What a brilliant idea by Volkswagen. An electric bike that folds up to fit into your spare tire compartment. It’s a great supplement to a spare tire.
This weekend I’m buying 4 17″ Oettinger RE1 wheels with tires for my Corrado from a guy upstate NY. They are a classic style rim at a perfect 17X8 et 35 size to fit my Corrado’s wheel wells pretty perfectly. I plan just have them for a couple years b/c 17’s look great on Corrado’s and I’ll be keeping my current 16″ DZ Exklusiv DZ1’s. So for a little while I’ll have the stock 15″ Speedlines, the 16″ DZ1’s and the 17″ RE1’s. Every size that works well on a Corrado! Here’s how they would look on a Corrado:
Last night I was wondering if they would all fit into my 1998 Mercedes-Benz C43 AMG. The seats fold down but it’s not a hatch so I’m worried about having enough room. Not to mention the fact that my car is lowered but that’s another matter. Anyway, there’s a full sized spare in the C43 so I was thinking of taking it out so that I would have an extra spot for one of the wheels I’m buying. But then I’d be without a spare tire. If I had this bike by VW I wouldn’t have to worry as much. I mean, if I get a flat it’d be better to change it with the spare wheel so I can change it and go rather than bike somewhere to get help. But at least with the bike I’d have a little piece of mind taking out the spare. Luckily, there will be other cars going with me so I think I can risk taking out the spare. Knock on wood!
Right now it’s just a concept but I think it’d be Worth The Dough for Volkswagen to make the Spare Tire Bike and for me to buy one! Check it out.
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