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V40TC Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Somerset Posts: 301 |
very legal as you are not likely to fit it and drive.
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12th May 2015 12:51 pm |
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LR NUT Member Since: 12 May 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 4350 |
A spare tyre can be 100% bald and your car will pass an MOT! Spare tyres are not part of an MOT test. MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
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12th May 2015 12:52 pm |
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Navigator Member Since: 29 Dec 2010 Location: Within reach of the coffee machine Posts: 492 |
Too many to mention, including in my very impoverished student days, prising off the tyre and repairing the tube as there was no spare. Most recently (in dark and snow) about two months ago. About the only breakdown one can do anything with these days without a computer analyser and a workshop full of kit. Everyone can spread it - Anyone can catch it. Stay home - the life you save can be your own! |
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12th May 2015 3:14 pm |
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frawdder Member Since: 19 Apr 2013 Location: In ma hoose Posts: 86 |
I've had two punctures since Christmas, blame it on the new house development nearby. Only had to change wheel on one though but saved me the price of a new tyre as both were repairable, not so if I had used the foam.
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12th May 2015 6:59 pm |
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JST Member Since: 01 Nov 2011 Location: Lizant Posts: 1098 |
Not in my FL2 but yes in my wife's Peugeot 307cc. It had a steel spare which is OK but limited to 50mph. My FL2 had a steel spare so I bought an alloy with decent tyre on fleabay for £55 - well worth it! John
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12th May 2015 7:07 pm |
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LR NUT Member Since: 12 May 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 4350 |
A new full size spare alloy with a branded tyre along with a wheel jack and brace for £185 was a very wise option for those who specced it from new. If you were to ever kerb/damage an alloy you have a brand new one in the boot. Similarly when you come to replace your tyres if you keep your car that long then you will only need to purchase three tyres! Also if you have a puncture and use the gunk there is no one up here in my area who will touch it! I have heard that certain garages do but it's very messy and time consuming to clear the gunk out! You don't even get a wheel brace and jack unless you spec the spare wheel! So basically JLR expect you to travel home with the gunk and then round about trying garages who will repair it! Pathetic really they should give you a jack at least so that you can take the tyre off yourself and then get a friend or family member to take the wheel to a garage and see who can fix it! For those who have a second car we can take the damaged tyre ourselves to a garage. MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
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12th May 2015 7:46 pm |
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Ct8637 Member Since: 06 Jan 2017 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 115 |
Old thread but, a spare is vital I find. Had a blowout on a motorway on xmas day a couple of years back in my BMW, only just bought the car so went to change it and boom, no spare! Luckily it was a run flat so crawled 50 miles home and waited a few days to get the tyre changed. Same car one Thursday night at around midnight on the A1 somewhere between the m25 and yorkshire. Had the gunk but did nothing as the split was too big. Recovery geezer had to call around depots and luckily managed to get hold of a tyre close enough size to fit. Few weeks ago in a different car had another puncture, caused by some knobheads who decided to smash some glass in the road in the town center. Thing is it was a slow puncture so by the time it was flat it was evening and I was in the middle of the new forest. Again, gunk didn't work and had no spare.
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15th Jan 2017 10:09 pm |
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Gapster Member Since: 30 Aug 2016 Location: Auvergne Posts: 148 |
I have the same experience - changed a flat roadsid twice in 40yrs of driving. However, I wouldn't dream of going out without a spare tyre, the 'peice of mind' is priceless..
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16th Jan 2017 6:43 am |
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 |
Maybe I have just been lucky! Can I ask how many of you have actually personally changed a wheel at the roadside , and how many times in how many years?
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16th Jan 2017 10:01 am |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4353 |
Back in the 90's at the height of the IRA problems I had a puncture just up the road outside an army tank training school so I pulled in to their entrance. All hell broke loose as they obviously suspected a car bomb. I was questioned and the car was searched then I was allowed to replace my wheel but with a couple of guys with guns standing over me. No sudden movements etc .... 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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16th Jan 2017 10:08 am |
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 |
The pleasure of getting old is we all have stories Dorset.
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16th Jan 2017 10:23 am |
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MartynB Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: Currently Rootless ! Posts: 1777 |
One thing I always do ( after getting caught out and not being able to change a puncture on an Alfa Sportswagon ) is to pop the alloys off any car we've had and slap copperslip on the mating faces. Steel hubs, alloy wheels, and winter road salt can easily leave you with a wheel that won't come off without a lump hammer and a block of wood ! Not what you need in a puncture situation .
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16th Jan 2017 10:39 am |
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 |
Excellent point about the Copper-slip Martyn.
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16th Jan 2017 10:45 am |
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grumsel Member Since: 16 Nov 2016 Location: Heeze Posts: 278 |
This was also one of the first things I checked. My freelander has a alloy wheel with a brand new tire, same alloy wheel and tire as the other wheels. For my daily commute I wouldn't mind not having a full spare. When I had a car without a full spare I always borrowed a full spare from my garage when going on a holiday by car. In the 35+ years I drive cars I only had a flat tire once. |
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16th Jan 2017 10:48 am |
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