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Originally Posted by reallife  At least you have a spare. The SLK55 doesn't even come with a spare, just a can of slime and an air compressor. BTW, if anyone evere has to use the slime stuff to temporarily repair a flat, be sure to get the tire repairer to wash the tire and the wheel very carefully to remove all traces of slime. It is corrosive to alloy wheels. | I'm very leary of owning a car without a spare. The spray-can solution only works with small punctures. What if you bend a wheel? Then you are stuck wating for a tow. I've had two different cars where I hit a pot hole and bent the wheel. In both cases I was able to get myself home using the spare tire.
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2009 SLK 350, Arctic White, Gullwing Red, 7G Automatic, Premium PKG I, Lighting, Heating packages, Auto Climate Control, smartTop roof module v3.22, Clear side-marker lenses. |