can I use the space saver until my new wheel arrives?

Its 4 years old and has been sitting in the boot for a very long time with the heat in the summer ...etc
E46ACS
10-06-2008, 12:48 PM
Should be ok. Spares sit in boots for years before being used, the only thing is you have to keep below 50mph and no high speed cornering!!

Oh, and its looks silly! :D
Aaftab
10-06-2008, 04:39 PM
Why dont you borrow 3 more space savers more for a more uniform finish!
Achilles_318
10-06-2008, 05:28 PM
use it !!

I remember my tire curse in my E46, i used to have at LEAST 2 flat tires a week.. so the spare was on all the time, and i was driving to university everyday all the way to Bahrain !!
adood84
10-06-2008, 05:57 PM
use it !!

I remember my tire curse in my E46, i used to have at LEAST 2 flat tires a week.. so the spare was on all the time, and i was driving to university everyday all the way to Bahrain !!

How can you live doing 80 km/h all the way to bahrain , I nearly comitted suicde going from dammam to Khobar and Back lol
Achilles_318
11-06-2008, 09:15 PM
How can you live doing 80 km/h all the way to bahrain , I nearly comitted suicde going from dammam to Khobar and Back lol

who said 80km/h ;)

at first i was driving like 100km/h for awhile, then i got fed up and drove normally ( 120 -180 km/h ) lol
Achilles_318
11-06-2008, 09:16 PM
and yeah, Adood, if you're still thinking of selling your car, I might have a buyer over here!! and he might pay like 10k more than the dealer's quotation :p Marwan told me :p