do you carry a spare wheel??

[aksaxovtr]

personally id hav one on even if it was flat!! saxo's are way 2 tail happy as normal, never mind when missing the spare wheel................

what about u guys?? :y:

[JamesR]

No, tyre weld for the weight-save-win lol

[willsy]

Nope no spare wheel for me

[Mochachino]

No spare wheel in all my time of driving. Only 3 years though.

[coleman258]

Nope weight saving ftw !

[Saxo-Will]

Yea but its scratched to buggery :( always thought carrying a punctured/flat spare wheel will fail MOT? but not having a wheel is fine?

[Rogue_Shadow]

Yep, Spare wheel still under my saxo
Haven't check the pressure in quite awhile lol

I cant see removing it saving weight, its only a 13"

[Mochachino]

*returns to thread to touch wood*

[Rogue_Shadow]

always thought carrying a punctured/flat spare wheel will fail MOT? but not having a wheel is fine?

correct - 1 point :y:

[aksaxovtr]

id carry it flat jst to keep the back of the sax in check, hav taken it out on occasions and wen pushin hard it feels like the back wants to overtake the front!! :fcuk:

[Kev_Vtec]

the back end of a saxo isnt bad if you have good tyres on. only bad if you use cheap pish tyres etc.
and you can tell when its going to kick out.

[Ryan]

No, tyre weld for the weight-save-win lol

tyre weld does naff all if you have a whacking great gash in the side wall. ;)

[frankie]

nope...

[aksaxovtr]

tyre weld is only to get u home, ever tried clening that shit off the inside of a tyre wen mending the hole??? nasty gear imo, it may b a life saver in some occation but so is a spare wheel!! :y:

[JamesR]

tyre weld does naff all if you have a whacking great gash in the side wall. ;)

Would have to be pretty damn unlucky for that to happen, how often do you get a normal flat :P

[Krys_23]

Guess my auntie was talking pish when she said its illegal to not carry a spare..

[dinga]

im a weight whore.but id never use tyre weld,i would if i used cheap tyres though.
i have 4 quaility tyres and one shit allmost bald spare.

[Mochachino]

Guess my auntie was talking pish when she said its illegal to not carry a spare..

its perfectly fine to not carry one!

[Ryan]

Would have to be pretty damn unlucky for that to happen, how often do you get a normal flat :P

Ive had two tyres go on me on a motorway on seperate occasions. Both because they happened suddenly at motorway speeds wrecked the tyres (by that I mean a seperation from the sidewall on the inner/outer)

17s on the clio I think I had 4flats in no time aswell. Thank god i have normal wheels on it now.

[LSOfreak]

i carry one. got full interior and boot build so its not going to make much difference

[Krys_23]

I'd say there would be a slight noticable difference in not carrying one, Weight is a very important factor.

[liam-o]

i carry one, just to be on the safe side,

had a nail in mine, was 200 miles away (dont think it would have lasted me on the motorway) so put the spare on

[saxolenny]

have a spare vtr alloy but dont carry it because my car is too low .... it would be too heavy on the back and may scrape ........ it saves weight :)

[Mr_P]

always thought carrying a punctured/flat spare wheel will fail MOT? but not having a wheel is fine?

correct - 1 point :y:

Incorrect. -1 point.

The spare tyre is not part of an MOT. Road tyres only are tested. They can check the spare, and advise you of it but it is NOT part of the test.

Why people continue to believe it has to be in good condition is beyond me. Same way you can't get 3 points for a dodgy spare yet this is another myth people continue to believe.



And I don't carry a spare. Lolz at tail happy saxos!

[-GG-]

I never carry a spare, it was f*cked, so i chucked it, and never been bothered to buy another one :ponder:

[titchster]

I started spraying a Rallye steel to put in the boot. I never finished.

[girlracer1597]

No spare wheel for me either.

[Mystic]

Only puncture at motorway speed i've had looked like like this:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/DJ-Mystic/Noki-1906.jpg

I dont carry a spare unless im ging long distance & also dont bother with tyre weld or any of that crap!

EDIT: infact thats the only puncture ive ever had!

[Lewis1600]

I have one on my new saxo.. 'cause I havnt lowered it yet.. but my old saxo was Low... so I took the wheel off... I thought it was too low and it would catch on things so I took it off... Could even get the jack from underneath.. from the back! :P

[Graeme]

never used to have one on my saxo and the 182 didnt even come with one

[savo]

My old vts didnt have one when i bought it so carried a tin of tyre weld round with me instead...and when i got my first flat i found out that tyre weld is fucking useless so never bothered with it again.

[Viper]

fiesta didnt come with out.

got some tyre weld crap though.

whoopy-do...

[johnlambert]

dont carry one!!
less weight=good

[tobomoto]

id love to be able to carry a spare but the bracket holding the wheel cage fell off. french build quality...

[Prickle]

I do, never know when a flatty may occur. ;)

[rootyboy]

dont carry one, plus i think they look gash when the cage goes all rusty on it, i took mine off got the old steam cleaner under the car and it looks much more tidy without it, if get a puncture call the rac

[Add91289]

i keep mine just in case, iv never had a puncture while on the road, woke up to a flat twice though. one of the times was in my old mondeo, found out i didn't have the locking nut in the car and was at the GF's :n:

[Meto]

Fudging hell. That tyre looks bald in that pic!

[Tontsy]

having a shit spare, or no spare or even a good one at MOT doesnt make any difference.
SPARE DOES NOT GET CHECKED IN AN MOT!
not does rear wiper
reverse lights

tyre weld is the biggest fucking RIP OFF ever!
you get a puncture / nail . . . drive that 3 mile to somewhere to get it sorted, DONT use tyre weld, because then you have to buy a new tyre! pay 10er of having it repaired or 50 on a new tyre . . . and if its not repairable, then tyre weld wont do shit for it anyway!

and no, i dont carry one.
tyres well i go through them as much as i want, trade tyre prices FTW!

[Oli_K]

the back end of a saxo isnt bad if you have good tyres on. only bad if you use cheap pish tyres etc.
and you can tell when its going to kick out.

+1 for that.

no spare wheel for me, i enjoying the 'scary' moment when i know the back end it about to overtake me.

[Tontsy]

Fudging hell. That tyre looks bald in that pic!

remeber only the 3 quarter central width has to have tread . . .the shoulders can be bald as a badgers ass, aslong as the cords arnt exposed :y:

[LWS_71]

I carry one but its flat and rusty as hell :\ never been used so god knows how its flat.

[manta]

get rid of the spare i prefer the handling, the back end feels more lively. I like it skittish. :)

[adam19]

get rid of the spare i prefer the handling, the back end feels more lively. I like it skittish. :)

true true :y:

same here although i know there will be a time when i will need it :n:

RAC ftw lol

[Winny]

I would like to carry a spare, but I only have a trolley jack that will fit under my car and that stays at home lol, no jacks are small enough to take with me. I need one thats 'low profile' lol. :(

[auds]

No spare wheel in all my time of driving. Only 3 years though.

+1, 3 years tomoz actually :)

[J222JRA]

Mine is being removed next week....but i will be buying another shiny turini to put in the boot lol

[Mystic]

remeber only the 3 quarter central width has to have tread . . .the shoulders can be bald as a badgers ass, aslong as the cords arnt exposed :y:

It was long past its prime that tyre i think! Shoulder does look pretty bald too, i dont remember it being that bad at the time but this happened shortly after i bought the car!

Those alloys have known nothing but Eagle F1's since my ownership :D

[Matt]

Nah, I used to carry tire weld.

Would of been fucked if I had a blow out..

[Liam_]

I carry one but it's bald... not much good lol.

[SNewham]

Nope I don't. I just rolled the car home on the rim when I had a blow out after hitting a curb to avoid some old bint swinging her car round in front of me to do a 3 point turn -.-

[gazwhittle]

i had a spare and its just been removed for citroen tyre sealent and pump.

very pricy but saves a good bit of weight which = less fuel :)

[daz_zz_er]

gonna take mine off tommorow as i dont have any bolts too fot the spare wheel anyway so useless :)

[JonCarter]

spare wheel & spare wheel in a tin FTW ;)

[adjy90]

carrying a spare wheel on a day to day car wont make mutch difference when there is lots of other shit in the boot most of the time so its stays there :P