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Old 09-02-2008, 08:46 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by johnmyster View Post
Once I had a car where the (alloy) spare rim was considered disposeable. Sports car, Ford wanted to save weight. The rim was so light, it wasn't designed to outlive the spare. A limited mileage tire AND rim...
A 'stang?

On my Insight, the spare is part of the rear crumple zone......
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