Is a 1 ton scossor jack OK for std car?

roddydogs

Strider590 wrote: »

Reduce manufacturing costs, more profit, more interior space, less weight and better mpg AND most people these days would call a breakdown service anyway. It's a no-brainer for the manufacturers............

Are you a spokesman for the car industry? Im pretty sure most people would want a spare if they had a choice. What would a breakdown service do if you didnt have a spare anyway?

facade

roddydogs wrote: »

Are you a spokesman for the car industry? Im pretty sure most people would want a spare if they had a choice. What would a breakdown service do if you didnt have a spare anyway?

I know this

They ask you for the can of gloop. If you don't have it, or a spare wheel, they simply say "nothing I can do mate". It is the drivers responsibility to have a spare wheel, or the manufacturers provided gloop. (If the spare is punctured, because you already had a puncture on that journey ;), then they will recover you.

Happened to my S.I.L. (RAC I think) However, he did blow the tyre up with his compressor, and followed her the 5 miles home, and blew it up again half way :A

Joe_Horner

Strider590 wrote: »

Reduce manufacturing costs, more profit, justified by claiming more interior space, less weight and better mpg [...] It's a no-brainer for the manufacturers............

Fixed that for you

There are plenty of places you can fit a jack / spare wheel (especially a space saver) without cutting into space significantly - in fact, all the additional soundproofing they use now robs far more space than a spare! And the effect of a spare on economy is hardly more than that Full English you had for breakfast this morning.

But a can of gloop costs pence, whereas a wheel and tyre cuts into their bottom line. And the buying public falls for it :rotfl: