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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Man buys a brand new Suzuki Swift. When he gets it home he is unsurprised to find there is no spare wheel.

However, he is surprised to find his new purchase doesn't have an emergency tyre replacement kit.

Contacts the dealer and tells them they forgot to put it in the boot when doing the PDI check.

They tell him they didn't forget, and if he wants the inflation kit that'll be another £58 please, Sir. You'll need to call the AA (or similar) if you get a flat tyre.

 

[cam.in.head]

typical and unsurprising .  so they are basically saying in a roundabout way that to own one of our cars you MUST be in a breakdown service which not all of us are .

[TheBoy]

And how much will the AA's agents rape you for to come out and fit a new tyre.

Its a simple question when buying a new car, and I would pull out at the last minute until the salesman throws one in....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And how much will the AA's agents rape you for to come out and fit a new tyre.

Its a simple question when buying a new car, and I would pull out at the last minute until the salesman throws one in....

Yep...absolutely.

Even if the dealer has to make slightly less profit he should do this as a gesture  of goodwill.

[Andy B]

And how much will the AA's agents rape you for to come out and fit a new tyre.

Its a simple question when buying a new car, and I would pull out at the last minute until the salesman throws one in....

Yep...absolutely.

Even if the dealer has to make slightly less profit he should do this as a gesture  of goodwill.

but not all cars have the space to stow a spare 

[Andy B]

I noticed on YouTube there was a ML for sale & during the walk round it showed under the boot floor  ..... this car did NOT have a spare but mine does, despite there being an air tank in there for its suspension.

[STEMO]

Both of our grandlands have got full size alloys under the boot floors. EBay specials, cheaper than a new space saver.

[TheBoy]

Both ours only have room for space savers.  Mine came with one as standard, her's I had to buy as it was an option when new.  I'd prefer full sized, but space savers are the next best thing.

Mine has staggered wheels anyway for reasons I never understood, so a full sized would be problematic I guess.

[Andy B]

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Mine has staggered wheels anyway for reasons I never understood, so a full sized would be problematic I guess.

and where would you stop if you had directional tyres on staggered rims? You'd need to carry 4 spare wheels... just in case.

Mine is a space saver .... no idea if the the full sized (265mm?) tyre would even fit in the spare wheel well 

[STEMO]

Both ours only have room for space savers.  Mine came with one as standard, her's I had to buy as it was an option when new.  I'd prefer full sized, but space savers are the next best thing.

Mine has staggered wheels anyway for reasons I never understood, so a full sized would be problematic I guess.

Full size or space saver, either makes the TPMS throw a wobbler. Although hers, being higher spec and more modern, only takes a couple of cancel message presses and it tells you that you have a space saver on and that some functions may not work properly.

[Sir Tigger KC]

And how much will the AA's agents rape you for to come out and fit a new tyre.

Its a simple question when buying a new car, and I would pull out at the last minute until the salesman throws one in....

Lots of blokes have tried this and got a little surprise a few months later! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And how much will the AA's agents rape you for to come out and fit a new tyre.

Its a simple question when buying a new car, and I would pull out at the last minute until the salesman throws one in....

Yep...absolutely.

Even if the dealer has to make slightly less profit he should do this as a gesture  of goodwill.

but not all cars have the space to stow a spare

I refer to the crappy 'finilec' spray foam emergency jobbie.....that probably won't work anyway.

[Sir Tigger KC]

And how much will the AA's agents rape you for to come out and fit a new tyre.

Its a simple question when buying a new car, and I would pull out at the last minute until the salesman throws one in....

Yep...absolutely.

Even if the dealer has to make slightly less profit he should do this as a gesture  of goodwill.

but not all cars have the space to stow a spare 

Mine doesn't have anywhere for a spare. The battery is housed under the boot space where you might expect to find a spare. 

[Rangie]

Purchased a spare & everything else required to change a wheel when we bought the Yaris last year, wouldn't ever not carry a spare wheel.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Purchased a spare & everything else required to change a wheel when we bought the Yaris last year, wouldn't ever not carry a spare wheel.

Where do you keep it? 

I've been considering this, but it would have to live in the boot or behind one of the front seats in one of the rear passenger seat footwells. 

I suppose it would be OK, as it's not very often that I use the boot to capacity.