Unfortunately, I have just suffered the second puncture in my first year of ownership, both to rear tyres [
]. For the first, the car was still just mobile, though the only place I could obtain a replacement within a radius of 100 miles, in less than ten days was my OPC, who is fourty miles away. For the second, it was not so easy as the car was immobilised on my drive and the provided goo was ineffectual. I then rang Porsche Assistance and an AA van arrived, as promised (I am an AA member as well), and to cut a long story short, the only solution he could offer was to remove the car on a trailer to an OPC as, once again tyres were not available in the local area until the next day. Fortunately, my local knowledge found a mobile fitter who promised to get the only tyre locally available and fit it the next day. What a good job I didn't need two tyres!! I have to add that I live in the over populated South of England where Tyre Suppliers are numerous.
The moral of this story is that if you are reliant on your 991 to get you where you need to be, then I would advise having a spare set in your garage. However, it does question the thinking of a manufacturer who supplies a car with no spare tyre, no jack and no realistic system of ensuring that the approved tyre manufacturer has sufficient tyres lodged with it's recommended fitters [8|]. Furthermore, surely the Porsche Assistance providers should be able to get you moving (RAC have a one size fits all replacement wheel to get you to an outlet, but I don't know if it would fit a 911, though it certainly got a Qumquat home[]).
]. For the first, the car was still just mobile, though the only place I could obtain a replacement within a radius of 100 miles, in less than ten days was my OPC, who is fourty miles away. For the second, it was not so easy as the car was immobilised on my drive and the provided goo was ineffectual. I then rang Porsche Assistance and an AA van arrived, as promised (I am an AA member as well), and to cut a long story short, the only solution he could offer was to remove the car on a trailer to an OPC as, once again tyres were not available in the local area until the next day. Fortunately, my local knowledge found a mobile fitter who promised to get the only tyre locally available and fit it the next day. What a good job I didn't need two tyres!! I have to add that I live in the over populated South of England where Tyre Suppliers are numerous.The moral of this story is that if you are reliant on your 991 to get you where you need to be, then I would advise having a spare set in your garage. However, it does question the thinking of a manufacturer who supplies a car with no spare tyre, no jack and no realistic system of ensuring that the approved tyre manufacturer has sufficient tyres lodged with it's recommended fitters [8|]. Furthermore, surely the Porsche Assistance providers should be able to get you moving (RAC have a one size fits all replacement wheel to get you to an outlet, but I don't know if it would fit a 911, though it certainly got a Qumquat home[
]).
