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Cars with no spare tyre - what do you do?

  • 17-01-2017 09:39PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,820 ✭✭✭


    I see a lot of cars these days don't have a spare tyre.

    Do people rely on breakdown assistance in the event of a puncture? What will they do at the roadside or would you have to be towed?

    Thanks


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Run flats.. Foam.. Pray you don't get a flat


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,316 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I got away with it for 5 years. Got rightly caught then.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,820 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Ya I'm thinking the foam would have to do but can you drive the car at normal speed.

    I had a space saver wheel on a car before and went above the 80km limit and ended up breaking the power steering belt and faults came up on the car that had to be cleared.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,212 ✭✭✭Glebee


    I have the foam in my boot. I have no faith in it at all. ive been meaning to pick up a spare from a breakers yard for the past four years at least. Got a puncture once but was in a town so could locate a garage and get sorted. Ive had about 2 punctures in about 5 years im guessing. One of these days im going to get let down bad....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,316 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Luckily my friend has a saloon civic so I borrowed his spare!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭2012paddy2012


    I bought a space saver tyre and threw it in boot. Those foam yokes are useless....Just drive handy to a garage to get repair. You will be fine


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Not having a full size spare would put me off buying a car. What proportion of cars in, say, the last ten years have them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,285 ✭✭✭Damien360


    I don't think the foam is worth a monkeys. I get company cars and always request a full size spare.

    My last 2 punctures

    1. Fast deflate on N4 approaching Longford at 100kmph during overtake. By the time I pulled in the tyre was shredded on the wall.

    2. Small L road near Clane making room for another car and caught the edge of the Tarmac wiixh was higher than I expected which shredded the inner wall.

    The foam would not have sealed either of those.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭Ken Tucky


    I recently bought one from the UK. Space saver with original Jack and brace. Cost about 230 delivered. Continental tyre too.

    I had a repair kit with a compressor but was told numerous times that if I put that shiite in the tyre centers wouldn't go near it.

    Luckily the car was an estate and had a well for the wheel. Not great it's a space saver but a hell of a lot better than the previous option. Money well spent and I will be glad if I never use it .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,820 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Do the insurance companies cover it under breakdown assistance?

    Don't want to get stranded miles from home on a wet winter's night.

    Would they tow away the car and give you a replacement or pump it with foam?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,487 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Another example of how the manufacturers are pulling the wool over the eyes of regulators.
    On safety grounds all cars should be fitted with a proper spare tyre.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,204 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Can of tyre-weld to lift it off the rim and then be buggered.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,820 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    elperello wrote: »
    Another example of how the manufacturers are pulling the wool over the eyes of regulators.
    On safety grounds all cars should be fitted with a proper spare tyre.

    I believe it is partly down to emissions and wanting to reduce weight of the vehicle.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭Dexter Bip


    Have done 50000 km in Europe over the last ten years with a Motorhome without spare or incident. Reading this makes me frightened. I think I need an extra wheel........:eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭happywithlife


    Have nowhere to store spare so it'd be roadside assist for me. On the two occassions I've had a flat one was in town so got to nearest garage before it was completely flat and other was at home so just rang local guy I use who came to the house
    Probably have two flats when I go out now in the morning 🙄


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,487 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    I believe it is partly down to emissions and wanting to reduce weight of the vehicle.

    Exactly, it's a three card trick.

    They take away the wheel to improve emissions and reduce cost and the unfortunate customer is left on the side of the road with an aerosol.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    The oh's folks got a new Baleno this year. Instead of a spare it has a bottle of spray and a tiny little compressor.

    You're stranded if you cut a tyre or buckle a rim. The father in law is pretty old school so I think he's going to source a spare and chuck it in the boot :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,485 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    elperello wrote: »
    Another example of how the manufacturers are pulling the wool over the eyes of regulators.
    On safety grounds all cars should be fitted with a proper spare tyre.

    What regulator ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,487 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    ted1 wrote: »
    What regulator ?

    Sorry I should have been more specific -

    https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/automotive/safety_en


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭corks finest


    I see a lot of cars these days don't have a spare tyre.

    Do people rely on breakdown assistance in the event of a puncture? What will they do at the roadside or would you have to be towed?

    Thanks

    Bought a space saver on eBay


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭bladebrew


    I got no spare with the Astra, when I was buying it I thought I could buy one from a scrapyard but they seem to be rare enough, there is one on eBay for £495+£115 postage:eek:
    I think it says in the handbook you can't put a space saver on the car, so it has to be a full size spare,
    For now I just have a can of tyre foam!

    Edit, £610 does not include a centre cap or a feckin tyre?! Its just the alloy itself!


  • Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bladebrew wrote: »
    I got no spare with the Astra, when I was buying it I thought I could buy one from a scrapyard but they seem to be rare enough, there is one on eBay for £495+£115 postage:eek:
    I think it says in the handbook you can't put a space saver on the car, so it has to be a full size spare,
    For now I just have a can of tyre foam!

    Edit, £610 does not include a centre cap or a feckin tyre?! Its just the alloy itself!

    Why would you get a spare alloy?
    just get a steal rim


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,485 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    bladebrew wrote: »

    Edit, £610 does not include a centre cap or a feckin tyre?! Its just the alloy itself!

    So get an steel rim.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,485 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    elperello wrote: »
    Sorry I should have been more specific -

    https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/automotive/safety_en

    That's not specific , can you reference the relevant section.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭Cupra280


    In 2004, I bought a car that had no spare tyre, but a can of junk and a compressor. That did work well.

    I've used run-flats since 2007. I know the ride and road holding aren't comparable to standard tyres, but the peace of mind is worth it for me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I think the cans of foam are fine tbh. Used them once on a motorbike and once on a car, got me home and then to a garage the next day.

    You are screwed if you shred a sidewall though, obviously. Current car has a boot-mounted spare which is a full-sized alloy. Which is nice :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,882 ✭✭✭pa990


    ted1 wrote: »
    That's not specific , can you reference the relevant section.

    I bet you get invited to all the parties.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,820 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    I see in the details of my insurance for breakdown assistance it says it covers 'punctures that require assistance'.

    That makes me wonder if they will come out for small punctures that could be repaired by the foam.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Most car insurance policies include breakdown assistance.
    Most car Warranties also include breakdown assistance.
    if you get a flat, just call for assistance?

    Also the AA have this:

    http://www.theaa.com/newsroom/news-2013/aa-pioneers-universal-spare-wheel.html


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,499 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    My Civic (9th gen) didn't come with a spare but it did come with space for one (such space was called 'additional storage space' by the Honda salesman :( )

    I bought a space saver on ebay only last week. I'm thinking I'll drop the foam and compressor into the Honda dealership seeing as they think they are so good they can have it. Seriously, the salesman was saying it's a great idea just supplying the foam instead of providing a spare because elderly people weren't able to use the spares anyway, the clown was stepping on so many landmines it was hilarious. Just as well I was set on a Civic anyway:D


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