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Author Topic: Practical differences Estate v Saloon  (Read 4969 times)

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ronnyd

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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #15 on: 22 March 2016, 22:50:55 »
Must be a PITA trying to get the spare out of the estate wheel well when you have loads of crap or whatever your,e carrying if you are unfortunate enough to get a flat. :o
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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #16 on: 22 March 2016, 23:25:21 »
Quote from: ronnyd on 22 March 2016, 22:50:55
Must be a PITA trying to get the spare out of the estate wheel well when you have loads of crap or whatever your,e carrying if you are unfortunate enough to get a flat. :o
Scaremongering rubbish ;D what happens with getting the wheel out of a saloon if the boot is full... ::)
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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #17 on: 22 March 2016, 23:50:34 »
Least you only need to move half of it. ;D
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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #18 on: 23 March 2016, 00:25:44 »
Quote from: ronnyd on 22 March 2016, 22:50:55
Must be a PITA trying to get the spare out of the estate wheel well when you have loads of crap or whatever you're carrying if you are unfortunate enough to get a flat. :o


No different to any other car that has the spare under the boot floor. Which, thinking about it, is every car I've owned. In 27 years I've probably averaged 30,000 mile p/a and have only ever needed to fit the spare once.
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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #19 on: 23 March 2016, 07:59:47 »
The alternative is to have it suspended under the car - exposed to road salt it rusts away before you need it (if it isn't stolen first)
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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #20 on: 23 March 2016, 08:52:57 »
Quote from: ronnyd on 22 March 2016, 22:50:55
Must be a PITA trying to get the spare out of the estate wheel well when you have loads of crap or whatever your,e carrying if you are unfortunate enough to get a flat. :o
Not really as the LPG tank is hidden in there,  ;)
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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #21 on: 23 March 2016, 09:30:53 »
Or ring the recovery services. ;D

My dad had a puncture and got the stuff all out but wasn't strong enough to remove the wheel nuts!
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Re: Practical differences Estate v Saloon
« Reply #22 on: 23 March 2016, 09:42:34 »
Quote from: Varche on 23 March 2016, 09:30:53
Or ring the recovery services. ;D

My dad had a puncture and got the stuff all out but wasn't strong enough to remove the wheel nuts!

 I went to loads like that. Others who didn't know the wheel was slung under the car, or if they did couldn't get it out. Renault Meganes are good for that as they have a fiendishly complicated mechanism that doesn't work very well. I saw several who wouldn't accept that the wheel in the boot wasn't correct for the car.

And let's not forget the foam, which rarely works but does make a lovely mess in the process.
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