My car had a service today and we made some enquiries about a spare wheel rather than the inflation kit that is currently fitted. According to the dealer a full size spare won't fit in the wheel well in the boot, so it has to be a space saver to store it in the designated space. Also the space saver (understandably) is speed limited to 50mph. My questions are:

1. The space in the wheel well looks large enough to store the full size spare, can anyone confirm if it will or won't fit?

2. I understand the speed limit but how far is it safe to drive on it? (planning a european holiday so this may be a factor).

Suppose your easiest option is to whip a tyre off and see if it's fits. I recently purchased another trinity alloy for my spare and it fits in without a tyre (getting one put on when it arrives) but looks like it would with a tyre on.

LGM that's not possible as I have don't have jack, since I don't have the spare wheel.

Not aware that they have built body shells just for the Greenline, so the spare wheel well should be the same as any other Fabia.

 

Regard the spare then the Skoda supplied item is normally a 195/55 R15 85H tyre on a 6Jx15 ET43 rim. The 50mph stickers only apply to cars not running this size of tyre such as the Elegance and GreenLine; the latter has the same size rim but a 185/60 tyre instead.

 

Might be better off getting a rim and tyre package from my tyres that fits your car as a proper full size spare;

 

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/skw.pl?dsco=110&cart_id=9184067.110.28144&sowigan=So&s_p=Steel_wheels_summer

 

And a tool kit from the dealer or ebay;

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Skoda-Fabia-Spare-Wheel-Tool-Kit-5J0071108-/231070613738?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET&fits=Model%3AFabia&hash=item35cce1c0ea

 

 

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My previuos Fabia SE+ came with a gunge kit and I bought a full size spare wheel with jack, polystyrene holder etc for about £125 at the time (around £150 now I think from a dealer).  The whole lot fitted fine in the spare wheel well.  As said above, the well in your Greenline should be the same size as any other Fabia. The advice you have been given by your dealer seems wrong to me.

 

By the way, keep your gunge kit and existing polystyrene holder and put them back in when you change the car.  That way you'll have a spare for your new car or if it doesn't fit, just sell it.  Likely to be plenty of takers.

I had a Greenline and I bought a full size alloy spare -it fits just fine.

My fabia SE hatch(same wheels as greenline) has a full size steel spare in the boot. It came from the factory like that.

It seems your dealer is, hmm, wrong.

Many thanks for the replies and advice guys. The initial advice was to my other half and otaylor38 is indeed correct, the dealer was in fact wrong. Spoke to the dealer myself yesterday and after much discussion the situation is as follows:

1. Space saver wheel kit £160 consisting of toolit, strap to fix this in the wheel, bolt to fix wheel in wheel well, and steel wheel with "quality Continental tyre". Tyre size 195\55\R15 and speed limited to 50mph, told by the dealer that's cos it is a unified Skoda spare across the range.

2. When pushed, toolkit for £40 with strap and bolt, steel wheel hub for £47.80, which I can then get a 185\60\R15 non-directional tyre fitted to this with obviously no speed restriction.

3. The space saver isn't on a Green line as its wider than the original fit, and both options will fit in wheel well.

It's a little annoying to say the least as the advice given to my partner was at best misleading, and in any event just plain wrong, and she is understanably none to pleased. I had to push for the option of a plain steel hub and an accurate price, and even then the advice was that the tyre on the space saver is a quality tyre, quite how if it is the wrong size and therefore speed limited to 50 mph I don't know! Bit of a no brainer really since there is no doubt whatsoever that i can get a quality tyre of the correct size, the toolkit, and wheel hub for a lot less than the price of the ready made kit and it will be the right one for the car!

Does your car sit with 185/60 R15 tyres on it now?

 

Then get a wheel that matches the other 3 and a tyre, Maybe just buy a Rim from a Scrap Yard or Auction site, or the 

£47.50 rim from the dealer if that matches the 4 on your car now.

(but if it is fitted with directional tyres, you still only have a 50-50 chance it is for the correct side if needed.)

 

If you want to continue a journey without slowing down on a car with directional tyres.

you need 2 spares, one for the passenger side and one for the drivers,

then you are putting a spare on and it matched what was on before.   (i am not being serious, but you need to consider such things.)

 

You can get a Spare Skoda wheel  195/55 R 15 & tool Kit for ubder £100 on Auction Sites and the likes.

(it is the size that come in a vRS for use with the other 3 205/40 R 17 tyres, to carry on at reduced speed until you get a matching tyre on , or the puncture repaired.)