jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

A few years ago, I was watching a movie on TV, and at one point, everything was reversed. Writing was backwards, and drivers were on the right side of the car. I've seen that happen before

Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Grump's Photos Loc: Dunedin FL

Mid 60's Mopars DID have left hand threads on, I believe, the passengers side. Worked in a service station, and you had to look for the "L" stamped on the end of the lug nuts. Ah..........the memories!
Andy

Lucasdv123

I wouldn't take that audi if they gave it to me.it looks like a royal pain in the ass to replace a tire and just imagine replacing it in a torrential rainfall, a hot day in Texas with a 120 degree heat index, or a snow storm or even on the side of a highway.i did notice reverse threads on the video.i did have a 1974 nova hatchback with a donut.it came with an air can.once I used the air can it cost me $10 if I had it replaced.this was back in 1974 and the were no small air compressors like there are today.they were only available at specialty stores but not at auto part stores.i found one a little bigger than a coke can that could deliver about 75 psi for $24.99.it lasted about 25 years.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I carry a tire plug kit and a 12v compressor, if that fails I use the "Donut" or a spare .
Last week I damaged a rear wheel I still don't know how, got read to go up the road to my daughters and found the tire flat> back in the car port, jack the car up with a floor jack ,tried to air the tire up, NO joy> a string of four letter words> removed the tire and found the Aluminum wheel bent> more four letter words > loaded tire in the Explorer took to my Son In-laws , found the tire damaged also > yep you guessed it more four letter words $168 later + five days for a used wheel plus a pair of new tires back on the road. There were a few miles left on the tires but I replaced them. I have a deal with My Son-in-law I work on his vehicles and he keeps me in tires work out very well.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

LOL That was a fake just for looks after the 40s. And the Continental kits added more weight to the car.plus they were A PITA to work around when loading the trunk.

And self sealing tires only worked for small punctures and were damn near impossible to successfully repair
I worked in a tire shop for 9 years as a mechanic /installer

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Driver side!!!

Red6

I do not have any problems with the compact spare tire. It is small and lightweight and good enough to get you to a safe place to fix or replace your regular tire when you need to. With the cost of most tires today, carrying around a perfectly good tire in your trunk for years and possibly dry rotting to boot just does not make sense.

Tires today are much better than years ago and flats are fairly rare on good highways. We travel a good bit and luckily have had only 2 flats in 20 years. One was 2 weeks ago when my wife swerved to avoid another car in her lane and curbed a front tire puncturing the sidewall. I was out of town and she called AAA and they changed it with the compact spare and she made it home.

This brings up the use of the fix-a-flat stuff and a small air compressor as a substitute for a spare. With the flat my wife had a couple of weeks ago there was a hole in the side wall you could stick your fist in. No amount of fix-a-flat would fix that!

Also concerning cars that have different size tires and wheels on the front and back. Sorry, I just would not own a car that had that. That makes tire rotations and tire purchases just too complicated and expensive. Plus you have the problem of what to do for a spare.

That reminds me of a guy I know that purchased an expensive foreign luxury car. First of all it required some special type of soft tire to get the right amount of traction. These tires only got about 25,000 miles before they needed replacement. So they not only were expensive but also needed replacement twice as often. Then there was the time he hit a railroad track too fast. The tires were the very low profile type and it pinched a tire destroying it and the wheel. It cost him nearly $1500 to replace the tire and wheel.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I don't know what world you live in but the on"Best" roads you have as much chance of a flat as on gravel roads In my 20 years of driving wreckers I have seem quite a few tire ruined by things the you would never think of being on the roads some of which were a wrench, a pair of pliers, a piece of seashell (in the midwest) nails , screws pieces of scrap metal, chunks of fire wood, a drive shaft out of a tandem semi,(took the lower end out on a 69 Charger Semi). it goes on and on.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, I remember that. I wonder how many studs were broken off because someone turned the nut the wrong way. I wonder how many wheels fell off because of normal threads.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

The local tire shop has a big jar full of things removed from tires. Amazing.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

The majority of cars today are right hand threads on both sides, and they don't come loose if they are tightened properly and the hole in the wheel are not over sized ( by over tightening) I did see one case of this on a school bus, luckily the wheel (r.f.) didn't leave the hub.
The outcome is a long story, but the driver was praised, a mechanic lost his job ( which he should have) and Nobody got hurt. Plus the company implemented a procedure using a go-no go gauge supplied by the wheel Mfgr. too be followed for every tire change.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

We've had VWs over the years, and at the time, they had bolts, rather than studs. I had to lift the wheel into position and hold it there while I threaded a bolt through the hole. The aftermarket wheels on my Fit have holes that are extremely recessed, so it's difficult to find the stud to hold the wheel in place. Another bad thing about these wheels is that they have hole patterns to fit other cars, so I always have to figure out which set of holes to use.

Canisdirus

About the only reason I still have my F350 dually.

If I have to go or do anything important...be somewhere...I use that.

I ride with two spares automatically...and if a back tire goes...I usually don't even have to stop.