Nissan Qashqai Spare Wheel

natlol

I went through the same issue in December when I purchased my wife a 2012 Qashqai. I sold the car 6 months later after only driving it a handful of times. I paid about 220 for the spare wheel complete kit from Nissan direct with a Continental tyre. It came with the jack, clamp, brace etc. a full size spare will not fit the boot without you having a bulge in the carpet. I never used mine but it was worth having just in case as I'd hate to be caught short on the motorway. Mine is still sat in the garage. One tip I would give you is if you take your car to Nissan to buy it make sure they give you back the inflation kit so you can put it back in when you sell the car.

natlol

Also the fact you have 18" wheels makes no difference to the space saver. The standard one from Nissan is a 16" and can be used on all models. If you were near the west mids you could have looked at mine.

Richard53

If you believe the manufacturers, it's not only about weight (which translates to lower fuel consumption and emissions), but about crash safety - easier to design crumple zones in the rear if you don't have to account for a massive lump of steel and rubber in the middle. I take all that with a pinch of salt, mind. A can of foam is cheaper, but strangely the car isn't cheaper.


For a minor puncture close to civilisation a foam kit is fine, especially if you are on a busy motorway - much easier to use that and be on your way than to jack the car up and heft a heavy wheel about. But if you are in a remote area, or on a long trip late in the day, or the damage is to the sidewall, it's useless. I recently had a coil spring break on my Mondeo, which punched a neat hole in the side of a front tyre. Luckily, it happened on my driveway, and I was able to pop the space-saver on and go get it fixed. With a foam kit instead, it would have meant two trips to the tyre depot in my wife's car with the burst tyre. If it had happened on a journey away from home, it would have meant a call to the RAC and a tow.


A proper spare wheel, or a space saver at the minimum, is an absolute red line for me when I next buy a car.

Iceweasel

There are less and less cars with full size spare wheels - or even a spacesaver.

And with ever more manufacturers fitting run-flat tyres - you don't even get the compressor and a bottle of fluid.

My car came with run-flats and no wheel well to take even a spacesaver.

But I have one - lashed to the boot floor - and a compressor kit.

I was intending carrying one of my winter wheels, but that takes up much too much of the boot space.

tanith

We checked before we bought our 60 plate Quashqai that it had a spare and wouldn't of bought it without.

Iceweasel

tanith wrote: »

We checked before we bought our 60 plate Quashqai that it had a spare and wouldn't of bought it without.

I admire your principles, but for me to not buy my car because it had no spare wheel would have been very much a 'cutting off my nose to spite my face' kind of thing.

In every other aspect the car suits my needs perfectly - more than almost any other.

For me buying the spacesaver was a matter of necessity, right enough done under protest, but no amount of protests will influence the major manufacturers to reverse their decision to go spare-free.

EssexExile

I've been driving since 1968 & I can't remember ever having to change a wheel at the roadside. If the worst happens I'll let the nice Green Flag man sort it out.

Iceweasel

EssexExile wrote: »

I've been driving since 1968 & I can't remember ever having to change a wheel at the roadside. If the worst happens I'll let the nice Green Flag man sort it out.

That's not an option open to everyone though - I'd wait a long time waiting for Mr Green-Flag man to show up to some of the places I travel to.

Richard53

EssexExile wrote: »

I've been driving since 1968 & I can't remember ever having to change a wheel at the roadside. If the worst happens I'll let the nice Green Flag man sort it out.

As said above, OK if the AA/RAC/GF etc are close by. Also, I regard calling out something like the RAC a last resort when all else has failed. A flat tyre shouldn't need an hour's wait for a man in a big orange van - ten minutes and a bit of bending and stretching and you should be back on your journey. Old-fashioned, perhaps.

Gloomendoom

EssexExile wrote: »

I've been driving since 1968 & I can't remember ever having to change a wheel at the roadside. If the worst happens I'll let the nice Green Flag man sort it out.

I haven't been so lucky.

How is the nice Green Flag man going to sort out a tyre with a shredded sidewall at 8.00 pm on a rainy Sunday night? He might be able to do it eventually, but with a spare wheel in the boot you could have the problem sorted and be on your way in fifteen minutes.

My Mum bought a Qashquai and I sorted her out with a jack and a spare tyre for just over £100. Well worth it, in my opinion.