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Aug 21, 2002 | 01:54 AM

grn300m

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From: Portland Or

2000 300m, 2003 C-Coupe

FIX - FLAT on the Coupe

Has anyone used their spare tire yet? I was checking mine out today, but didn't actual put it on. I had to laugh though, what a crackup. I would have loved to have been on the design team for it. It's creative packaging at it's best. I like the little air compressor too. I was telling a friend that my car has dual kompressors for an extra punch from the 1.8. I had him going for a minute.

Aug 21, 2002 | 02:10 AM

dswildfire

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2002 C230K

haven't used the tire. have use the compressor to inflate soem flat tires on a friend's bicycles. works real well, and really fast.

Aug 21, 2002 | 12:50 PM

Racer

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From: Ottawa Canada

C32

Yes, I unfortunately had to use it when a pot hole pinched the side wall of the tire, low profile evolution package Continental. It took about 3 minutes to do the job of replacing the tire with the spare. It is an incredibly good system, loved the gloves and drop sheet. The down side was the new tire listed at $417 (Cdn).

Aug 21, 2002 | 12:58 PM

edvpt

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From: Mid-Ohio

C230

Quote:

Originally posted by Racer
The down side was the new tire listed at $417 (Cdn).

For future reference - tirerack.com has the 225/45/17 conti sports for $113US + shipping.

Aug 21, 2002 | 01:03 PM

Buellwinkle

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Quote:

Originally posted by edvpt

For future reference - tirerack.com has the 225/45/17 conti sports for $113US + shipping.

Yeah, but $113 US is $417 cdn.

Aug 21, 2002 | 01:40 PM

session

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Quote:

Originally posted by Buellwinkle

Yeah, but $113 US is $417 cdn.

not exactly.

Aug 21, 2002 | 04:45 PM

Davidta

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C230 Kompressor SPORTS COUPE

I had the privalege of using the spare tire last weekend, the system works really well, but keeping the car under 50 mph is real hard not to mention iritating, but at that speed I did not notice a degridation in ride quality. Infact I did not even notice a degradation in ride quality when my tire went down, just the whump whump sound that told me I needed to pull over.