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I would normally carry a spare, but only because it was already in the car. If it didn`t have one, I`m too lazy to source one when they`re very rarely needed.
I have an old P38 RR on gas, so the tank has taken up the spare wheel well. I have two big dogs, so no space for the spare in the boot. I just carry a can of "gunk" and a compressor. I`ve had to use it once, and it worked a treat. "Repaired" the puncture and inflated with the compressor. Lasted the 100 miles or so until I could get a new tyre fitted. OK, the downside is that you`ll have to buy a new tyre instead of having one repaired, but I`d generally get a new tyre anyway after a puncture. Also, unless you`re unlucky, it`s not a common occurrence getting a puncture, so I`d rather take the risk. If I gotba blow out, I`ve got breakdown to pick me up and take me to the nearest tyre fitters.
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Thanks for the input comrades, some stuff id never considered there. Allow me to clarify the problems;
The daily is the one with all the tools but no spare, there is space for one, but I suppose I was asking if I could get away with a can of sealant instead. Purely 'cos it's cheaper. I will purchase a tyre for this one and hope the jacking points hold out. Sorted.
No. 2 has a spare but no jack. I have tried to make this one as light as possible, it's stripped out with plastic windows and the like, so the idea of the inflatable jack bag sounded perfect until Bortaf said they were rubbish. This needs something tiny, lightweight, and low entry, or never going out of beer bribing jack-owning mates range.
The wheels (thanks for the love) are going on a mk1 fiesta, which I can't see an easy solution for in the event of a puncture. The specific shaped receptacle within the vehicle designed for the spare now contains a battery and a nitrous bottle, and the boot space isn't big enough for a spare laid down flat. The car runs an LSD and the rear wheels are wider than the front and so will rub on the front arches if I had to swop them round. So, I'm either carrying a front size spare, and jack, and blocks of wood because it's low, all rattling around on the back seat, or carry nothing. . . . And watch a mobile tyre fitter (assuming they can get a 12" tyre on a rainy sunday night) fail to get the new tyre to seat properly - it took four of them to get the one in the pic on . . .
Recommendations for tiny jacks would be cool. Thanks people.
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You can get alloy scissor jacks. This is from a Porsche 924 -
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Had a puncture, used a can of the sealant everyone is slating (ever tried it?) sealed the puncture fine, bought a second hand tyre for £15.
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meltdown
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Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
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I've never had any luck with the spray option. But this post has just made me realise that my magnum has a spare but no way of changing it, not that the spare is any good mind.
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I use these, Or this, Only ever needed the RAC a handful of times in the 15 year I've been with the wife its her safety net really but if the can't fix it they provide a hire car and the car comes home its easy.
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The foam stuff in a can is about as useful as packing a dog turd into the puncture...
I always carry a spare... and a jack... and a toolbox of ropey old tools that I really don't want to have to use, but always have because I know all to well what it's like to be stranded miles from home by something stupid that the recovery services won't actually want or be able to fix, and only offer to take the car home!
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1979 Chrysler Horizon 1.3 GL 1980 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia 1985 Ford Sierra 3dr 1985 Ford Escort Mk3 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 1989 Ford Escort 1.3 Popular 1995 Volvo 960 1996 BMW 525i 1998 BMW 323i 1999 BMW 530d 2003 BMW 530i . www.facebook.com/ABCARPIX
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Aug 27, 2014 10:06:45 GMT
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I thought running different size wheels was a no no - doesn't the rolling radius have to be the same?
Also bear in mind that if you are fitting a wheel that is different to the other 3 then you should limit your speed as if you had a spacesaver fitted.
For example, we build cars with 16 inch alloys - they come with a proper 16 inch steel wheel, same tyre as the alloys BUT they are stickered up as being speed limited to 80km/h because they are not the same as the other road wheels.
And if you thought your decision was complicated try sitting in a meeting trying to figure out whether to put a full size, a spacesaver or a can of gunk in your next generation of product. I really enjoyed that discussion, not. Especially when the "but the cops need full size" comment was countered by "but they are still speed limited" or the whole "where does the used road wheel go because it won't fit in the hole the spacesaver came out of" debacle.
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ferny
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Do you carry a spare?ferny
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Aug 27, 2014 12:46:51 GMT
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Had a puncture, used a can of the sealant everyone is slating (ever tried it?) sealed the puncture fine, bought a second hand tyre for £15. Yes, three times. Once it worked just enough to get to a tyre centre. The other times it poured out.
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Aug 27, 2014 13:43:34 GMT
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Thinking about it, I carry a spare in my 924 but it's probably not much use...it's an original 14" alloy and the car's fitted with 16" compomotives ...guess it's pretty redundant??
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Aug 27, 2014 14:48:08 GMT
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not at all if its rolling radius is the same.
my ZX came with a 14" steel spare wheel, its standard fit alloys are 15".
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Aug 27, 2014 15:34:09 GMT
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What's the rolling radius got to do with anything? My Delorean is standard, they come with 14's on the front & 15's on the rear, with completely different size tyres so the front wheels are way smaller diameter than the rears. They have one 14 inch space saver, which I have used on the rear. Yes it's a different size but it got me home!
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2014 18:15:06 GMT by jules1200
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Aug 27, 2014 18:03:22 GMT
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I carry a spare because the last flat I got looked like this: Show me a can of tyre foam that can sort that out. Now that I have alloys that are presumably soft as cheese I also expect any damage from doing a similar thing (big rock sticking out of a verge) would be slightly worse.
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary.
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ferny
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Do you carry a spare?ferny
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Aug 27, 2014 21:21:14 GMT
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What's the rolling radius got to do with anything? My Delorean is standard, they come with 14's on the front & 15's on the rear, with completely different size tyres so the front wheels are way smaller diameter than the rears. They have one 14 inch space saver, which I have used on the rear. Yes it's a different size but it got me home! Law says axles have to match. The whole car doesn't have to.
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2014 21:21:19 GMT by ferny
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mikeymk
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I get a flat tyre every 11.5yrs/140,000 miles. That is, if the last 22yrs are anything to go by.
With the ally block engine, my MK2 Polo was 710kgs. Without the spare/jack/tools it would've been in the 600s, and that's a worthy weight saving over 140,000 miles of unleaded.
These days i have a mobile phone, and i know a couple of taxi numbers. Limp it to a suitable parking spot, go about my day, take the spare to the car at a convenient time.
On the rare occasions i venture out the town i can always sling the spare back in for the occasion.
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What's the rolling radius got to do with anything? My Delorean is standard, they come with 14's on the front & 15's on the rear, with completely different size tyres so the front wheels are way smaller diameter than the rears. They have one 14 inch space saver, which I have used on the rear. Yes it's a different size but it got me home! Law says axles have to match. The whole car doesn't have to. We've been through this before, you are not breaking the law, otherwise they wouldn't fit them in the car as a spare, it gets you home, that's it
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Aug 28, 2014 10:59:49 GMT
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Well, that's all well and good, but what about motorcycles?! Obviously no option of carrying a spare, unless you ride a Vespa. I've been stuck with a flat before on the way to work and had to get a tow, the whole debacle took about four hours. I am now considering carrying some sort of foam, but I'm not sure I would really want to risk riding on a half-flat tyre until I could get to a motorcycle shop. Regular tyre shops won't touch a bike, and motorcycle shops are much fewer and farther between. Does anyone have any experience with solutions for bikes?
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Aug 28, 2014 13:36:54 GMT
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Normally with a bike you carry plugs & those small air canisters to re-inflate, never a dead cert, but may well get you out the sh1t
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Aug 28, 2014 14:48:33 GMT
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Hmm, I don't carry a spare, mostly because there is a bloody great big LPG tank in the spare wheel well.
But then I commute from Norfolk to Düsseldorf most weeks. This thread got me thinking that I probably should carry one! Trouble is it has to be an 18 to clear the front breaks. Off to eBay. Oh my, Merc ML has an 18" solid steel spare. Brain goes off on tangent... can anyone band an 18? Rayo, can you get me 4 of them?
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Copey
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Aug 28, 2014 16:19:31 GMT
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I have a spare in the Saph, and a trolley jack, the jack has come in handy quite a few times, only used the spare once in the 2 years I have had the car, but its nice to know if I get a puncture I can sort it out no problem, will probably run a spare in the capri too tbh
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