Hello All,
I am new to the board and have my M5 for about five months.
Human nature; I knew about the emergency tire inflation cannister system but it certainly didn't sink in until I had the problem.
Got a flat, very inconveniently on the 4th of July, very conveniently in my own new york city parking garage.
The problem was in the sidewall (only 1500 hundred miles on the tires) and I decided the cannister system was unlikely to work and what was the point as it likely needed a new tire and the only place I was going was to the dealer.
In my 40 plus years driving experience when I get a flat tire I change it with the spare!
To me this no working spare system defies common sense. Its not like its a small car. Its not like it has an oversized gas tank taking up the space (and it should).
What it means when you have a flat in this sophisticated expensive machine is you are temporarily screwed.
Then I have the flat bet picking it up in the garage and driving the car up the ramp on the flat. I wasn't there for that demonstration but I am hoping my wheel was not damaged.
This will not happen to me again!
I have read some threads on the site discussing this and it seems the solution is to fill most of the trunk up with a spare. Then there is the issue of two different sizes to deal with.
I understand that if I use the front size wheel it will work on the back if necessary without harm to the vehicle for a modest amount of driving.
I have continental sport contact 2 255/40 2R 19
on the front and 285/35 on the rear.
I want to carry some kind of practical spare in the car.
From the purist point of veiw of additional weight and weight distribution etc., that is likely the reason BMW does not offer a spare tire system but that seems like a very incidental consideration to not a least offer some kind of spare tire system as an option, why in the world not!?
Comments and suggestions for a working spare will be much appreciated.
Looking forward to hearing from those well along the learning curve.
Regards,
Marc S
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