The 50mph warning on the Octavia spare is a joke. It's a full size tyre for christ sake not some skinny elastic band tyre.

Aha, it's no use when the spare wheel in yer boot is the wrong one though!! When I bought my VRS last year, it had a spare wheel so I thought all was OK.

Only when I needed it, did I find out that it was the wrong one Looks like one of the previous owners had got a spare wheel with tool kit to replace the repair kit, but it was a 15" wheel and this didn't fit on my VRS.

Many car handbooks say a space-saver spare should be fitted to the rear - not sure why - so if a front tyre has been damaged you could use the spare to replace the rear wheel on the same side, then use that one to replace the damaged front.

Most cars have smaller rear brakes so there is a good chance your spare will fit. Would at least be worth checking before going to the bother of selling the one you have and buying a replacement.

The 50mph warning on the Octavia spare is a joke. It's a full size tyre for christ sake not some skinny elastic band tyre.

Are you saying that the spare wheel is identical to the road wheels? If so I agree with your comment, but not if the spare has a smaller diameter and uses a higher profile tyre, and/or if the spare is a narrower wheel, and/or if the spare tyre has a narrower tread.

The 50mph warning on the Octavia spare is a joke. It's a full size tyre for christ sake not some skinny elastic band tyre.

I think its because if you are running different width and profile tyres on your car (on same axel so to speak) you are limited to 80kph as an EU thing possibly. It would most likely in that sense be due to the indifferent handling and a safety thing to alleviate any responsibility from people supplying it as the spare. I had a perfectly good speed rated Dunlop or Continental on the spare that came from factory but as car is on 225/40/18 the 205/55/16 spare has the limit imposed

Many car handbooks say a space-saver spare should be fitted to the rear - not sure why - so if a front tyre has been damaged you could use the spare to replace the rear wheel on the same side, then use that one to replace the damaged front.

That's probably because the weight on the rear is lighter, steering and braking will be affected less and you won't damage your front diff if the tire is considerably smaller.

Hmmm, I got my vRS used....and it has the spare wheel kit........hmmm ,well, it has a spare whell kit.....never thought to check the spare was big enough!!! Gonna have to check now!!!

Good call on the picture with the 18" wheel in situ FUBAR....that looks like a great idea......if I find a Neptune 18" cheap enough......

Took pic a while ago for another thread as someone asked if an 18" fits and sits flush, mine does anyway, I used the highly technical umbrella method to establish this.

Its all vw group cars not just Skoda my boss has just got an rs 5 (not got to drive it yet)and took out a tyre and buckled the 20 inch alloy was very surprised to find a can of foam and a pump in the boot not very happy at all.

It's not just VW either, I was amused at work when the security team were trying to find the spare wheel on a Ford Galaxy which is used as a shuttle vehicle before they'd eventually realised there was no spare tyre. Admittedly I have only ever needed a spare tyre once but I have a full size spare in my car and much happier to have it because although I may only need it rarely, when I do need it I'll be very glad I have it.

John

Took pic a while ago for another thread as someone asked if an 18" fits and sits flush, mine does anyway, I used the highly technical umbrella method to establish this.

LOL at the umbrella method. Having a full size spare sounds a good idea as being limited to 50mph if on a long drive would be a total pain in the bum. If going on holiday and facing over 1000 mile journey then at least with a full size spare you can continue on at normal (illegal) speeds and then sort out a new tyre etc when you arrive.

LOL at the umbrella method. Having a full size spare sounds a good idea as being limited to 50mph if on a long drive would be a total pain in the bum. If going on holiday and facing over 1000 mile journey then at least with a full size spare you can continue on at normal (illegal) speeds and then sort out a new tyre etc when you arrive.

Quite frankly I would assume that most people seeing its not a bicycle wheel style one and its got a decent speed rated tyre would more than likely not stick to the limit imposed while it is on, and drive accordingly. But I have OCD on such things and in an ideal world it would be a full sized spare, a member on here had bought a new one then sold car before it even had a tyre on it, so I got it brand new in the box just after I took delivery of car. My biggest fear in running the odd sized spare that made me go full size was, in the event of a serious RTC it could be all to easy to dump the blame on you, even if it is completely untrue. I even carry a torque wrench

Funniest thing I ever heard was my friends getting a puncture in their Mini Cooper S.

They spent ages trying to figure out where the spare wheel was and on the phone to AA/BMW.

BMW eventually told them that their car was fitted with run-flats. They had never even heard of them and were completely shocked that they could carry on driving safely with a flat tyre... I won't tell you how much the replacement tyre was though...

I will never own a car without a full-size spare wheel.

My spare wheel and tyre is brand new and never been used but nice to know it's there should it be needed.

Phil

Funniest thing I ever heard was my friends getting a puncture in their Mini Cooper S.

They spent ages trying to figure out where the spare wheel was and on the phone to AA/BMW.

BMW eventually told them that their car was fitted with run-flats. They had never even heard of them and were completely shocked that they could carry on driving safely with a flat tyre... I won't tell you how much the replacement tyre was though...

I will never own a car without a full-size spare wheel.

My spare wheel and tyre is brand new and never been used but nice to know it's there should it be needed.

Phil

lol classic. Had a mini cooper incident in work not long ago guy was checking his tyre pressures as I said one looked low, he refused to accept my gauges readings showing 3 fine and the other as '0', as "it's not completely flat so cant be 0". I pointed out that since they are run flats that is probably what they look like dead. He went to a petrol station tried another gauge and then to a tyre place and came back. He announced to me like I didn't just tell him, turns out it was totally empty and that's what a run flat looks like......

lol classic. Had a mini cooper incident in work not long ago guy was checking his tyre pressures as I said one looked low, he refused to accept my gauges readings showing 3 fine and the other as '0', as "it's not completely flat so cant be 0". I pointed out that since they are run flats that is probably what they look like dead. He went to a petrol station tried another gauge and then to a tyre place and came back. He announced to me like I didn't just tell him, turns out it was totally empty and that's what a run flat looks like......

Dont get me started on run flats. I hated those buggers on my BMW. Terrible ride and really expensive. I can see the benefits of them if you have a blow out on a motorway but the same problem still exists for every other scenario. As before if on a long touring holiday having a puncture with run flats would be a disaster. You can only drive for another 50 miles or whatever it is. Even if its 150 miles its still not enough as your limited to 50mph plus you then have the joy of trying to buy the right spec. of tyres from a retailer you would never choose if you didnt have to. I guarantee no-one stocks the 255 section 17 inch rear tyres that my stupid BMW needed. So then you have to park up the car at the garage and wait. Happy holiday.

Edited 21 February, 201313 yr by Jockdooshbag

Looks like there's a few threads running on a similar theme at the mo- I suggested on one of the others that if (like me) people had bought the spare wheel kit after they'd got the car they might want to take out the polly insert and wrap the bits up in a tool roll and make room for the compressor and gunge too so you had all options covered. I saw some aerosol cans of tyre repair for a fiver at Aldi yesterday too if anyone's feeling really paranoid.........

BTW the 16" rim fits the vRS front, but 15" doesn't....apparently fouls the front callipers

So where does one buy a spare tyre kit for the octavia ?

Dealer only ?

I managed to pursuade my dealers to get me an 18" Black Neptune shod with continental rubber to match the 4 on the car which now sits nicely in the wheel well in the boot. However i forgot to ask about the jack so im still screwed. lol. My original VRS came with spare wheel and jack set though so i was really shocked when the new one came without one and wasn't happy to say the least. Especially seeing as though the salesman said equipment level was the same.

I think its because if you are running different width and profile tyres on your car (on same axel so to speak) you are limited to 80kph as an EU thing possibly. It would most likely in that sense be due to the indifferent handling and a safety thing to alleviate any responsibility from people supplying it as the spare. I had a perfectly good speed rated Dunlop or Continental on the spare that came from factory but as car is on 225/40/18 the 205/55/16 spare has the limit imposed

Isn't technically illegal (ie under UK law) to run different sized tyres on the same axle? It certainly was when proper skinny space savers first came out.

Its true enough that the 16" "space saver" fitted to the VRS suddenly becomes a full size spare with no 50 limit if you put it on an Octavia with that size wheel and tyre all round.

However not sure I'd want to drive flat out round the twisties with a 17" VRS wheel on one side and an 18" on the other even though there'd be no stickers telling me not to.

Looks like there's a few threads running on a similar theme at the mo- I suggested on one of the others that if (like me) people had bought the spare wheel kit after they'd got the car they might want to take out the polly insert and wrap the bits up in a tool roll and make room for the compressor and gunge too so you had all options covered. I saw some aerosol cans of tyre repair for a fiver at Aldi yesterday too if anyone's feeling really paranoid.........

Do bear in mind though that you might be rendering your tyre beyond a permanent repair if you use the gunge. I used a can on a puncture years back and the tyre fitters refused to touch it further once they realised. Things hopefully have moved on since then.

35 quid for genuine Skoda spare tool kit with jack in the foam thing that fits inside the wheel. Think it was a fiver postage so works out pretty cheap.

Sorry, that's from eBay.

Do bear in mind though that you might be rendering your tyre beyond a permanent repair if you use the gunge. I used a can on a puncture years back and the tyre fitters refused to touch it further once they realised. Things hopefully have moved on since then.

Thanks, it was a question I asked initially when I found my car had no spare- I was told by the dealer (but can't confirm) that as long as you get the tyre chap within a reasonable time after the puncture gunge is used it can be repaired. Ideally I'd change the wheel, but just thought it'd be best to have options depending where you were at the time, what the weather was like and how loaded the car was etc.

Hopefully I'll not have to make the decision!

Bought mine today from Sparshatts Fareham for my f/l VRS. £131 inc VAT for the wheel, tyre and tool kit. Feel so much better now knowing i've got a spare and not a load of foam to sort a puncture !!

I was searching as to why the full size spare is limited to 50mph and was amused to come across this thread as I'd posted in it earlier, today was the first time I've had a puncture in a long time but I was glad to have a proper spare.  With it swapped over I was on my way again without issue so grateful to have it as it would have been a tow back home otherwise and not able to get out for the MTB ride I had planned.

 

John