Lorne,
Not that I'd blame you, but could you/someone else accidentally taken the
wrong spare tire when you had it out during the School? IME, there's a lot
of "ugly steel spares" being tossed around in prep for those events. Odds
are that there's a driving school student driving around with a 5-hole S4
spare in the trunk of their 4-lug car.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"Lorne Dyke" > wrote in message
news:T2jDe.21852$Zu1.13796@trnddc04...
> Wolfgang,
> I'm embarrassed to say I routinely checked and adjusted air pressure in
the
> spare, and unloaded / loaded it when driving in my three ACNA/BMWCCA
> "Performance Driving School" weekends. It never occurred to me that the
bolt
> pattern could be wrong for the car! I'll have to stop rushing to get on
the
> track and actually look at my equipment closer!
> - Lorne
>
> "Wolfgang Pawlinetz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Lorne Dyke wrote:
> >
> >>"customer care", and have found it useless! I had a flat tire in SoCal
and
> >>tried to install the compact spare which came with the car. Problem was
> >>the
> >>spare was 4-lug and didn't even fit over the S4's front brake calipers
to
> >>mate with the 5-lug rotor.
> >
> > Ouch. That's bad. So there is a wrong spare wheel in your car?
> > Strange.
> >
> >>Called for road side assistance...no help after 1
> >>1/2 hours and I had to leave my car for another ride. After getting my
> >>flat
> >>fixed I called Audi NA "customer care" about the spare, and after 3
> >>follow-up calls regarding my assigned case number I have not had a call
> >>back
> >>in 3 weeks! So still no spare tire. Useless I say!
> >
> > Well, honestly I think it's a shame that they didn't help you when you
> > needed road side assistance, but legally I think your case lies with
> > the Audi Dealer that sold you a car with a clearly wrong spare wheel.
> > In those couple years, you never ever took a look at the spare wheel?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Wolfgang
>
>