Hm. well I went out to get some gas and when I returned and got out of the car I could hear this hissing sound and I found the right rear to be slowly losing all its air. Not sure what happened, but there's a mechanic across the street so I'd like to get the tire/wheel over there to see if it can be patched...

At some point I recall looking in the front and finding that tiny weird looking spare in there plus some odd looking electrical thing for the cigarette outlet maybe? Anyways, could someone tell me where the jack points are for the factory jack? What's the maximum speed with that spare on?

 

Havent changed a flat yet but have taken them off on a few occasions. Basically loosen your lug nuts, jack the car up with the tiny lightweight jack at an obvious point that matches the jack, take off the lugs, hopefully you have the key for the wheel lock lugnut. Put on your spare, tighten lugs till the wheel spins. Blow up the spare to slightly below the recommended pressure on the spare (with the inflator). Lower car onto spare. Finish tightening to the correct torque (maybe90n/m). Put flat in plastic bag and take it to a tire shop.
Is that what you needed?

 

use the air compressor to blow up the spare...

 

agreed blow up the spare with the air compressor. If that doesn't work grab the jack the point is in front of the right rear wheel under the rocker. You will feel a hole which matches the bump on the lift plate of the stock jack. Fill the hole with the plate and jack till you tighten the lift with the ground. GL

-Suman

 

Nice I got the spare on and inflated but no one wants to repair the tire, so I suppose it's new tires for me! Is there consensus on which tire is best? A search seems to yield a lot of different opinions...