No spare wheel in your new car?

tomstickland

2010 wrote: »

Your logic seems to be askew here, when for 50 odd years spare wheels have been free but now suddenly it`s an extra for no other reason than penny-pinching profit.
You get a puncture, you jack the car up and put the spare on.

Trafficator indicators were standard issue for many years. Then they were replaced with flashing indicators.

No one forces anyone to buy a particular car. The manufacturer can't promise a spare and then not deliver one.

Inactive

tomstickland wrote: »

Trafficator indicators were standard issue for many years. Then they were replaced with flashing indicators.
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Which was an obvious improvement, replacing a full size spare wheel with some Mickey Mouse cut down version, or worse, a tin of goo certainly isn't an improvement.

Kurtis_Blue

So it seems after 4 pages we have learnt:
If you want a spare wheel, buy a car that comes with a spare wheel.

If you are buying a new car for £xk read the brochure.

If you cant change your own wheel, learn, and keep gloves and a cheap paper overall in the boot.

Crikey the stresses of modern living.

bitemebankers

Kurtis_Blue wrote: »

So it seems after 4 pages we have learnt:
If you want a spare wheel, buy a car that comes with a spare wheel.

If you are buying a new car for £xk read the brochure.

If you cant change your own wheel, learn, and keep gloves and a cheap paper overall in the boot.

Crikey the stresses of modern living.

Or sod all that and join the AA/RAC/Greenflag instead..!

Jakg

Inactive wrote: »

Which was an obvious improvement, replacing a full size spare wheel with some Mickey Mouse cut down version, or worse, a tin of goo certainly isn't an improvement.

To be fair, it is - tyres on modern cars are quite wide and will eat boot space. Imagine trying to fit a full size 18" 235 tyre in the back of a car! You'd lose a lot of boot depth - while i'd like it then WhatCar etc would pan the lack of rear load space.

Space savers are cheap and most people never notice, win win for them.

Inactive

Jakg wrote: »

To be fair, it is - tyres on modern cars are quite wide and will eat boot space. Imagine trying to fit a full size 18" 235 tyre in the back of a car! You'd lose a lot of boot depth - while i'd like it then WhatCar etc would pan the lack of rear load space.
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Poor design then, my car has a huge boot and a full size spare.

Style over substance yet again.

vikingaero

Jakg wrote: »

To be fair, it is - tyres on modern cars are quite wide and will eat boot space. Imagine trying to fit a full size 18" 235 tyre in the back of a car! You'd lose a lot of boot depth - while i'd like it then WhatCar etc would pan the lack of rear load space.

Space savers are cheap and most people never notice, win win for them.

I'm wondering if there will come a time when the breakdown companies will charge a premium for gunk only equipped cars as they make more and more call outs for recovery of shredded tyres.

At least with a spacesaver you can continue the journey albeit at 50mph.

Renault have a new spacesaver which bridges the gap between the spacesaver and a full tyre and allows you to drive at up to 80mph.

drew2k9

it only allows you to drive to 70 (with that being the highest speed limit and all in the uk)...

vikingaero

drew2k9 wrote: »

it only allows you to drive to 70 (with that being the highest speed limit and all in the uk)...

It actually allows you to drive at 81mph (130kph) in mainland Europe (and the Isle of Man).

Goldenyears

2010 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a "space saver" and an ordinary spare wheel?

Spacesavers are usually half width, a much higher recommended pressure, say 60 psi and a speed limit often 50 mph. Although as pointed out elswhere in this thread, spacesavers with higher speed limits exist, I would never go to those limits.