Flat tire concerns
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Flat tire concerns
How do you deal with possibility of getting a flat? I have a 2003 E55 which did not come with a spare. I checked out the cost of getting the spare that comes with the 2005 and it costs around $650 complete!!!! Are you confident the fix-a-flat that came with no spare models will work? Also, how often do you cahange out the spare in a can?
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How do you deal with possibility of getting a flat? I have a 2003 E55 which did not come with a spare. I checked out the cost of getting the spare that comes with the 2005 and it costs around $650 complete!!!! Are you confident the fix-a-flat that came with no spare models will work? Also, how often do you cahange out the spare in a can?
Thanks.
Thanks.
So I went and got AAA's premium 300+ mile tow package so that if I get a flat on a road trip they can get my car to a quality tire shop for replacement of destroyed rubber.
I would complain about not having a spare tire but seems like no cars these days come with them and thats the way it goes.
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2003 E55
How do you deal with possibility of getting a flat? I have a 2003 E55 which did not come with a spare. I checked out the cost of getting the spare that comes with the 2005 and it costs around $650 complete!!!! Are you confident the fix-a-flat that came with no spare models will work? Also, how often do you cahange out the spare in a can?
Thanks.
Thanks.
The can of "goo" has an expirey date on it - cost me $A100 for a new one!!!!!!!!! when I service the car this week. *******s.
I wasn't game to try a cheap can of goo incase it didn't work as well and I got stuck in the country (its not like the US here).
I asked about a space saver spare but the tyre well is too small in an E55 because of the dual exhaust. Try putting one of your wheels in the well - it doesn't fit.
If some one knows of a cheap after-market solution that actually fits in the well I'd like to hear about it. Details of sizing would be the most useful, or a supplier.
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How do you deal with possibility of getting a flat? I have a 2003 E55 which did not come with a spare. I checked out the cost of getting the spare that comes with the 2005 and it costs around $650 complete!!!! Are you confident the fix-a-flat that came with no spare models will work? Also, how often do you cahange out the spare in a can?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/59345-spare-tire.html
Follow that thread. It talks about some of the 2004's not having a spare and how I put one in my 2004 E55. I forgot how much the spare cost from MB, I don't think it was $650 though.
Follow that thread. It talks about some of the 2004's not having a spare and how I put one in my 2004 E55. I forgot how much the spare cost from MB, I don't think it was $650 though.
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I'm confused. My car came with a compact spare and an electric pump to fill it up. same setup I had in the '04, '05, and the '06Ml. Is that what you guys are saying, or did you NOT get the black rim spare at all?
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'03's and early production 04's did NOT have a spare. The active illumination headlights which were in MBUSA's literature for '04 were not included with the lighting package until mid production model year '04 they were both a rolling change for the '04 year.
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Empty wheel well, can of goo and jack etc. that's it.
Last edited by OzE55; Oct 19, 2006 at 07:30 AM.
