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06-19-2007, 01:46 PM | #1 |
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No Jack in a Z4??? Baffled...
So Ive ordered new wheels and tires for the M, anticipating their delivery either today or tomorrow. I want to be ready so I go out and look for my jack and lugwrench, usually found in ALL cars these days. To my surprise, the Z4/M has NEITHER!!! The manual states that those items are extra accessories...HA!!! The nickel and diming of the owner continues....
I went and priced floor jacks and decided thats too much money for something Im not going to use but maybe 2 or 3 times. Our SUV has one, but its so tall I cant use it on the M. Are we supposed to be too snooty to actually change our own wheels/tires these days??? I didnt get that memo... Frustrated, Chad
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I never realized it in all the years Ive been driving a Z4.... I guess that only makes some sense seeing that there is no spare tire either.
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06-19-2007, 01:58 PM | #5 | |
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BTW the sears jack on sale is pretty good for pulling wheels at home. Be sure to get a couple of jack stands if you go with a floor jack.
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06-19-2007, 02:58 PM | #6 |
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You mean you dont have a lift installed in your garage? I thought that was standard for BMW owners..
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06-19-2007, 04:03 PM | #7 |
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There's no spare tire?
C'mon... realistically, now... how many times have you seen a BMW owner change their own flat? It's all about pushing the BTW, before y'all think I'm some sorta princess, I change my tires for all my cars That way you know that it's torqued correctly. |
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06-19-2007, 07:30 PM | #8 |
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Take this with a grain of salt if you like:-
My BMW sales manager and I spoke about runflats while I was waiting to collect Sabine. He was saying that statistically the average driver only gets a flat once in ten years. So why the heck carry around a spare and a jack for that? I can't say that runflats or tyre goop are the best solutions, but I carried a jack and a spare tyre around in my last 2 cars for over 6 years and neither of them ever got used.
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While the statistics do run in my favor for bailing on my OEM run flats, I did at least pick up a small air compressor, a can of tire goop and a set of tools/plugs to repair a flat if necessary. I also have AAA Plus in addition to the BMW assistance.
But unlike those who scorn changing a tire, for the past 6 years I have been a hard core track junkie and keep a wide variety of tire/wheel sets around for my vehicles and regularly swap my wheels around depending on driving conditions. I have multiple floor jacks, a compressor, jack stands for everything I own and have changed out more brake pads than I can remember at this point. I would have installed a lift long ago if it weren't for the 9 foot ceiling in my garage. To me the task of changing my wheels at trackside for a day of lapping is a 20 minute task at most with only hand tools and my only limitation at the moment is the fact that my last 2 cars have been too small to hold a set of wheels with track rubber for the lapping event. The stats may be in my favor for the flat situation, but I really like knowing I have the option to swap the damaged wheel out and keep going.
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I've never had a flat...hope it stays that way too.
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Eh... Mark, but most people don't even regularly check the spare to make sure it's inflated.
Do you know how many times I've helped friends change their flats, only to find that the spare in the trunk is totally deflated? Oh, and there was that real fun time that the lugs had been improperly torqued, and two of them snapped on us.
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so the manual shows pictures of a tool kit, hazard triangle, and first aid box but none of this stuff comes with the car? i wish atleast they would have installed the first aid box. that would be a nice place for the sig sauer!
i would like to order the first aid box from zleathers.com i believe it is. but i have sport seats and dont know if it will fit |
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