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
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> 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