So if you do not have a spare wheel , are Run Flats an option ?

Most incidents these days , one way or another , invariably require the purchase of a new tyre .

Now retired , the idea that my wife would be able to replace a wheel in a remote area at night is not an option .

So if you do not have a spare wheel , are Run Flats an option ?

Most incidents these days , one way or another , invariably require the purchase of a new tyre .

Now retired , the idea that my wife would be able to replace a wheel in a remote area at night is not an option .

 

Not on a Yeti.

Wheels rims are not designed for them

Not all cars have the required tyre pressure failure system

Car has not been Type Approved for their fitment

So spare wheel kit arrived today. The spare wheel is huge and not far off a full size wheel.

Was expecting something a lot skinnier

So spare wheel kit arrived today. The spare wheel is huge and not far off a full size wheel.

Was expecting something a lot skinnier

Makes you wonder if it's worth it.

Makes you wonder if it's worth it.

 

....Just until it's there to get you home after a write-off puncture

....Just until it's there to get you home after a write-off puncture

If you're going to have a speed restricted 'get-you-home' tyre for desperate circumstances, engineering so little actual 'space saving' is odd to me.

It's a personal thing, isn't it?  The (non-'Skinny') 50mph-limit spare was quite adequate for a few days while my new set of rubbers were delivered.  It saved me having to buy an odd replacement that would scupper my planned ditching of all four OE Conti's. 

I'd prefer a proper 5th wheel, then I only need one new one for the front and one worn one becomes the spare........lie when the two front ones wear down.

Defiantly daft having a 16" space saver when the main wheel is 17" and I recon just as wide. Loose enough height in the boot so may as well loose a bit of the under floor storage and have a full size wheel. 

I'd prefer a proper 5th wheel, then I only need one new one for the front and one worn one becomes the spare........lie when the two front ones wear down.

Entirely your choice.  As a matter of interest, what do you have in your Pugeot?

 

Defiantly daft having a 16" space saver when the main wheel is 17" and I recon just as wide. Loose enough height in the boot so may as well loose a bit of the under floor storage and have a full size wheel. 

Maybe not as young as I was, but not daft yet.  Sorry - I can't remember: what do you use? 

Pretty much standard issue 'space saver' these days.

Well fitted the kit this morning and it's only now I feel disappointed.

 

At least with the fabia you have the hole whether or not you have the spare wheel. With this it just takes over the boot and when the seats are folded you have a big drop down. Not sure where I will put the dog cage now as used to go behind the drivers seat with 1 rear seat folded down. Won't fit in the gap now :-(

In yesterday's rain the Tyre Pressure Monitor pinged and the warning light came on. Stopped when it was safe to do so, walked (quickly!) round the car looking at all four tyres. Nothing seemed amiss. Checked at the end of the journey, still all OK albeit it was dark when I got home. This morning another walk around but still all looked OK. Decided it was probably a glitch in the TPM software (sorted by holding in the button) but with a few minutes to spare I thought I'd just check the tyre pressures anyway. Off-side rear down to less than 20psi even though it didn't look any different to the other three (all at 35psi). Probably something to do with the screw head sitting between threads? Had the spare out of the boot and on within about 10 minutes (not good compared with F1 times I'll grant you but this is an old bloke now not in the best of moods), a five minute run to the local tyre depot who luckily were able to repair it right away (15 minutes) and back home and fit it to the car. All done in under an hour and if I'd had to leave the wheel and collect later I'd still have been mobile, albeit limited to 50mph. (I can live with that). Without a spare and just the gunk it would have sealed the puncture and got me to the depot (in fact just pumping up to pressure would probably have safely got me there) but if the depot had been busy I'd have been sitting around waiting until they could fit my puncture in.

 

So my vote remains a spare wheel is "essential" on my list and increasingly so is TPM - this is the second time it's alerted me to a puncture well before I could do any damage to the tyre. (Next purchase ought to be a tyre pressure gauge to keep in the car rather than rely on obviously fallible eye-sight).

Just checked the spare wheel (which I ordered as an extra) . All seemed fine including the Jack and tools then I realized that the spare is a 16 inch spacesaver.

Fine with it's a spacesaver but the car rolls on 17ins standard spec .

Can I use a 16 ins temporary along side 17 s ?

Just checked the spare wheel (which I ordered as an extra) . All seemed fine including the Jack and tools then I realized that the spare is a 16 inch spacesaver.

Fine with it's a spacesaver but the car rolls on 17ins standard spec .

Can I use a 16 ins temporary along side 17 s ?

Yes, the circumference is nearly the same.

 

Fred

A very good point about the possibility of a buckled wheel.  My new Yeti will be my first car without a full-sized spare, which I would have specified had I been able to.  I'm not sure I would trust the tyre sealant, although I suppose it works.  Madness not to go with the space-saver though.

I have seen, recently, a chap connecting his inflate and repair to a tyre with a 3-4"

coachbolt through it!

How much nicer to be able to change the wheel for one from the boot.

 

Incidently do you need different wheel nuts if going from an alloy wheel

to the steel spare?

I noticed in one of the videos I watched on YouTube the car being tested had a full size spare in a fibreglass cowling on a hinged bracket at the back of the rear door. What a shame that isn't a UK option.

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Incidently do you need different wheel nuts if going from an alloy wheel

to the steel spare?

 

No, not on the Yeti.

I noticed in one of the videos I watched on YouTube the car being tested had a full size spare in a fibreglass cowling on a hinged bracket at the back of the rear door. What a shame that isn't a UK option.

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It will never be in the EU and most of the world, in that manner, because it fails the regulations over visibility of the tail lights when it is "open"