How often, If ever, do you change the tyre on your spare?
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Im in the position of needing some new tyres soon, and have just thought, "what about the spare"?
i think it would be a good idea to change the spare to the same make as i am sticking on the axles as if i do puncture one, i can just stick the same sort on and carry on the same, as i have a full sized alloy wheel as a spare, not just a spacesaver.
how often do you change the tyre round your spare wheel, and do you always get the same make as you put on the car?
i think it would be a good idea to change the spare to the same make as i am sticking on the axles as if i do puncture one, i can just stick the same sort on and carry on the same, as i have a full sized alloy wheel as a spare, not just a spacesaver.
how often do you change the tyre round your spare wheel, and do you always get the same make as you put on the car?
I doubt that matching the spare to the rest is that critical, unless your intention is to use it permanently, then use the repaired tyre as the spare.
As for the length of time - I can't actually remember the last time I did (although to be fair for the last 6 years I've not had one).
As for the length of time - I can't actually remember the last time I did (although to be fair for the last 6 years I've not had one).
Never. The spare is a temporary solution that I would only use to drive carefully home on not a permanent replacement when a puncture occurs. My car is 7 or 8 years old and has the original continental on the spare wheel, yes it might not be ideal but I hope never to need it and if it holds pressure then it should be safe enough for one journey should it be required.
Assuming the tyre on the spare is really very old, what I did was when replacing all four tyres on my car I chose the 'least bad' one and used that as a spare. The old 'spare wheel' then became a 'normal' wheel and I was happy the spare hadn't hardened too much from age and still had a legal amount of tread on it.
It seems fairly pointless replacing a perfectly good tyre with another given that it's going to be a fairly unusual situation you find yourself in when you're required to use your spare and you can probably just adjust your driving appropriately....
It seems fairly pointless replacing a perfectly good tyre with another given that it's going to be a fairly unusual situation you find yourself in when you're required to use your spare and you can probably just adjust your driving appropriately....
Monty Python said:
unless your intention is to use it permanently, then use the repaired tyre as the spare.
I don't see why not? the spare in my car is the same size and make alloy wheel as is on the car, then either get the punctured one repaired or a new tyre put on when i get home and stick that back in the boot and just run the one that was a spare until its worn out.devnull said:
i sometimes 'rotate' it with the current tyres - when it comes to getting new tyres, the spare with new tread is taken out and i use the best of the remaining bunch as the new spare.
Same here.The spare on our VW camper was the original 1988 Michelin, absolutely unused. The guy at the tyre place was gobsmacked when I asked him to put one of the new tyres on in place of that - I strongly suspect it went on one side rather than skipped. Gawd knows why - it was like crackle-finish black concrete.
ManOpener said:
I don't have a spare, just a can of tyre weld. I'm supposed to have a can of tyre weld and a compressor but I forgot to check when I bought my car and it doesn't have a compressor. Which is a bit useless if I'm honest.
Not really, as the can of Tyre weld includes gas to inflate the tyre as well as seal it.TooMany2cvs said:
devnull said:
i sometimes 'rotate' it with the current tyres - when it comes to getting new tyres, the spare with new tread is taken out and i use the best of the remaining bunch as the new spare.
Same here.The spare on our VW camper was the original 1988 Michelin, absolutely unused. The guy at the tyre place was gobsmacked when I asked him to put one of the new tyres on in place of that - I strongly suspect it went on one side rather than skipped. Gawd knows why - it was like crackle-finish black concrete.
And even then I just treat it as an emergency to get me home knowing I'll get a repair or new tyre asap.
I did once rotate an old spare tyre onto the car.
It failed spectacularly at 80mph on the M1.
Spare tyres on cars are not stored well.
Years ago on a car with all 5 the same I used to rotate them occasionally and use them all.
I started using winter tyres on a separate set of wheels a few years ago so now I carry one of the other set as a spare, on the grounds that the space saver that was in my car when I bought it (second hand) doesn't actually fit the car
I started using winter tyres on a separate set of wheels a few years ago so now I carry one of the other set as a spare, on the grounds that the space saver that was in my car when I bought it (second hand) doesn't actually fit the car
4G63T said:
I don't see why not? the spare in my car is the same size and make alloy wheel as is on the car, then either get the punctured one repaired or a new tyre put on when i get home and stick that back in the boot and just run the one that was a spare until its worn out.
Because the spare is likely to look different to the "normal" wheels. If it hangs under the back of the car, it'll be correded/a bit s
tty looking. If it's under the boot, the "normal" ones are likely to have changed colour slightly so it'll always look slightly out of place and, well, I'd want to get the correct wheel back on the car anyway.I've had a spacesaver tyre in the last couple of cars.
Never given a thought to replacing them due to age cracks or whatever but I've always viewed these tyres as an emergency measure if used to get you to a tyre place pronto. Would never use them for any prolonged length of time unlike some numpties you see on the road.
Never given a thought to replacing them due to age cracks or whatever but I've always viewed these tyres as an emergency measure if used to get you to a tyre place pronto. Would never use them for any prolonged length of time unlike some numpties you see on the road.
The Moose said:
Because the spare is likely to look different to the "normal" wheels. If it hangs under the back of the car, it'll be correded/a bit stty looking. If it's under the boot, the "normal" ones are likely to have changed colour slightly so it'll always look slightly out of place and, well, I'd want to get the correct wheel back on the car anyway.
its not different to the normal wheels, its the exact same size alloy wheel and same sized tyre as is on the car, and as its stored in the boot not under the car, its still in pristine condition and the tyre still has little rubbery bits around it showing that it has never been used on and still on OE rubber.tty looking. If it's under the boot, the "normal" ones are likely to have changed colour slightly so it'll always look slightly out of place and, well, I'd want to get the correct wheel back on the car anyway.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff