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Originally Posted by Ian21401
Daughter has 2011 XC70 D5 2.4. Front left puncture of nearly new Nokian a while ago. (something through the sidewall ). Fortunately only a couple of miles from home. Supplied space saver fitted. Car handled like a drunken camel with three legs. So much so that we ordered a cheap full size omni-directional tyre locally and fitted it until a new Nokian arrived.
I do not know how she would have managed if she had had the caravan in tow and miles from anywhere. So called "Space Savers" should really be named "Waste of Spacers"
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They are a get you home spare, limited to 50 mph. If you stay under that, keep both hands on the wheel and use sensible level of throttle they are "acceptable". If towing a caravan I would probably keep the speed even lower.
So whilst they are not ideal, they're infinitely better than waiting 3 hours for the AA and a night in a Travel Lodge whilst they get you a new tyre at x2 the cost.