one 16 inch mercedes benz temp wheel/one 205/55r/16 tire...$225 priceless...will get you home...fits great in the back Merry Christmas:
See juan@startire.com Dallas, Tx.

 

Star Tire is in Dallas?

 

Luggage stays on the side of the road?

 

Star tire on Harry Hines in Dallas, luggage can set on top...better than walking home

 

Will it clear the front calipers on an SRT-6?

Do you need special lugnuts?

 

do not know, works perfact on a standard crossfire

 

Where you going to put the dirty flat one?

 

On top of the passenger/seat!!!
Or at the side of the road seeing as though the trunk is full of luggage!!!

 

That would save a long walk! Lucky for me, I've been driving without a spare for over 50 months now! No flats!

 

Heck with all that I'm calling the tow truck and my momma.

 

I keep my spare tire in my wallet, It's an AAA card.

 

Why bother with a spare? Utilize the TIREFIT it should take care of most road flats. See page 180 in your owners manual (06 Crossfire)

 

On long trips it would give you some piece of mind. You could get a tire cover made for it, it won't look too bad. And since you've already got the pump kit, you could let some air out too.

 

That's interesting. I see it would put rubber under a flat corner of the car but really you'd need to be traveling nearly empty (cargo) to have room for what comes off the car. And take your pick - either end you put that tire - the car is going to be traveling mighty slow to be safe and handle predictably.

I guess I should go RTM but does anyone know if the car has limited slip diff? Because if it does, that tire is going to raise holy he|| if you mount it on the rear and try to drive.

 

As long as we don't have a "Detroit Locker" differential (which we don't) there should be no problem. The Mercedse SLK comes with just such a spare tire, and it has the same drivetrain as our cars do.
It's not designed for high speed travel, but 55 mph should be OK.
Unless you have your hatch filled to the rear window with stuff, you should be able to cram your flat tire into the trunk, and relocate your luggage to any space you can find. If that's means your passengers lap, well that's just what you're going to have to do.
The alternative could mean sitting on some dark, deserted road, for an hour or two, waiting for AAA to show up.

 

Unsure how AAA will fix your flat - in Australia they will 'change' your spare! How do they fix it in the US?

 

To each his own - it's an interesting idea. If I were to put one in the back of my car, I think I would fashion something like a false floor and put the tire in a plastic bag or tire cover to keep it from damaging the carpet and smelling in hot weather. I would also fit an anchor so that it does not become a deadly projectile in event of a crash.

From your insight it sounds we do not have a limited slip. But even regular limited slips would "object" to such vast differences in tire circumference. I put a different-sized spare on my E-Type Jag (that had a limited slip) and it was not pretty. On any limited slip, the clutches will engage "thinking" that one wheel is slipping. This will cause premature wear to the clutches - more costly than waiting for AAA). You could certainly drive but it would cause damage pretty quick.

I have Detroit Lockers in the front and rear of my Jeep. I can tell you with great certainty we do not have them in Crossfires!

I would not travel 50 mph with a tire two or three inches in diameter different from every other tire on my car under any circumstances. Which would make for a pretty dangerous situation on some USA highways - traveling 20 or 30 (where?) while everyone else is doing 70.

 

We have an "Open" rear end (differential). But if you're still concerned about clutch damage, the easiest thing to do would be to to install your front tire on the rear in the case of a rear tire puncture. Then mount your temp spare on the front. The standard front tire is less than 1" shorter than the rear.

 

If the rear is open then there are no clutch plates to worry about. All that remains is the mis-matched rubber/wheel size (car dynamics), and the large loose part in the rear cargo area.

 

I didn't think there were any (clutch plates) in an "open" diff. But what I meant was if you were still worried about it causing "ANY" problems to simply put the front tire on the back, and the temp. spare on the front because it's close to being the same size.
The Auto Manufactures have been including temporary spare tires in their cars for over 40 years. Some of the cars had posi-traction/limited slip, and the spares were always of different hight and with a more narrow tread than what came on the car. The factory specifically warned the car owner (in writing) that those tires were only for temporary use, and not intended for continous use. So they must have felt they were OK for the general public or they wouldn't risk it.
I guess they figured the cars "dynamics" wouldn't be effected so severely that they shouldn't be used.
If you're so paranoid that a loose unsecured punctured tire that's crammed under your hatch may some how find a way to get past the gas tank and the headrests into the passenger compartment. Then obviously you have more "issues" to deal with than worring about getting a flat tire.
Lots of Mercedes vehicles have mis-matched tires, and still only come with one spare tire.
I have no idea what so ever, if using one tire with a different diameter would cause the computer to automatically go into "limp" mode or not. If it did, then maybe a person would have to then disconnect the "center" wire that goes into the little fuse box in front of the battery, to disable the TC.