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derek-33 | 14:56 Mon 23rd Apr 2018 | Motoring
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has anyone ditched their heavy spare wheel for a repair outfit that seem to be the norm in new cars ?
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Quite the contrary...I insisted that my new car had the (optional at only £50 extra) spare wheel included at the factory....
Don't even think about it. There are situations where a repair outfit will not work (sidewall damage, large hole etc) and then you are totally stuck. I had a puncture in France which wrecked the tyre, the nearest tyre dealer was 40 miles away and it took them 2 days to get me a tyre; without a spare, albeit a temporary spare, I would have been lumbered.
My car came with one of those small temporary space saver spare wheel. The space it occupied in the boot floor was big enough to take a full size spare wheel. I bought a tyre and and full size wheel to replace it.
Is it possible to have both a spare wheel and one of those injection repair outfits in your car? I'm thinking that you might have a puncture on a dark, country road on a rainy night. You can't see where to place the jack, and you can't read the handbook properly, and getting down on your knees is killing you. A quick squirt
with one of those injection things, and you're away. If conditions are better, a change of wheel is the best way to fix the problem.
I carry both a spare wheel and a couple of cans of sealant, bookbinder - as you say the sealant might enable me to limp to a more suitable place for a wheel change.
There's no reason at all why you can't have both; I do. This came about by accident as I ordered my car with a spare (as a no-cost option) but it was delivered with a repair kit. I complained and was given a spare wheel and jack. I have no intention of ever using the kit partly because it makes the type unrepairable.
You can buy blow-up kits from stores such as Halfords but remember that you will also need a pump and it might not work.
I've got a repair sealant kit and a 'spacesaver' wheel and jack.

Would not buy a car without an included spare wheel
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They are NOT a repair outfit. It is just a temporary measure to get you to a garage or repair shop. As said once the 'repair outfit' has been used the tyre is useless. It has to be scrapped. But changing to a proper spare wheel means you can take the punctured tyre to be repaired.
I've got a space saver in my car .

I must admit ,when i had to use it recently , i did not feel confident driving much faster than Miss Daisy- especially going around corners

It just didn't 'feel' safe - must have been a psychological thing


No. Not in a million lifetimes.
One needs to ditch the repair outfits and Noddy spare wheels to where the car sales team tell one that the sun doesn't shine for them, and demand a proper product for one's money.
Broken down vehicles at the side of the road are quite common still, but mostly they are not non runners but have a flat tyre and no spare...just saying.

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