spare wheel

i have recently bought a 356 speedster(vintage speedsters)it was imported to ireland (not by me) but no spare wheel. can the 356 take a full sized wheel 165/r15 or is it a space saving wheel. any help would be appreciated.

rgds

teddy

On my CMC I have a space saver tire on a VW 4 1/2" rim. The suggested space saver size is in the CMC manual on this site.

I am not sure if the situation is the same with Vintage.

Teddy-my '07 Vintage Speedster was delivered with a 145R15 spare tire.

This car uses 165R15 tires and I don't know if a full size tire would fit under the bonnet or not.

---Jack

VW rims (4 lug) also come 4" wide - can use a T205 or T215 x 15 Temp - they are cheap in a wrecking yard. They fit in a CMC - a normal size tire would not.

thanks very much to all that replied .it gives me something to work on.

rgds
teddy

I have AAA premium roadside assistance, no spare tire - yikes

here is an old shot of my ride. It's a 125-70-15 on a 4" stock smoothie wide 5 vw wheel. I've since put a gas heater (B2) below it and moved the tire up a bit on the tank.

I mounted a jack and tool kit below it and secured it to the body.

It fits just fine and won't leave me screwed (or waiting for roadside assistance) if I get a flat.

If anyone knows---is there any problem running a spare tire that is much smaller than the other 3 tires on the car. For example a 125R15 spare running with three 165R15s. Seems this might twist the frame or something. Thanks--Jack

no - it's fine.

It is temporary (ie to get the car to the place to fix the flat tire).

I love seeing guys rollin' a spare on the commute in morning.

Not trying to pee on anyone's parade, but has anyone thought what your going to do with that 205 60 tire that you've just taken off the car that's flat?
O'yea, and it's also oily from a blown rear wheel seal, and it's raining..., and you discover that you are going to have to put it in the front seat with your loving better half..., NOT.

Fitting a full sized tire into the trunk is something I'm in the middle of reglassing up my trunk to hold.

I've been their with the rainy, oily and bad tempered senero before. Not fun!

David / dd-ardvark

How about a large trash bag to put your blown out full size tire in the back space/seat.

Or do what Porsche does with the Boxter and have a spare tire in a can/puncture sealent and a small compressor that plugs into you power source.

I run a spare tire, large trash bag and a couple of cans of spare tire in a can. The vert D needs the ballast anyway.

Speaking of ballast I had Mark in my right seat going up Mullholland drive and the D never handled better!

Cheers
Dave

Ardvark - I don't suppose you considered that your spouse could drive and YOU could be the passenger holding the large, dirty oily, wet tire? Just a thought . . .

One Hefty trash bag, stuff the tire in it, drop the top and toss it in the back seat.