Redd

Offroad you have a much large chance of sidewall damage. Passenger car tires normally do not have the same sidewall reinforcement that dedicated off-road tires have, among other tradeoffs. But you could also carry a full extra spare mounted on the hood, LandRover style. If you could find a way to cover that with a tarp, fairing it down some, that might also help mileage. I'd very much want to carry a Slime type product, or perhaps even prefill the tires with one of the similar products, as well as carrying a plug kit. Presumably you've been offroad or at least in contact with that community before starting that trip since there's way more than a spare tire to worry over.

Sounds like it will be marvelous trip.

uncleiggy

I do have some off-roading experience, my dad used to have a Toyota Bandeirante (predecesor of the Land Cruiser) and we did a lot of camping and fishing back in the days. When I said light off-roading I meant not paved road, these are very dry gravel roads that connect vineyards in the Mendoza province (best Malbec you can imagine), it’ll be summer so no snow and no mud. My concern there is the remoteness of the place rather than the dangers of the journey (pumas has been extinct for quite a while).
You are right about slime, I’m an amateur mountain biker, I’ve converted to tubeless a long time ago and I’ll never go back to inner tubes so yes, I’ll carry a repair kit as well, makes total sense.
BTW, here’s a mythic video about Audi Quattro in Bariloche, the landscape hasn’t changed that much:

Redd

The real *****-to-the-wall international rally circuit cars are just a little different from our 4500# dancing hippos, much less any of the new cars. I think the first step to making a new car move like that would be to kill the ESC system, it would never allow that kind of drifting. I think getting the entire car airborne also voids the warranty.(G)

Bob Petruska

I would definitely stay away from the hood with anything!!! It's made of aluminum. I put a shallow dent in it one time pressing it with my hand as I cleaned my windshield. The dent popped out but I can still see where it was if I look very closely.

uncleiggy

I’ve made some research and roof mounted seems to be the best option.

Redd

Ouch.
Maybe one of those small trailer hitch racks then?

uncleiggy

Something like this: https://www.yakima.com/loadwarrior

username579

https://www.myaudiq5.com/index.php/t...-installation/
I have been looking into doing something like this with a full size spare.

uncleiggy

Even though I don't like how the booth looks like after the modifications I must admit that it's the most clever solution I've seen so far.

shokhead

Where does the sub go?