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I just stand mine up in front of the back seat so we have room for our oversized suitcases in the trunk.
I had the seats up when I carried the spare behind drivers seat. Our suitcases were behind the seats in the trunk.
Trunk just not big enough for a spare in my case. Its perfect for two large roll around suitcases though.
Good point!
I once owned a 1974 Fiat 128SL, which had the spare mounted over the engine and as I recall, it was claimed to improve frontal crash protection. Keeping it from creaking over bumps was an ongoing challenge.
For the cargo-space-challenged Model 3, I half-seriously suggested a continental kit that attaches to a trailer hitch. Us old guys remember these from the fifties and before.
Continental tire - Wikipedia
Another way to mount a spare is to have it hoisted up from underneath. That method worked well in my CorV-8 (My first car with a Frunk),
CORV-8
it was applied in other cars with room underneath, like the Dodge Caravan. It also worked well on my open race car trailer.
I just stand mine up in front of the back seat so we have room for our oversized suitcases in the trunk.
I think he meant the load floor.I thought the rear trunk cover was just a liner. How can there be more space under it?
I wonder in the case of the Model Y, if the second sub-trunk (where the 3rd row should located) could be used to keep the tire à la Continental.
I thought the rear trunk cover was just a liner. How can there be more space under it?
I remember about a posting with a "slanted" Continental solution, if you don't want the trouble of installing the tire under the speaker shelf.
Very Good point.Has anyone with a Modern Spare actually used the jack in the kit to remove an actual totally flat tire on the side of an unimproved road?
All the videos I have seen show how to use it on hard dry pavement
to remove a good, fully inflated tire... not a valid test and not what I bough it for.
The 4" tall jack they sell will fit with a full tire...but will it fit when the wheel drops 2 3/8" if your tire is toast and the rim is on the ground?
I think it will be close but looking for proof from actual experience....not in the garage removing a good tire
but with a totally flat rim-on-ground emergency like the one in the attached pic that self destructed at 70 mph.
Believe it or not there was no damage to the rim. Thanks for your thoughts.
Has anyone with a Modern Spare actually used the jack in the kit to remove an actual totally flat tire on the side of an unimproved road?
Watts Up, Your posts reflect the "emergency away from home" as well as the "home...no emergency" scenario. Very practical.Very Good point.
I honestly didn't try with a flat or shredded tire and you are right the rear jack point is quite low.
At home I don't have a low profile floor jack, so I always start lifting the car with a scissor jack at the front to move a little bit the car.
In the case of a shredded tire and if you have only one jack, you could put the damage wheel on top of some piece of wood to lift a little bit the car.
Note: I carry two scissors jacks inside my spare kit because:
- 1) with only one scissor jack, it is too painful to lift the car, it is more easy to make few turns of the handle of each jack at a time.
- 2) I also carry some (12" x 12") plywood that I put below the scissor jack to have a stable ground, in case of muddy location.
Yes, I agree I would do that if that was my only option. Actually I learned that the other tire will start to be 'unloaded" when rotating tires one day on my Model 3. Some folks say this is ok and it is probably ok in an emergency. But I now have a solution in my post of 3/4/21.Note that you can lift both tires from one side of the car too. I.e. if you can't fit the jack at the closest jack point, try the other one. Personally I hope I never need it either way!
Very much so, thank you!I hope this suggestion is useful.