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I have not seen any reference in any documentation to the space-saver that I bought (specification above) from the main dealer not fitting all four corners.

That may be the case but I think that one should not assume that it was correct for the car that it was taken from. There are many on the well known auction site with the wheel and tyre specifications mentioned in my posting above; these are good value for money compared to the one that I bought from the main dealer specifically for my Octavia 4.5.

Thanks, whippersnapper. I will try this tomorrow, after I've scraped the ice off the windscreen😁

My concerns with a higher (but not a lower - that would definitely be unsuitable/unacceptable/incorrect) load rating/index are 1) in the event of an accident, would the insurers say that the tyre did not match the car manufacturer's specification? 2) would it give a firmer ride to the detriment of the occupant's comfort? Any thoughts on this, anyone?

I had a look on the internet. The part number appears to indicate that it is from a VW Tiguan. I found the following listing which gives the wheel specification and it is different from that mentioned above in my posting: eBay UK''18 SPACE SAVER SPARE WHEEL TYRE 145/85/R18 4J ET28 VOLK...Year: 2017. Model: Tiguan SE Nav 2WD. Make: Volkswagen. Body Shape: SUV. A signature may be required. Security Marks: All parts are security marked/photographed. This part is a used, previously fittedI do not have the technical knowledge to say whether or not scotthugh3s wheel/tyre will fit an Octavia IV but the specifications of the wheel and tyre are different from my posting above.

Sorry to write again on this subject. The rev counter on the left and the speedo on the right have disappeared, and scrolling using the arrow button on the RHS of the steering wheel doesn't bring them back. Any ideas, please!!!!!!!!

My wife's car travels between England and Scotland. I ran a set of Goodyear Vector 4Seasons on my wife's car and was very pleased with them: good tyre life, wet weather and snow performance. I then replaced them with a set of Continental winter tyres for optimum snow performance; the performance in heavy rain/snow is great but they are noisy, but not unbearably so, on dry roads. When they need changed again, I will revert to Vector 4Seasons. I found that Michelin CrossClimate did not have the correct load factor for my wife's car: it needed 91V and Michelin's was 94V. (PS Hillybill above refers to "Uniroyal" - the factory was in Newbridge in Scotland. They were taken over by Continental, then Continental opened a factory in Roumania and six years later closed Newbridge in about the year 2000. I think 1500 were made redundant and had to take what jobs they could find in the East of Scotland. The management asked the redundant workforce for volunteers to work in Roumania and train them in how to use the relocated machinery: not a single person volunteered and, as it was told to me, they told the management to put their offer "where the sun doesn't shine". (If you have a really long memory, it was previously the North British Rubber Company in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh (I remember the old single-storey buildings that lasted into the 1970s), before being moved to Newbridge in the 1960s.)

In summary, the toolkit is very reasonably priced. However, as far as I can see, on the well known auction site, there are many spacesaver wheels, complete with tyres, that have the same wheel and tyre size and are very reasonably priced. There is an opportunity to save £+++ by buying the toolkit from the dealer and the wheel/tyre from the web. The link mentioned above: https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/525101-space-saver-wheel-kit/#comment-5876012 is highly detailed and informative, but a little bit too technical for me. If you have an Octavia 4.5 (and probably the 4), the details that I have entered can easily be used to look for an identical wheel/tyre on the web. There are a lot of tyres being ruined on potholes and I think that the spacesaver is worth it for peace of mind and keeping mobile, especially when in a remote location or at weekends. PS Remember that the wheel must be securely held in place and the toolkit strapped to the wheel with the webbing and clip supplied. PPS If anyone has any further questions, post a comment and I will reply. Hope this all helps.

The details of the tyre that is fitted to the wheel are as follows: 1) T125/70R18 99M 2) DOT 1OU L3LPG (that's how I wrote it down) 3) 0725 (week of manufacture)

I have taken photographs of the wheel and made notes of the details on them: 1) 31/2JX18H2 2) ET25.5 3) 5352 MWA 4) 1425 5)VWAG 6) two rows of numbers that I have photographed - see photograph. If they are not legible, I will take the wheel out again - just post a comment. The wheel is held down securely by plastic fittings that come with the toolkit, if I remember correctly. Details of the tyre will follow on the next posting.

Thank you all for the replies. The infotainment screen is 12.5" wide, which approximates to 13". Here are some photos of the NSF wing. Is my Octavia a 4.5? Thanks in advance. And a Merry Christmas to all!

My concern was that a damaged tyre would leave me stranded, especially in a rural area a long way from any source of a new tyre, and, therefore, I decided to purchase a toolkit and space-saver spare wheel. There are many space-saver wheels on the internet but I didn't know which size, etc., would be correct for the car. Therefore, I purchased two items from a well known Skoda dealership: "Toolkit for spare wheel Octavia IV" "Spare wheel KAROQ/OCTAVIA/SUPERB" The space-saver cost a lot of money. In the next few days, I will take the space-saver wheel out of the car and post the full details on this thread. (I would have preferred a full-size spare wheel but I couldn't find a secondhand one. I read somewhere that it is possible to cut the polystyrene tray to take a full size wheel, which then projects above the tray by a small amount. There is nothing special about the toolkit.)

I have bought and fitted a space-saver spare wheel, complete with tools, that came with its own polystyrene 'box' / tray. The polystyrene 'box' that was originally supplied with the car is now redundant. It is taking up space in my garage and I think that I will never need it again (if I ever sell the car (unlikely, as I really like it), I will leave the spare wheel and tools in place. The tray is available F.O.C. to anyone that can use it.

My Octavia was registered in December 2024. Is it a 4.0 or a 4.5? How can I find out which it is?

There is an interesting thread here that compares costs: Honest JohnIs a diesel still better than petrol for high mileages?I have been a diesel car driver covering around 30,000 per year for the last 10 years and would like to add my two pence to the conversation. Along the A1, the cheapest fuel I have found is at Tesco