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Jun 26th, 2018, 12:42 | #21 |
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Considering how health and safety obsessed the authorities are when it comes to cars it astounds me that they allow cars to be sold without a spare wheel.
Being stranded on any road is dangerous and the sooner you are out of that situation the better. Last time I had a puncture was in the USA with a hire car. Did it in 7 minutes with my missus on lookout duty. Thank god the hire car had a full size spare.
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Jun 26th, 2018, 13:01 | #22 |
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The compressor and gunk is, in my view, a way for the manufacturers to try to convince themselves and the consumer that they have provided a solution to punctures and flat tyres - justifying, if you like, the removal of the spare (a proper solution).
Yes, I know, spare wheels are heavy and removing them saves weight and cost, but what if the tyre is shredded? Or the wheel damaged so that it is not safe to drive on? Or you don’t have a mobile signal? Or - and this is the really frightening one - you are on one of the new ‘smart’ motorways that don’t have a permanent hard shoulder? The absence of a spare wheel is one of the really lamentable compromises associated with my new XC60 (no spare wheel well in a hybrid). The last time I had a flat tyre, the wheel was damaged too and there was no way a compressor and gunk would have done anything other than make a horrid mess. I’m considering buying a jack, wheel brace, and spare wheel to put in the boot for long trips. Not perfect, but better than sitting like a bump on a log on lane one of the M25, waiting for passing traffic to magic the car into scrap. |
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I know it wasn't intended, but I don't see myself as "bump on the log"
Reg14 Quote:
http://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/addit...motorways.html Quote:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-high...nts-274-to-287 So, just to clarify- by changing wheel on motorway you might be breaking law. In addition, I was told not to by policeman.
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Jun 26th, 2018, 14:10 | #24 |
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My Lexus IS 220d only came with a knackered space saver.
I bought a full size matching alloy and it fits with the bottom of the tray/ boot cover cut away. Like a full size spare. James |
Jun 26th, 2018, 15:17 | #25 |
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I didn't read it as saying that he would stop to change the wheel on a smart motorway. I read it as you have no choice but to keep driving on the damaged wheel/tyre - in which case, having a tin of gunk and a compressor isn't going to be any use whatsoever once you get to a slip road or layby
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Jun 26th, 2018, 18:59 | #26 | |
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Jun 26th, 2018, 19:00 | #27 |
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Spare for me. Stranded with puncture for first time in life on Sunday, gash in sidewall, daughters Kia only had compressor and gunk. No use. That said, that is my first non proceed due to puncture in over thirty years and over two hundred cars and god knows how many miles driving.
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Jun 26th, 2018, 19:13 | #28 | |
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Puncture at motorway speeds and the tyre is ruined before you can come to a stop. Are you then going to risk it shreding as you limp along depositing debris for others to clear up. I work on the highways and am well aware of the danger, the less time me and mine spend stranded at the side of the road the better. If necessary get the nearside on the verge to give yourself working room. You can get flashing amber led beacons that have magnetic bases for under a fiver these days, if necessary stick one on the roof when needed. Paul. |
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Jun 26th, 2018, 20:10 | #29 |
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In addition to the space saver, I also have an aerosol can of Michelin 'gunk' and a DIY repair kit like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Emergency...8AAOSw-0xYVq2A I have never used any of these items, and the last one was only purchased because it looked intriguing. I'd only use it if all else failed. And, of course, I carry a 12v compressor.
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Jun 26th, 2018, 20:26 | #30 | |
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The ‘bump on a log’ would be me, in my XC60 without a spare wheel. I’m not in favour of changing wheels on motorways and haven’t done so - thinking myself lucky that, so far, I’ve only had one puncture on a motorway and that one sufficiently slow that I was able to slow down, leave at the next exit, and change the wheel on a lit petrol station forecourt (it was autumn, evening, and dark. 1995 Honda Accord - great car). Why I’d be a log-bound bump: in my XC60, without spare wheel, a motorway puncture (fully flat) means stop immediately, even if it’s rush hour on the M25 and you have to halt in lane one because there’s less and less hard shoulder. If you continue to a refuge or to the next exit there’s a high risk of needing a new wheel as well as a new tyre, and when the breakdown recovery people come they’ll need to take you somewhere that can supply a new tyre and, possibly, a wheel. If it’s the weekend, and you’re on a driving holiday? Wave goodbye to your plans With a spare wheel, however: there’s the option to stop immediately and wait, as per the first scenario - but there’s also the option to continue to a place of safety, change the wheel, and be on your way. It’s the weekend, and you’re on a driving holiday? No worries Hence my thinking that it’d be good to get a spare wheel and accompanying kit for long trips and driving holidays, so that when my luck runs out I’m not then immobilised for three days while the Volvo dealer in Zurich (I drive to and from Austria and Germany quite often) sources a new wheel of the correct size and design, and readies their credit card terminal for the ALMIGHTY BEATING they’re about to give my wallet. |
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