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1. falling spares (score: 1): Author: David Deutsch <mgman@optonline.net>; Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 20:35:52 -0500; There is a bumper sticker that reads something like ' the parts falling off this car are made with the finest British Craftsmanship' that I have found amusing. There is something happening on a regul; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00072.html (8,867 bytes)
2. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: "Mark and kathy LaPierre" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>; Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 21:48:34 -0600; Thanks for the heads up. This is something that I never really gave a thought to, but now that you have mentioned it, this could have serious consequences for our smaller vehicles. You would think t; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00074.html (8,688 bytes)
3. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: "Michael Lupynec" <mlupynec@globalserve.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 00:47:48 -0500; When I removed the cable mounted spare on my 98 F150, it had very defined indentations, (wear marks) where the tire sidewall had abraded against the frame members. Could it have been loosening up or; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00077.html (10,003 bytes)
4. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 00:56:48 -0500; I think this is a pretty serious problem around here, corrosion in the winter can disolve the cable/chain. Motoring 2000, a canadian driving show, has a weekly "Midas tip of the week". One of the tip; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00079.html (8,295 bytes)
5. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: David Deutsch <mgman@optonline.net>; Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 06:31:42 -0500; I believe that being a little too tight is better than too loose. Extremes in either directions are no good. I personally like the system that holds the spare up in the wife's MPV. It a tubular rack; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00080.html (10,874 bytes)
6. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: Rick Brown <brown409@home.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 10:39:07 -0500; Thanks David - Will be aware when following one of these SUV/minivans. Last week one of the ladies on my commuter bus had a scare when a step ladder fell off the back of a pick up in front of her - l; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00082.html (9,909 bytes)
7. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 13:03:33 -0500; It was loose. Could be cable stretch, cable getting slack, or tire getting smaller as the air seeped out over the years. I suspect loss of air. On the subject of loss of air-- Yesterday the air temp; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00089.html (11,032 bytes)
8. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: "David F. Darby" <darby@tri-lakes.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 15:17:04 -0600; Good Point, David. My long gone '76 Datsun pickup had the under-chassis storage, but the wheel was held with a very heavy chain. David F. Darby http://www.mgb.bc.ca/mgz; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00094.html (7,665 bytes)
9. Re: falling spares (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 21:56:36 -0800; I recall my wife's old Honda 600 had a metal tray for the spare beneath the rear, hinged at the front and suspended by a T-bolt, with a wingnut in the breadbox-size trunk. It tended to retain a lot o; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00106.html (11,641 bytes)
10. Falling Spares (score: 1): Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 00:54:18 -0000; There is another disadvantage to underneath-mounted spare tyres. This is one I personally experienced. Spares mounted under the rear are vulnerable to theft. A few years ago, I parked my car in a car; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00213.html (8,243 bytes)
11. Re: Falling Spares (score: 1): Author: "Richard Spurling" <hobbes@senet.com.au>; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:10:18 +1030; wonder I too worry about the amount of revenue raising our police (Adelaide now) are forced to do as opposed to real police work. My wife recently had a puppy stolen from her pet shop. The next day,; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00217.html (9,497 bytes)
12. Re: Falling Spares (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>; Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:16:23 -0500 (EST); Ah Richard, That story was so damn familiar. In my poorer days, I lived in a low rent district of Boston (Mass) with my wife to be called Sommerville. The place was a cold water flat and the building; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00220.html (10,987 bytes)
13. Re: Falling Spares (score: 1): Author: "Richard Spurling" <hobbes@senet.com.au>; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:15:13 +1030; It's very tempting to have a chat with the media but to what end. They'd only be interested if there was sensational value and that wouldn't help our business at all. If the truth be known, it boils; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00221.html (8,262 bytes)
14. Re: Falling Spares (score: 1): Author: "Walt Goddard" <waltcpa@sierra.net>; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 07:51:49 -0800; Another problem, from personal experience, is not the falling off but the inability to access. We do a substantial amount of back country driving. There are places where the mud is deep enough that t; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00246.html (8,991 bytes)

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