On 13/04/2019 10:14, Scion wrote:
On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:49:07 +0100, ARW wrote:

Got a flat. A simple swap, but the spare has 50MPH stickers on it.

So why would the spare wheel have a maximum speed limit of 50MPH on it
when it has the same sized tyre on it as the flat one? The only
difference I can see is that the spare is not an alloy wheel.

Run-flat tyres are limited to 50mph if they're punctured, but it wouldn't
make sense to have a run-flat spare.

I also can't see it as penny-pinching by the manufacturer - a special
lightweight tyre is surely more expensive than the standard one.

If the tyre is the original-supplied one, perhaps it is a lightweight one
and the manufacturer needed to shave off a kilo or two to get the car into
a lower tax band.

Then they'd just supply it without a spare and make it an optional extra.

SteveW