I was forced to use mine once when I got a puncture whilst towing our caravan back from Skipton; it was late on a Sunday afternoon and we were on that nasty bit of the A59 that crosses Blubberhouses Moor, so I had no option but to fit the space saver and carry on. I fitted the wheel to the near side front, as I thought the 90Kg noseweight of the caravan plus the luggage etc in the back of the car would maybe be too much for the space saver, and we completed the 120 miles home without any problems whatsoever.
Towing the caravan meant that speed was not too much of an issue, but I have no doubt that the speed will have crept up towards 60 when we were on the A1.
The biggest problem I had was what to do with the full size wheel that I took off as it was too big to fit into the car, and too heavy to put into the caravan.
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Last edited by 60041; Dec 22nd, 2019 at 02:04.
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