HDAV Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 So I am sat at the side of a rural road right now with a hole in the side wall of the front near side tyre and no spare as the spare wheel well is taken up by a battery!Audi you are a bunch of cheating ********** and I will never buy one of your cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 you mean there is no spare wheel...........?.....come on there must be a spare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Wife's car comes with two cans of sealant no spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) you mean there is no spare wheel...........?.....come on there must be a spareNo spare and no foam (not that foam will work ) Actually there is foam and a compressor but no use with big hole in sidewall Edited December 27, 2016 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 When wife picked her car up (Ford) it had no spare and as above just a can of air/sealant thing.Had to pay an additional £100 for a stupid space saver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 So I am sat at the side of a rural road right now with a hole in the side wall of the front near side tyre and no spare as the spare wheel well is taken up by a battery! Audi you are a bunch of cheating *********** and I will never buy one of your cars! They all seem to give you this can of sealant now. I had the same thing by engine problem A few months ago late at night in sussex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 ' Puncture - no spare' is one of the most frequent causes of vehicle recovery Usually back to franchised main dealer and purchase a new tyre at pretty near full retail price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) found the foam not a lot of good for this! AA subby got us back to where we are staying but now have to hunt around tomorrow for a tyre and then get it fortunately have relatives here who can give us a lift to get a new tyre if we can find somewhere open and with tyre in stock.... Edited December 27, 2016 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 What did you bash, pothole? Looks like it took a chunk out of the alloy as well. Sympathies, i'm running on runflats at the moment and hate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-dot Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Runflats and tyre sealsnts were invented due to litigation in America where injuries occurred from jacks slipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B25Modelman Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) One of my post Xmas day tasks was to remove the wheel with puctured tyre off my son's partners new Fiat 500X (2016). Fortunately when asked I ALWAYS take a hydraulic jack, socket set, plenty wood blocks, and toolkit but thought I would see what comes with the car anyway. I previously knew it had no spare but looked at what other tools it did have as standard. 1. Jack - NO. 2. Wheel bolt wrench - NO 3. Wheel bolt cover removal tool or implement - NO 4. Wheel lock bolt adapter - YES (2 off) plus a spare set of bolts. All in a nice plastic box. 5. Cross point screw driver - YES (not sure what it's for) 6. Plastic funnel - To be used for fueling the tank in an emergency. There is also a slip cap over the lock bolt which had to be removed with long nosed pliers - NO special tool for that jobby. Anyway wheel off and found a wood screw inserted through the tyre. This is the second puncture in as many months. PS. When I purchased our Skoda in 2014 I ordered the spare wheel kit, at £120, because they were not supplied with the vehicle. It has hung, UNUSED, in my garage for almost 3 years. Further too, when I purchased my 2 1/2 year old VW last January it had a full size, new, alloy as a spare. The wheel had been used and the seller said he had removed it soon after buying the car because it kept going down over a week or so. Both he and the supplying garage could not find the reason for this. So it got thrown in the boot as the spare. Why ohhh why the owner did not request the dealer replace it I don't know. Anyway I pumped it up, place it in my wheel barrow full of water and hey presto...a faulty alloy casting, leaking on the inside surface. I zapped off a home shot video to the supplying dealer, because the car had 2 months warranty remaining, and they replaced it FOC. They were excellent and had the new rim the following day I sent the email. This vehicle came with a full wheel removal kit along with the gel repair kit. Edited December 27, 2016 by B25Modelman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 The Toyota Rav4's were supplied without a spare on the 07" (?) onwards models (the models without the spare on the rear door) BUT, the salesman said due to the amount of complaints the new models now have a spacesaver spare (which also fits the earlier models!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Did the car come with runflats from the factory?possibly replaced with ordinary tyres at changeover time due to cost/ride issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Did the car come with runflats from the factory?possibly replaced with ordinary tyres at changeover time due to cost/ride issues. not on the Rav4, just a can of tyre weld foam! Edited December 27, 2016 by silver pigeon69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Been there twice with my seat Leon A can of foam is supplied but it's no good gashes in the tyre wall. So on both accounts I was forced to call out the RAC , they fitted their standard space saver then took it back when I was home so forced to walk to a tyre garage the next day with my wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termin8r Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Ah yes, "space savers" - another brilliant idea! - not. You take the space saver out of its stowage and fit it to the car... now... where are you going to put the full-sized wheel that you just took off? Will it fit where the space saver was? If so, why wasn't there a full sized wheel in there in the first place? And what do you do with the space you saved? Why, you fill it with more luggage or load - so there's definitely no room for a full sized wheel, unless you leave some of your possessions by the roadside. Doug Edited December 27, 2016 by termin8r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 One day you will buy the car body and get extras fitted like,Engine,gearbox,transmission,Lights.. The list goes on,,What a poor saving,Do away with gimics and make it full blown car again. I bet you are fuming.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 found the foam not a lot of good for this! AA subby got us back to where we are staying but now have to hunt around tomorrow for a tyre and then get it fortunately have relatives here who can give us a lift to get a new tyre if we can find somewhere open and with tyre in stock.... God you must have a strong finger to poke it rite through the side of you tyre not a very bright thing to do though. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del T Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 My car comes with a space saver but it doesn't fit the front due to big brakes!. So if you get a front puncture you have to put front wheel to back then back wheel goes on the front then take the flat tyre wheel from the back and put space saver on the back lol. All that using one of those piddly scissor jacks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Was at a garage must be the only one open today here waiting for tyre to be fitted (thankfully staying with relatives who lent me a car so I could go and get a tyre) and AA van arrived with a guy and no car dropped wheel in fitting bay while owner went in to pay for a tyre..... so go back now and refit it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) We had to remove all the spares from company cars for fear of people getting run over when changing a flat at the side of the road and making a big insurance claim Edited December 27, 2016 by Twistedsanity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 We had to remove all the spares from company cars for fear of people getting run over when changing a flat at the side of the road and making a big insurance claim Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 The company I work for are similar, you are not allowed to change the wheel on a company car, vehicle or your own while used for business purposes. Seen the RAC 6 miles up a forestry/hill track to change a wheel before and they weren't happy as it took them a hour of travel once they arrived on site so to speak off tarmac up forestry roads getting lost, even though they had gps co-ordinates.. I have my own car, so if it happens to me, looks like I will be stopping for 'lunch' and magically when I get back from lunch, tyre will be changed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 I wouldn't mind not being allowed to change the wheel it's the fact there isn't one so no one can change the wheel not even the AA or RAC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Is it not your own fault if you don't carry a spare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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