Rear tyre blows at 70 MPH(ish) No problem !!

[b7gud911]

Took my 993 Targa out for a blast down the A303 today, great drive down to the Shell garage near Longparish for some much needed V-Power, feeling really chuffed at how well the car was going, i re-joined the A303 for a equally great drive back, just as i was pulling out i spotted a Black 944 Turbo go by and thought it would be nice to tuck in behind and enjoy the tow, sadly there were a couple of plodders in front of me but eventually they pulled over and allowed me to try and catch up with the 944, a few minutes later as i was about to appear in his mirror the road surface appeared to become very bumpy and the back end seemed to be a bit twitchy, after just a few seconds the road became very bumpy and the back end very twitchy !! B'''''ocks my rear tyres gone, slow down as fast as i can, change lanes, nearest layby about a mile away do i stop on side of the road or go for it ? decide its to dangerous to stop so limp the next mile and thankfully the tyre holds together and gets me to the layby.
Get out and check the tyre and wheel and apart from being red hot the tyre seems to have held up well and no apparent damage to the wheel.
As an owner of my own recovery vehicle do i give one of my lads a call to recover me home or do i use my cherished un-used space saver wheel, does my compressor even work.
Decide i am in no rush to get back to work so out comes my pristine space saver, car jacked up , compressor inflates tyre in minutes, wheel back on, scratch head as to where to put the knackered wheel, back seat it is and tiptoe the last 4 miles back home.
All in all a great drive out and proof that Porsches silly little wheel in the luggage compartment is actually there for more that just show and does indeed get you out of the S""t.

 

[JTP]

Nice work! (Lucky it wasn't pissing down!) Someone (perhaps a dealer, or maybe the manual?) advised that if you ever have a flat on a rear tire you should move a front tire to the back and put the spacesaver spare on the front wheel (due to the relatively heavyweight rear). Aside from the additional hassle, would this even work?

 

[b7gud911]

Hello JTP

Now you say that i seem to recall having read that somewhere as well, makes good sense i suppose, one thing i couldnt figure out was how do you know when you have inflated the spare to the maximum 40 psi when the compressor has no gauge and there is no tyre pressure guage in the toolkit or do i have a non genuine compressor, i seem to remember my 3.2 Carrera had a bigger one with Porsche wrote all over it. Still it got me home []

Paul.

 

[Johnny C]

Pick up a cheap compressor with a gauge, I've got a michelin one (can't remember how much but not enough to remember) with a digital guage which is as accurate as my proper dial pressure gauge.

I'm lucky enough not to have had to revert to the spacesaver, apart from getting the wheel off I'd be concerned that on a 12year old car, would the spacesaver still hold air. That's what a relay service is for!

 

[Porker993]

I've fitted the spacesaver on the 993 twice before now, both times because of punctures. Seems to work fine. You need to check all the gear is present, compressor, pressure guage, jack, wheel brace and be prepared to take half an hour and get your trousers dirty. Otherwise no problem.

PS do not exceed 50 mph with spacesaver fitted.