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Crawdad · Sep 29th, 2002, 10:41 PM

I have a Cooper on order with 16" 5-star wheels with run-flat tires, a choice I made partly on the assurance by my dealer that unlike the S, the Cooper comes with a spare even if you order it with run-flats. Now I'm looking at a 2003 owner's manual and it's a bit ambiguous on the question: in a couple of places it reminds you (without mentioning the model) that if your car is equipped with run-flat tires, you don't have a spare. I can't tell if that's sloppy editing or The Way Things Really Are.

Reason this is important, of course, is that I'd like to be able to put winter tires on the car without paying $200 each for them, and still have some chance of making it to grandmother's house if I pick up a nail or something.

So, a question for those of you who are driving Coopers (not S's) with factory run-flat tires: do you have a spare?

Crawdad
BRG Cooper on order

Sep 29th, 2002, 10:41 PM	#1
Crawdad MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cincinnati Local Time: 12:25 AM Posts: 20 Offline	Run-flats on a Cooper I have a Cooper on order with 16" 5-star wheels with run-flat tires, a choice I made partly on the assurance by my dealer that unlike the S, the Cooper comes with a spare even if you order it with run-flats. Now I'm looking at a 2003 owner's manual and it's a bit ambiguous on the question: in a couple of places it reminds you (without mentioning the model) that if your car is equipped with run-flat tires, you don't have a spare. I can't tell if that's sloppy editing or The Way Things Really Are. Reason this is important, of course, is that I'd like to be able to put winter tires on the car without paying $200 each for them, and still have some chance of making it to grandmother's house if I pick up a nail or something. So, a question for those of you who are driving Coopers (not S's) with factory run-flat tires: do you have a spare? Crawdad BRG Cooper on order