Smaller temporary wheel - legal?

[RochdalePioneers]

One tyre flat as a pancake on my Leaf (on our driveway). No spare just a can of goo, and the goo didn't seal what appears to be a bigger slash than I thought.

Leaf runs on 205/55/16. I have a spare 195/65/15 on our i30. If as it appears I can't get a mobile fitter to come for days can I put the R15 spare on the Leaf for the 3 mile trip through town to the tyre place?

I know that space savers are OK but although skinny I thought they had a similar diameter to the tyre they replace. This would be 5% smaller.

[bimsb6]

Just do it , space savers are usually smaller than the originals.

[lbc]

It's a spare.

You are not expected to use it for the next 50,000 miles as you are too tight to get your tyre repaired/replaced.

[V8forweekends]

No idea but I'd take the chance if it was me.

The internet suggests a 1mm difference in centre bore sizes although the PCD is apparently the same - that would be more of a concern to me - but it looks like the right direction to still fit on and close enough not to cause serious bother.

[RochdalePioneers]

OK - will see if tyre place has a van they can send out. Otherwise do swapsies and limp the car to them on the 15". Thanks for the quick replies!

[lbc]

Let's face it, when was the last time you got stopped by the police....for me it was about 5 years ago, but I never got done for fast acceleration, which is a more serious crime than a skinny tyre, I would expect.

[oldcynic]

Why not just take the wheel to the tyre place in your i30?

[RochdalePioneers]

oldcynic said:

Why not just take the wheel to the tyre place in your i30?

Because I'm driving to work in it!

[ging84]

could be legal if the spare is a temporary use spare, if it's a full size spare though, it's certainly not

i would be surprised if it fits though

[oldcynic]

If you haven't already dealt with this challenge then I suggest calling your breakdown/recovery service to get you to the tyre place. fking stupid idea supplying cars without spare wheels - turns out the spacesaver nonsense was the thin end of the wedge!

[Bluebarge]

Would very much doubt the wheel will fit - usually have different PCDs between different manufacturers, different bolt lengths etc.

Just go to tyre place on Saturday or get mobile fitter to come to you.