So you drive a Premium 4X4, imagine your off road, down a country lane or in the middle of a busy city and you get a puncture?

Q: What do you do?

A: Get the tyre sealent out because LR wanted you to pay for a full sized spare wheel

Quote:

Spare Wheel Changes

A decision has been made to standardise the Land Rover Tyre Repair System on all Freelander 2 trim levels from January 2010 production as announced at the recent Regional Breakfast Meetings Any orders that fall into January 2010 production will come as standard with the Tyre Repair System. There is the option to order a full size spare if the customer wishes to.

•029LL Full spare wheel size 17 inch alloy
•029LM Full spare wheel size 18 inch alloy
•029LH Full spare wheel size 19 inch alloy
The cost for this option will be £180.00 including VAT
The option for 029IS reduced sized spare is no longer available.

Replacement Parts for the Land Rover Tyre Repair System:
•Full Kit Part number LR014972 £49.35 including VAT
•Connector pipe Part number LR016392 £14.80 including VAT
•Sealant Part number LR015390 £30.84 including VAT

I think LR have employed somebody from SMART, and got confused when talking about a 4x4's and thought they was talking about a ForFour  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Land Rover want shooting for this stupid decision. They should have changed to supplying an alloy spare across the range for zero cost.

At least anyone buying a new one won't get saddled with the limited speed steel spare, like me.

I think tunaz has just posted that he has just had a second puncture

so he would have been £100 out of pocket by the looks of the repair kit as it's not like you can use them time after time Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Apparently, and according to my local tyre supplier, cleaning the crap foam out of a temporary repaired tyre is very difficult and time consuming which no doubt will also lead to more expensive tyre repairs.

Temporary foam repairs should therefore only be used as an absolute emergency solution for wealthy dentists, whimps, women or similar, but otherwise to be avoided.

Seems to me like LR aim to make more profit by effectively increasing the price of the vehicle as most informed 4x4 drivers will go for the proper spare wheel alternative  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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At least if you buy the full size spare you can swap the tyre onto one of the alloys when needed a. space savers as fitted now hardly get used much at all a total waste of a tyre. At work
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Temporary foam repairs should therefore only be used as an absolute emergency solution for wealthy dentists What about us poor Dentists

Tandemman wrote:

Temporary foam repairs should therefore only be used as an absolute emergency solution for wealthy dentists What about us poor Dentists

Sorry Tandemman, I meant to write farmer, but got mixed up with all this dentist talk we have of late  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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chicken george wrote:

At least if you buy the full size spare you can swap the tyre onto one of the alloys when needed a. space savers as fitted now hardly get used much at all a total waste of a tyre.

Tandemman wrote:

poor Dentists

they will be after I sue  At work
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What happens with the empty space in the boot if there is no spare wheel? I suppose it will be a foam shaped wheel with an insert cut out to stick the foam bottle in!!!! Stupid idea!

should be just enough room for a rolled up farmer (once the swelling has gone down)

we can light the unwanted spare tyres and pop them around dentists necks At work
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best to pop them on first then light them you don't want to get your fingers burnt you wouldn't want to be in any more pain

shilen wrote:

What happens with the empty space in the boot if there is no spare wheel? I suppose it will be a foam shaped wheel with an insert cut out to stick the foam bottle in!!!! Stupid idea!

the hole is square so it liberates lots of room. the saved weight cuts down on fuel use so saves the planet At work
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Soddin kid had it hid under his jumper. Live your life be free-lander