Warning: No Spare Wheels with new Kia Rio

OddballJamie

paulwellerfan wrote: »

i got a brand new corsa last year.
i didnt know that it didnt come with a spare either, until i had a punture on the m6.
however when i got the car they gave me a year free with the AA
so the AA came and towed me off the m6 and towed me home and arranged for a company to come to my home and fit a brand new tyre.
it did cost me 70 for the new tyre though

It wouldn't have made any difference in your case if you had a space saver. You can't change a tyre on the motorway so you would've needed AA to help anyway.

colino

Why do you think you can't fix your own puncture on the Hard Shoulder? Are you one of those AA/RAC guys spouting fear and nonsense at Motorway services to drum up business?

anotherbaldrick

colino wrote: »

Why do you think you can't fix your own puncture on the Hard Shoulder? Are you one of those AA/RAC guys spouting fear and nonsense at Motorway services to drum up business?

It's illegal. (Reg 14 of the Motorway Traffic Regulations in England and Wales or Reg 12 of the same act in Scotland.)

BeenThroughItAll

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

It's illegal. (Reg 14 of the Motorway Traffic Regulations in England and Wales or Reg 12 of the same act in Scotland.)

In which legislation is that? Please can you provide a link to the text of the Act?

As far as I was aware, it's not illegal and I can find no actual legislation which says it is.

OddballJamie

colino wrote: »

Why do you think you can't fix your own puncture on the Hard Shoulder? Are you one of those AA/RAC guys spouting fear and nonsense at Motorway services to drum up business?

Strangely enough I read the Highway Code when I learnt how to drive.
"do not put yourself in danger by attempting even simple repairs"
https://www.gov.uk/breakdowns-and-incidents-274-to-287/additional-rules-for-motorways-275-to-278

You'd have to be soft in the head to be on your knees changing a wheel on a busy motorway.

anotherbaldrick

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

In which legislation is that? Please can you provide a link to the text of the Act?

As far as I was aware, it's not illegal and I can find no actual legislation which says it is.

Google it !

BeenThroughItAll

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Google it !

I have. I have read the Act in full and Regulation 14 relates to the carriage of animals in vehicles using the Motorway.

None of the subsequent amendments appear to supersede that regulation with a prohibition of changing a wheel on the Motorway.

This research was carried out at legislation.gov.uk, but I wondered if you had a better, more up to date source on the matter, other than 'Link 1' in Google which shows an answer to a question raised on Yahoo questions, the answer to which makes the same reference you do.

BeenThroughItAll

OddballJamie wrote: »

Strangely enough I read the Highway Code when I learnt how to drive.
"do not put yourself in danger by attempting even simple repairs"
https://www.gov.uk/breakdowns-and-incidents-274-to-287/additional-rules-for-motorways-275-to-278

You'd have to be soft in the head to be on your knees changing a wheel on a busy motorway.

Quite right. It's certainly not ideal.

That said, I have done it myself, but then I carry enough tools and equipment to change a wheel in under 4 minutes. Waiting for the AA would expose me to far longer at the side of the road, and I'm old enough and ugly enough to accept the risk (and take precautions such as keeping a watchful eye on the traffic at all times.

Not sure I'd want to do it on the offside wheel, but I've been lucky and only ever had nearside punctures on m'ways.

OddballJamie

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Quite right. It's certainly not ideal.

That said, I have done it myself, but then I carry enough tools and equipment to change a wheel in under 4 minutes. Waiting for the AA would expose me to far longer at the side of the road, and I'm old enough and ugly enough to accept the risk (and take precautions such as keeping a watchful eye on the traffic at all times.

Not sure I'd want to do it on the offside wheel, but I've been lucky and only ever had nearside punctures on m'ways.

Offside would scare the **** out of me, but at least you wouldn't see it coming. You can't even put out warning triangles on the motorway either, double the danger without them.

One of the many reasons I pay for breakdown cover. My life's worth more than £50 a year.

colino

Utter rubbish, you spend a couple of minutes googling and find someone elses rubbish and post it as fact. While guidance for new drivers explains even simple repairs shouldn't be attempted on the HS, there is no legislation in England & Wales or Scotland prohibiting you from changing a wheel. Even with sticky alloys I can change a wheel and be on my way in 10 minutes, much less hazardous to all than having a car blocking the HS for someone else to turn up.