spijun

You're a lucky man

AudiQ5sleeper

only lucky on this. not lucky on the lottery lol

idale

Next time don't go for implosive deflation and maybe you'll do better at the lottery (i.e., win enough to cover a candy bar or something, woo!).

AudiQ5sleeper

haha! if i do, ill send you some candies!!

Redd

The last thing I want to know about a spare tire is that I will have to empty out the rear to access it, and then wait "several hours" before I can stow it away again. Not convenient unless you own a home with a garage or leave it with Audi for the day.

So I'm betting that since Audi thinks a "slime" package is good enough for the A8, it is also good enough for my Q5. I bought the Slime brand inflator/sealer/pump combination, which will pump in a large bottle of Slime sealant while it fully inflates a punctured tire. The Slime is in-line with the inflator, you don't need to remove valve cores or uninstall anything. And since our TPS system doesn't use sensors in the tire, there's absolutely no worry about damaging anything in the TPS either.

If it works as advertised, it will mean that I plug in the "box" and in fifteen minutes I'm on the road again, no need to touch the spare at all. If it doesn't work...OK, then I screw around with the kludge job in the car. Bear in mind, Audi thinks this is good enough for their own OEM use too. Although, I'm sure they'd tell you their OEM black goo is better. You can always get that from the dealer, too.

USAVAGEU

I've been kicking around the idea of going to run flats when these Pirellis wear out. I had them on my 325i and didn't mind the slightly harder ride. Plus the added space would be perfect for a subwoofer and amp.

Redd

Run flats are a great idea IF you are strictly an urban driver.

My friend has them on an X3, and while coming home one weekend (200 miles each way) found a huge sidewall blister, probably from hitting a pothole. The kind of blister that's dangerous to drive on, in case it blows out at highway speed.

Verdict from the local AAA and tire shop? Oh yeah, them's special tires, but we can have one shipped in first thing in the morning. Tomorrow. Hotel's down the block, have a nice night.

A whole day and night lost on the road, a hotel bill, extra meals on the road, and of course needing to have, really, two tires shipped in via express because you want to do some things on axle pairs not alone.

Those runflats are just great, assuming you are always within 50 miles of your destination. Otherwise...not so great, they can be very inconvenient if you have more than a simple puncture needing a simple patch.

FWIW.

sbarlas

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know where you can buy a space saver spare like that? The reason I ask is that the new Q5 2015 build comes with no spare , just liquid tyre mend with a compressor.

Redd

I'd call a junkyard and buy one from a wrecked Q5. Should be some around, perfectly new and unused. Any junkyard can "put it on the teletype" and bring one in for you, although they don't use teletypes anymore.

sbarlas

Thanks Redd. I'm in the UK. Will try and call around some breakers yards to see if Ye have any. Usually it's the first thing to go though from a car