My first post here so "hello " ! There's some great info in these forums.

We're currently looking at buying a Yeti which is in stock at our dealer (canceled order). It's a 1.2 SE and is the colour and trim level we want - perhaps missing a few options that would be nice to have if speccing one ourselves, but nothing we can't live without for the benefit of quick delivery. It was built during the 'Bolero shortage' which I've just read about, so it comes with the Amundsen Sat Nav.

The car was ordered with a spare wheel, but with a couple of kids to ferry about, we would prefer the extra boot space. The dealer has offered to swap the wheel and boot trim over with another car. This would be the easiest option. However, it would actually be quite useful to have the spare available even if it lived in the garage and wasn't carried all the time.

So if we bought the car with the spare, could I buy the parts required to create the bigger boot area (as it would have been without the spare) ? I would need the can of gunk, different boot floor - no doubt lots of other bits I have not thought about. Anyone looked into this - is it expensive ?

Many thanks

Pete

My first post here so "hello " ! There's some great info in these forums.

We're currently looking at buying a Yeti which is in stock at our dealer (canceled order). It's a 1.2 SE and is the colour and trim level we want - perhaps missing a few options that would be nice to have if speccing one ourselves, but nothing we can't live without for the benefit of quick delivery. It was built during the 'Bolero shortage' which I've just read about, so it comes with the Amundsen Sat Nav.

The car was ordered with a spare wheel, but with a couple of kids to ferry about, we would prefer the extra boot space. The dealer has offered to swap the wheel and boot trim over with another car. This would be the easiest option. However, it would actually be quite useful to have the spare available even if it lived in the garage and wasn't carried all the time.

So if we bought the car with the spare, could I buy the parts required to create the bigger boot area (as it would have been without the spare) ? I would need the can of gunk, different boot floor - no doubt lots of other bits I have not thought about. Anyone looked into this - is it expensive ?

Many thanks

Pete

Wouldn't it be a little easier to get the dealer to swap it all out and buy a spare wheel?

edit! - And welcome!

Edited 29 March, 201214 yr by bgw

There is far more room in the non spare wheel version, as suggested take the swap and just buy a spare wheel. Throw it in on top for long journeys.

Or even offer a "swap and money" on here.

If you were closer I'd be up for that.

KEEP THE SPARE!!!!!!!!!! That will cost you (or the person buying it from you one day) at least £250 if not more. Leave it in the garage! The floor and gunk will cost no more than £100 I'd wager. There are part numbers in this thread by Rockhopper:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/187160-spare-wheel-and-internal-bike-carrier/

Would keep the spare and buy the polystyrene floor insert and larger floor carpet from your dealer. Gunk and compressor try ebay; far cheaper than dealer. I picked a VW transporter kit up from there, for less than £30 delivered and it's a better compressor than that supplied by Skoda.

TP

That's a useful link, many thanks. So the Polystyrene filler (Part# 5L6863957B, approx 26GBP) plus a new floor (part# unkown, approx 55GBP) is all would need ? Plus the can of gunk of course. No other bits of trim ?

This looks like a good option.

KEEP THE SPARE!!!!!!!!!! That will cost you (or the person buying it from you one day) at least £250 if not more. Leave it in the garage! The floor and gunk will cost no more than £100 I'd wager. There are part numbers in this thread by Rockhopper:

http://www.briskoda....l-bike-carrier/

Copy that Plumber, that's what I did. Also all the tools stay in the boot in the right side storage well.

I did not bother with the polystyrene filler

Edited 29 March, 201214 yr by a65rocket

Keep it- Spare wheel option gives you a wheel brace and jack, Don't think you get them with the lower floor.

Keep it- Spare wheel option gives you a wheel brace and jack, Don't think you get them with the lower floor.

That is correct.

I have the supplied spare wheel in storage & bought the boot floor and polystyrene filler. I do carry a spare, but it is full size and mounted vertically to the r/h side of the boot. I have a compressor as well as the supplied tools, but not the gunk. I don't want the gunk either....

I don't want the gunk either....

Nor do I. I had about five puncture in my Audi over 9 years. NONE of them could be fixed with the gunk and I sold the car with 9 year old (7 years past the expiry date) gunk still unused in the boot. I did have a space saver optional spare though.

Someone on the Audi forum used said gunk and all that happened was that the entire can of gunk ended being squirted out of the gash in his tyre as he drove spilling all over his paintwork... The tyre would have been repairable but was not anymore since the gunk ruined it and to boot he had to repair the paint along the whole side of his car as well... Enough said. I'll never ever in a million years use the gunk even if I had some (which in the Yeti thankfully I don't).

I have successfully used aerosol "gunk" in the past-Finelec branded. If you are stuck somewhere where it isn't convenient or safe to use a spare or wait for recovery it is well worth having and while not guaranteed to work it can get you out of trouble.

On an unlit single carriageway "A" road at night.......I'd use one.

I have successfully used aerosol "gunk" in the past-Finelec branded. If you are stuck somewhere where it isn't convenient or safe to use a spare or wait for recovery it is well worth having and while not guaranteed to work it can get you out of trouble.

On an unlit single carriageway "A" road at night.......I'd use one.

Fair enough. As long as you realise it might cost you £120 or so (if not more when you're away from home) to replace the entire tyre after the gunk has ruined it... But yes I guess there is a place to use it.

The last "puncture" I had was caused by a piece of metal thrown up by the car in front which left a huge gash in the side of the tyre

on the m11.

My trusty Peugeot 205 had a full size spare which got me quickly down to Gatwick airport.

If I'd had a can of sealant I'd still have been there......... after the flight had departed .....................

A reputable tyre repairer won't repair a punctured tyre that has been filled with gunk because it hides damage that would otherwise be obvious by the car being driven on a flat tyre. You can tell the repairer that you havent mistreated the tyre in this way, but it's his reputation and possibly prosecution if he repairs a damaged tyre. Puncture + gunk = new tyre!

Edited 29 March, 201214 yr by speedsport

I read on the bottle that the white ****e can easily be washed away and the tyre can be repaired. My local dealer told me 'As long as the tyre has not been damaged by driving flat and the hole is not past the shoulder on the inside or at such an acute angle that the mushroom type patch wont seal' and you can have upto 3 repairs in a single tyre. Then he said it very messy and not many will do it when they realy they could!

Anyway today I did a bit of haggling where I got my Yet1 from and got a deal on a spare wheel

Decided just to go with the easy option and the dealer has agreed to swap the boot floor with the showroom car.

We Pick the car up late this afternoon Cleared the detritus out of the Subaru, will be sad to see that go - been a fantastic car, apart from it's thirst. Going from a 3.0 6 cylinder boxer engine to 1.2 TSI will be a bit of a shock, but looking forward to collecting the Yeti.

This gunk stuff is becoming a bit like the Supermarket fuel stuff - full of tedious "I like 'x' because" followed rapidly by "Oh NO! Not that, because!"

I'm a gunk fan.

So there. Now tell me how wrong I am!!!!

G

PS - this is an "opinion" thing, yeah?

+1

And my local man says the VAG washes out with warm water.

+1

And my local man says the VAG washes out with warm water.

Agreed ,my local man has quite happily repaired "Gunked" tyres for me in the past.

The only reason I prefer some kind of sparewheel is because the last major "Blowout" I had left a 2" triangular cut in the sidewall and no gunk in the world is going to temporarily repair that.

I dumped my gunk & bought a space saver & now I have suddenly thought :wonder: do the normal bolts for the alloy wheels fit or do I need shorter ones???????????????

Normal bolts fit fine.

Andy

Phew thanks for that one. I suddenly had a picture of me either stuck without bolts or stuck because of too long bolts.

Alloys, slightly skinny spare wheel & steel winter wheels all use the same bolts no problem.

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