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Spare Wheel - Necessary?

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no golf clubs at all:
IF you wanna save weight, just leave the missus at home....  :laugh:

matt a:
If you want an oem option, order the kit that came with the Lupo GTI.  :happy2:

Mine had no spare, just a can of the repair gunk, and a plug in 12v compressor.

JPC:
i was wondering about carrying a spare wheel and weighed up all the options.

if i had a puncture that was repairable, it would cost a tenner to fix plus the use of the spare.

or you could use a foam jobbie, fill it up, get you home/to the garage. so then you'd have to buy a new tyre. My tyres will soon be costing over £200 quid each so i would want the option of being able to repair them.

Another thing i wanted to share was my mentality of "i pay the AA every year to sort me out. ive never used them yet but should i need a puncture sorting on the motorway, ill leave it in their experienced hands to know whats best"

basically you wont catch me changing a wheel on the hard shoulder, anywhere!

is that selfish or the best way to think?

Rich:

--- Quote from: JPC on June 21, 2009, 09:52:43 am ---basically you wont catch me changing a wheel on the hard shoulder, anywhere!

--- End quote ---


JPC - this is why we have AA and RAC  :happy2:  

I certainly wouldnt change a wheel on the motorway.. i've always seen lorries some times drift across to the side of the hard shoulder... somtimes when their tired... or even its windy !! -- yet alone to mention maniacs who lose control...

Better to be alive and ring the AA

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So... if i use one of these filler jobbies.... i'll need to pay for a new tyre... hmmmm



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My mate at work said, he had all his tyres foam filled.... so so as a nail goes in.. it seals it.

I went down to a local tyre garage... and he tells me it doesnt work... he then said, " ask that bloke over there, he works for a taxi company filling their tyres with foam stuff, he'll tell you why it doesnt work"

I'm thinking... if it doesnt work... why does he still have a job... :confused:


What your experiences/knowledge on this ??

keith:
I had my motorbike wheels filled with the stuff and going out one day my mate said you have a green mark on your rear tyre, looked at it and it was the gunk stuff it had sealed a wee hole so in my experience it works.
If you change tyres though you need to tell the tyre fitter the stuffs in there or they will get a bit messy :laugh:

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