Flat tyre no spare wheel

spacey2012

These ideas all sound good in practice, bottle of goo and a pump.
The truth is on a wet out of hours evening on the hard shoulder with a car full of passengers when the goo would never set and the hole is too big to inflate.
The reason for spare wheels as an "invention" starts looking like a very good and very practicable one .
The just do this, the just do that ideas all fade in to one huge regret.

Which fking idiot thought it was a better idea not to have a spare wheel.
What you would give for that wheel when the HGV's are hurtling passed as you wait 6 hours for a low priority breakdown cover.

Spare wheels were invented out of necessity .

ballyblack

Which fking idiot thought it was a better idea not to have a spare wheel.

It was supposed to save weight and gain boot space

But I agree with you, its really a very bad idea!!:mad:

'Run flat tyres' is not an option either as they are very expensive and not nice to drive on

suki1964

Thought all those tyres were run flats? Drive another 50 miles on them or so so easy to get to a garage?

Even if not surely a foot pump for anyone with a car is basic common sense?

cliffsgirl

Google nearby tyre places. Some have 24 hour call out and will come to u and fix it. One near where I live does this.

greatgimpo

ballyblack wrote: »

It was supposed to save weight and gain boot space

But I agree with you, its really a very bad idea!!:mad:

... so that emissions in the tables would be lower and mpg was better.

almillar

Spare wheels also get in the way of the rear crash structure, that's meant to be a crumple zone.

pepper33

Had to buy yet another new tyre, low profile tyres, seemingly.


Surely the manufacturers shall be taking into consideration what the customers say.

GlynD

pepper33 wrote: »

Had to buy yet another new tyre, low profile tyres, seemingly.


Surely the manufacturers shall be taking into consideration what the customers say.

And as you've just found out, low profile = high cost.