08 Impreza WRX spare tire

Does the 08 WRX have room for a FULL-SIZE spare tire?

Cause that would be cool

 

why? invest in AAA

 

Nope.

 

Def. not. Most Foresters do tho.

 

Why does subaru design a car that absolutely needs four wheels of the same size, but neglects to make room for a full-size spare? IMO this is a glaring deficiency in the design.

Why invest in AAA? Subaru come with roadside assistance.

 

According to the manual, the proper method for using the spare is to rotate a good tire to the front, put the spare on the back and pull the AWD fuse. Why is this necessary if the rolling diameter is the same?

 

The physical rolling diameter of the spare is the same as the standard road wheel/tire combo.

 

OK, I actually posted AFTER WJM, but it shows up before his post?

 

Asuming you blow a front tire on the side of the road, how exactly are you to jack the back up so you could get the rear wheel off, to rotate it to the front and put the spare on the back, using that crappy scissor jack that comes with the car? That is the downside of Subaru design. They should provide a jack that is sturdy enough and extends enough to jack up the entire side of a car, front and back from 1 jacking point.

 

In my case, I blew both tires on the right side at the same time. Driving down a gravel road, a rock sliced open BOTH sidewalls almost instantaneously. If I had been using 19" wheels I would have just had some nasty wheel rash!

 

say you blow front.

put spare on back, take back tire out
put back tire on front

 

I assume that for us 5MT guys, the whole switch the good back tire to the front thing isn't necessary since we can't turn our cars into FWD with just a fuse. Our cars require removing the driveshaft! :rofl:

 

AAA rules especially the premium...cost is like 90 bucks or less and they tow your car up to 100 miles 4 times a year. You can bet one of those you will be waiting for a while just give them a call and they will adjust as to not count against the 4 per year.

I have used them to bring my working vehicle to a shop to get performance work cause I was too busy to drive and get a ride back.

 

Hahaha - that's awesome!

Now where's that damn JDM Yo! image when you want it....doh!

 

Sucks having to wait 2 hours for them to show up though

 

Get AAA! If you get the '08 Impreza, you get Subaru Roadside Assistance free for the first 36000 miles. It has saved me many times in the past.