Warning: No Spare Wheels with new Kia Rio

27col

wallbash wrote: »

Easy answer ....... if the car doesn't come with at least a space saver , walk away . If enough people did that , the manufacturers would come to there senses.

I recently enquired about a second hand car , my FIRST remark to the salesman ...... no spare ... NO deal !

I am a great believer in the power of the boycott. Unfortunately people seem to be blinded by the shine on their new car and forget that, if enough did actually boycott the manufacturers, something would be done. Even if it was only leaving enough space for a proper spare that you could buy as an optional extra. As has been said, punctures are rare nowadays, but have the potential to be both really annoying and extremely inconvenient.
All the manufacturers guff about weight saving is just spurious nonsense. We all know that it is just for their financial benefit.

vikingaero

You can get a steel wheel from oponeo for about £50:

http://www.oponeo.co.uk/steel-wheels

Buy a budget tyre for £50 or spend more on a premium tyre if you want.

michaelvintner

Pretty standard now my 2009 kia Cee'd has a space saver spare wheel.

londonTiger

what do breakdown companies do now? drive around with lots of sized wheels in their trucks?

andygb

Our old Mk2 Mondeo ahs a full size matching alloy spare in the boot (complete with unused Goodyear), and our current seven year old Octavia has a full size steel wheel, and still has the biggest boot I have ever seen on this class of car.
I had an Audi A2 years ago, and it was only when I came to sell it, that I realised it only had the can of repair stuff.

photome

andygb wrote: »

Our old Mk2 Mondeo ahs a full size matching alloy spare in the boot (complete with unused Goodyear), and our current seven year old Octavia has a full size steel wheel, and still has the biggest boot I have ever seen on this class of car.
I had an Audi A2 years ago, and it was only when I came to sell it, that I realised it only had the can of repair stuff.

Just wondered why an old mondeo has an unused spare in the boot.

Whenever I have had a car with a new spare trye in the boot, the first time I have needed 2 tyres I buy 1 new (to match the spare) use the spare, and put the best legal tyre in boot for spare

Hintza

Stuck on the Ardnamurchan peninsula Saturday afternoon 30 miles along a single track road as far west as you can go on the Scottish mainland a hole the size of a babies fist in the tyre and the woman from Chrysler (300C) is telling me your car has a spare sir, we will send someone out to show you where it is..........arghh.

There was no spare but fortunately they guy they contacted phoned me and I explained the problem. It took him 3 hours driving to reach me but did have a courtesy car on the back of the wagon.

interstellaflyer

Unsatisfied wrote: »

Hi All,

This is just a warning if you are thinking about buying a new Kia Rio - they do not come with a spare wheel, you have to buy this seperately, along with a jack and wheel brace. It does come with a repair kit, but this will be of no use if the hole in the tyre is big or there is a tear in the side-wall.

Kia confirmed that this is company policy.

You bought a brand new car and didn't do any homework/research first, as others have said, most cars these days don't come with a spare wheel as standard, however you generally can spec a space saver or full size spare as an option, you obviously didn't look through the brochures, had you done your research you could have negotiated a spare with the dealership. When I was in the market for a new car earlier this year, all the brochures I had were clear on what was standard equipment and what was available as an option, all listed a repair kit as standard with spare wheels as options.

andygb

photome wrote: »

Just wondered why an old mondeo has an unused spare in the boot.

Whenever I have had a car with a new spare trye in the boot, the first time I have needed 2 tyres I buy 1 new (to match the spare) use the spare, and put the best legal tyre in boot for spare

I was the second owner of the Mondeo (I have had it for eight years), and the spare had obviously never been used. I didn't fancy buying another Goodyear to match, so put Pirellis on all around.

dark_knight_2

We negotiated with the dealer when buying our Rio in April and got a proper spare included in the price. And 3 yrs servicing.