Spacesaver wheels and lazy people!

Dave101t

report her to the police, the space saver is an emergency wheel only, not a replacement wheel.

LittleJo

Hi,
Don't worry about the tyre, her insurance will explain it all to her if she needs to claim.
Jo

jase1

Dave101t wrote: »

report her to the police, the space saver is an emergency wheel only, not a replacement wheel.

whoa there, I think we're going a bit far -- as far as I can tell the poor woman hasn't even been told yet!

always give the stupid the chance to learn from their mistakes before dobbing them in :A

SteveJW

Don't know how anyone can drive very far with one of these fitted, five miles was enough for me (in an emergency)
Binned it and bought a full sized wheel and tyre, it doesn't fit in the well but I can put up with the inconvenience

vaio

bikeyspice wrote: »

Space savers shouldn't be fitted onto the front wheels, even temporarily.

Trying to steer round a bend, or brake heavily, when you've got vastly different grip levels at the front is a recipe for disaster. And that's even if you stick below the manufactuers recommended speed rating:(

Are you sure? I seem remember on a Datsun 300 the spare is a deflated space saver squished as small as possible with a ratchet strap which the manufactures say can ONLY be fitted on the front

In case of a rear puncture you have to…..

Remove ratchet strap
Blow up space saver using the supplied natty little 12V compressor
Jack front of car up, remove front wheel & replace with inflated space saver
Lower car
Jack rear of car up, remove rear wheel & replace with full size front
Struggle to find space to store deflated but still full size rear wheel
Lower car
Finish driving across France to catch ferry

Happy days

MonkeySaving?

Anyone with a sign in the back of their car saying "Baby/Princess/Child on board" makes me immediatley think RETARD, there's being proud of your child but to advertise the fact in your back window is seriously !!!!!!, particularly as a) you have wasted a couple of quid on it (Not MSE) and b) no one gives a s***. It's no surprise that a lot of drivers I see that have these signs are either speeding or driving like a !!!!.

red_eye

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Trouble is that these people are rarely the ones who are affected the most when their cars skid of the road killing pedestrians.

should be treated as seriously as drink driving

Flyboy152

MonkeySaving? wrote: »

Anyone with a sign in the back of their car saying "Baby/Princess/Child on board" makes me immediatley think RETARD, there's being proud of your child but to advertise the fact in your back window is seriously !!!!!!, particularly as a) you have wasted a couple of quid on it (Not MSE) and b) no one gives a s***. It's no surprise that a lot of drivers I see that have these signs are either speeding or driving like a !!!!.

Your "colourful" epithets aside, I agree with the princess thing. But the child baby on board signs are a very important safety feature. It was first used to allow rescue services to identify the occupants of a car. Very often a small child would get missed in a mangled wreck and the delay in finding them could result in losing precious time. It is also a warning to other road users to perhaps have a bit more care when approaching that vehicle. A very sensible addition to any car. I find it odd that anyone would regard them the way you appear to.

MonkeySaving?

You really think that in the case of an accident, the sign is still going to be in the back window? Do you have a sign in your back window?

s_b

MonkeySaving? wrote: »

You really think that in the case of an accident, the sign is still going to be in the back window? Do you have a sign in your back window?

im sure he does but i cant say what it would say on a public forum in case i get banned
ps it wont say troll either which is a fitting tribute after reading his posts on the gypsies thread