He must really be running out of excuses then, that is unbelievable.

Persevere:
I got a new steel spare and tyre for £70 on eBay and a new jack for £17. Both brand new and never used  * GONE. GS TD4 Manual MY2013. Orkney Grey with privacy, cold and clearview packs, armrests (a must!) and a spoiler.
* 2011 4.4 TDV8 Full Fat. Amazing piece of kit.
* GONE.2012 RR Sport HSE SDV6 Orkney Grey. Rocket ship. 33mpg.
* Range Rover Classic '93 200Tdi Factory fit
* 1949 80" in family since 1975

Loch Lomond Landy, that dealer needs to be publicly castigated for making such a crass, ill-informed statement. That type of comment does decent, honest Dealers no favours at all! Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

Loch Lomond Landy.

The Dealer is talking absolute rubbish. Report them to Land Rover Customer Services.

Liam@LamdRover on this forum.

Loch Lomond Landy wrote:

I was told by the dealer that the downside to ordering a wheel fitted from new meant that it pushed it into the next road tax band?! To do with the addition weight pushing it over 165 gramme per whatever it is.

That's one ill informed dealer. Addition of spare wheel has no effect on euro approved CO2 result for the car.

Bugblatter wrote:

As above, the well takes a full size wheel. It was a £185 option when I bought the car. Seemed like a no brainer.

I think that's a porkie. The weight class for manufacturer's fuel consumption and emissions test is with a standard vehicle, half a tank of fuel and an everage driver (75kg, I recall). Making the spare and tools as options means that the weight for the type-approval test is the minimum it can be in the showroom.

If you choose to have a spare and a jack (also body side mouldings, super stereo, electric seats, etc.), it will increase the weight of your car, hence your fuel consumption. This is also why roof bars and mudflaps are not standard because they increase drag which would also increase fuel consumption. Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0