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[terry paget]

I regard alloy wheels as fashion items, inferior in every way to steel wheels; more expensive, more fragile, more inclined to porosity, harder to fit, harder to remove, attractive to thieves, and no lighter.. All my Senators came on steel wheels, as did some of my Omegas. When I buy new tyres I put them on steel wheels.

At least MB provide a spare wheel of sorts, together with a set of short wheel bolts (cost 50p?) and presumably a jack and wheel brace. My sister's Mokka came with an aerosol can of porridge. She has had 2 flats in the last year, and has now bought a spacesaver steel spare. 

[polilara]

I regard alloy wheels as fashion items, inferior in every way to steel wheels; more expensive, more fragile, more inclined to porosity, harder to fit, harder to remove, attractive to thieves, and no lighter.. All my Senators came on steel wheels, as did some of my Omegas. When I buy new tyres I put them on steel wheels.

At least MB provide a spare wheel of sorts, together with a set of short wheel bolts (cost 50p?) and presumably a jack and wheel brace. My sister's Mokka came with an aerosol can of porridge. She has had 2 flats in the last year, and has now bought a spacesaver steel spare.

Sure, for some reason I like also steel ones, perhaps easier to balance, too without playing games with those "glued" parts. Are alloys more rigid? My spare wheel is from 2001, never used. I do not know whether it is a safe solution to use anymore when needed but a crazy idea to buy a new spare.

[Doctor Gollum]

It's a packaging thing... Also, most Omegas have alloys as standard

Be mentioned in the hand book if a problem...

There you go Ron, apologies for not being clearer...