BMWs have no spare wheel, so what's this about?

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I recently bought a 2013 320d F30. This is the "Efficient Dynamics" version which is tweaked to improve fuel consumption. One of those tweaks is a set of conventional tyres (60% profile) and a can of goo instead of a spare wheel. There is no place to put a spare if you wanted one.

Today I was checking the tyre pressures so I had a look at the information sticker in the passenger door frame, then I noticed that there are pressures given for a space-saver spare wheel, have a look:





So it seems that BMW must be giving a spare wheel in some markets. I wonder where they put it unless they change the entire floor of the boot, but more than that I wonder why we can't get it here.

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As has been pointed out, there is no wheel well in the boot, so where do BMW put the space-saver when it's included?

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redtwin said:

If you scroll up you will see that E30M3SE kindly posted a pic of the space saver system which clearly shows the storage bag which is secured to the boot lashing points.

The space saver pressure listed on the door sticker is for the convenience of those who choose to buy the space saver system. If you haven't bought one, just ignore it, much as you would the pressures listed for the other tyre sizes not fitted to your particular car.

Yes, I had seen that but it struck me as an after-market accessory rather than a factory fitting. I wondered if there might be a better way of storing a spare even if it meant (for example) modifying the boot floor. However it now seems clear from this thread that the BMW way is to put the spare on the boot floor and let it use up luggage space. While I understand your point about ignoring information that does not apply, the fact that a space-saver is included on the door sticker lead me to hope there might be a proper spare wheel installation somewhere in the option list.

As for the other discussion that has arisen about full-size spare wheels: I have struggled to fit a full-size wheel in my own shed in daylight. I would hate to be fitting one on the side of the road on a dark, wet night. For that reason I think a space-saver is a better option for a car with big wheels. (However there is still the problem of where to put the full-size road wheel after you have fitted your space-saver on the roadside.)