No Spare Wheel On Many New Cars

Tilt

Stoke wrote: »

Yes Tilt, very true. I'm yet to experience a major tyre blowout so when I've used tyre weld it's proved more than satisfactory

But you would'nt need a "major blowout" for a repair kit to be ineffective. What about a tear in the wall for example? (or as the 2 previous posters have pointed out)

At least a spare wheel covers all eventualities.

Stoke

To be fair, I wouldn't ever drive without a spare tyre. So I may preach tyre weld this and tyre weld that but my car ALWAYS has a spare tyre in, but then my car has a spare tyre well.

I've not found my 12v compressor to be particularly asthmatic either :P

!!!! a space saver, just get the real thing.

iolanthe07

I got the dealer to supply a space saver free as part of the deal

According to the Daily Telegraph motoring section only 1 in 6 new cars is now supplied with a spare wheel. I had already got the dealer to provide free servicing for the first three annual services, as well as a good deal on the trade in, so asking for a spare wheel would have been a bit of a push. I wish I had thought of it at the time, though.

Inner_Zone

My car came with a spacesaver, few weeks later major tyre damage, hole on the sidewall, no gunk would have fixed it. Driving with the spacesaver was not very nice to say the least.
Bought a second hand wheel and tyre shortly afterwards. That was six years ago not had an issue since but at least if I do I know I can get going in a few minutes. And not the potential hours it would take a breakdown service to get to me, then get me to a open tyre place for a replacement, if even possible depending on the time of day and / or location.
So space saver as a minimum, full size preferable.

InsideInsurance

Cornucopia wrote: »

But here's something even more insidious: some new car breakdown policies don't cover recovery from tyre defects by default.

All of the big players (AA, RAC and GF) do cover tyre issues by default.

By the exact policy wording they say you must have a functional spare however they all also say on their websites/ small print etc that they will deal with a cars tyre issues if it isnt sold with a spare as standard (in these cases you must have the supplied compressor/ goo). Not ideal that it isnt in the wording (or wasnt last year when I checked) but havent heard of anyone not having this honoured

force_ten

The AA and the RAC were both looking at using the universal spare where the patrols carry a spare wheel which they say will fit the majority of modern cars

this is something that they are doing in response to increase in no spare call outs

I only have one experience of trying to use a tyre weld type repair and as soon as the solution went in to the wheel it ran straight out the hole and did nothing to seal the hole

Stoke

force_ten wrote: »

The AA and the RAC were both looking at using the universal spare where the patrols carry a spare wheel which they say will fit the majority of modern cars

this is something that they are doing in response to increase in no spare call outs

I only have one experience of trying to use a tyre weld type repair and as soon as the solution went in to the wheel it ran straight out the hole and did nothing to seal the hole

You have to drive it you know? You can't just sit there and watch. You have to use the can then as quickly as possible get moving. Moving slowly is better than not moving at all but ideally you need to be going anywhere between 20-30mph. Within a couple of miles, the hole will seal.

Am I the only person to have used tyre weld repeatedly with genuinely good results? I've never had a bad experience with it yet I've seemingly used it several times!!

vikingaero

If you're an urban/suburban dweller/worker then generally you'll have no problems getting tyres 7 days a week and therefore gunk will be an acceptable compromise and/or alternative transport.

If you travel a lot, have to be mobile or place a high value on your time then a spare/spacesaver would be better.

force_ten

Stoke wrote: »

You have to drive it you know? You can't just sit there and watch. You have to use the can then as quickly as possible get moving. Moving slowly is better than not moving at all but ideally you need to be going anywhere between 20-30mph. Within a couple of miles, the hole will seal.

Am I the only person to have used tyre weld repeatedly with genuinely good results? I've never had a bad experience with it yet I've seemingly used it several times!!

I am fully aware that you have to turn the wheel to evenly distribute the sealant around the inside of the tyre

but there was a split which wasn't apparent when the tyre was inspected prior to the application of the tyre sealant, but it soon became apparent that the hole in the tyre was to large to be sealed using tyre weld

this is one product that you wont find in my boot any time soon

scotsbob

Stoke wrote: »

Am I the only person to have used tyre weld repeatedly with genuinely good results? I've never had a bad experience with it yet I've seemingly used it several times!!

I belong to the MX5 owners club. The MX5 has no spare wheel and no space to carry one. A compressor and tyre weld kit is supplied.

I have never heard any member complain.