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F50, Enzo and Spare wheel....

Discussion in 'Australia' started by Jimbo49, Aug 9, 2004.

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  1. Jimbo49

    Jimbo49 Formula 3

    Aug 5, 2004
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    Geelong, Australia
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    #1 Jimbo49, Aug 9, 2004
    I'll admit i dont know as much as many of you about Ferrari and other cars, but i know the basics, and i appreciate a good car eg Lindsay foxes Ferrari F50, having gone to his museum just to see that car

    However i have one question and plese excuse my ignorance in saying this
    What type of Ferraris have spare tyres. I have a model F50 and in all of the pictures i've seen it dosent seem to have one...What about the Enzo?
    Do they have a spare tyre and, if not what happens if one goes flat while driving it on the road....what is the procedure? Do owners have roadside assist, even so if i owened an F50 i wouldnt want it to be towed by some hack..
    Most understandably the some F50s and Enzos arnt driven much, and if they are they might be given track work, therefore a the spare tyre is not much of a problem. However road driving might be a diffrent question

    Anyway sorry if thats a really stupid question, i dont know heaps about Ferraris nor own one but i would love to...
    I just havnt seen where the spare tyre is on an F50 and Enzo and i'm interested to see if they have one at all...
     
  2. mr308

    mr308 Karting

    Aug 3, 2004
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    #2 mr308, Aug 9, 2004
    I know that some cars (high performance ones) now have other run flat devices. The Elise (i think) has a can of that foam spray stuff that is pumped into the tyre allowing it to be driven at slow speeds for a while. Maybe the F50 has a similar system?
     
  3. ashsimmonds

    ashsimmonds F1 World Champ

    Feb 14, 2004
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    #3 ashsimmonds, Aug 9, 2004
    interesting question alright. :)

    personally, i don't carry a spare tyre. my last couple cars have been small and i've wanted the weight loss, and in metro areas i've never had a flat... and of all the say 5,000 cars per day i see on the streets, i see maybe one or two flat tyres per year.

    i was really paranoid at one stage, as i used to live in the outback and it was just common that we'd be changing tyres 2-3 times per week. it got so normal that a flat tyre would be almost expected on any given day. when i first started driving around the city, every day i would make sure i had 2 spares, a jack, some tools, water, some canned food... etc., but i'm kinda over it now.

    if it happens nowadays, i'll just call for a tow and pop into the local of wherever i'm stranded.
     
  4. Jimbo49

    Jimbo49 Formula 3

    Aug 5, 2004
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    #4 Jimbo49, Aug 10, 2004
    We had a flat tire at 80km/h once, kinda scary but I handled it....we had to pull over in this bogan suburb and we were carrying a spare which was lucky.
    I know that the Bmw 7 series have a tires that pump themselves up or something like it. Hummers also have this system.
    I have a model F40, it has a spare tyre in the front, as does the 288 GT0 and my friends Ferrari 348 has a spare in the front, wether that came standard or not i dont know. He's also fitted 355 rims to it, looks pretty cool too being a spyder....
     

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