MINI Clubman

[Johnspex]

Im thinking about an early MINI Clubman.
I understand that they don’t have the space for a spare wheel which puts me off.
I’ve had more punctures in the 10 years I’ve lived here than in my previous 46 years of driving.
Can anyone tell if this is true or do they come with run-flats?
If so, do they have to have run-flats?

[silentbrown]

"Early" would mean 1970...?

[Johnspex]

silentbrown said:

"Early" would mean 1970...?

No, I did capitalise MINI which I thought indicated a BMW MINI.

[Peter-e2535]

Some R55 Clubmans come with a space saver, but IIRC , it will not clear the bigger Cooper S brakes. I have a Cooper S R55 without runflats , with a space saver, knowing that I will have to fit it to the rear if i get a puncture.

[Johnspex]

Thank you.

[this is my username]

My R55 Cooper D has a well underneath the bot floor. I took out the polystyrene lump in there and managed to squeeze in a spare wheel I bought off eBay - had to deflate the tyre to do it though.

They came from the factory with run flats, many (including mine) were swapped on to standard tyres as the ride is a tad on the firm side with the original tyres.

Obvs having done that I haven't had a flat tyre in over 110k miles driving it ...

[21TonyK]

Also...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

not strictly R55 but probably the same.