In article ,
Jimk wrote:
That hasn't been recommended for many a year. Front and rear tyres develop
a different wear pattern. Swap them over when part worn and you could get
less than ideal handling until they scrub themselves in.

Sounds dubious. Rear tyres wear evenly across, fronts lose their
shoulders from scrub. Swap em around & you get "new" shoulders on
the front pair, no real detriment to the rears...

Surely an expert on everything like you knows that just how the rear tyres
wear depends on the type of suspension? And the same applies to the fronts
too? But perhaps in Glasgow you're more used to cart springs all round.

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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/08/2020 21:18, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 15/08/2020 22:37, Dave W wrote:
My Seat Ibiza is like that. I threw away the evil goop and bought a
apare tyre instead. Only trouble was that the buggers had only
provided a big enough space for a 'space-saver' tyre.

WTF do they think you are going to do with the flat tyre you took off?

Andy
you put it in the boot, loose


If you have room in the boot. If not, beware...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8600833.stm

Obviously this isnt going to happen with a flat tyre but if the car had
had a full size spare (and room to store it) it wouldnt have happened.

Tim

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Tim+ wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/08/2020 21:18, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 15/08/2020 22:37, Dave W wrote:
My Seat Ibiza is like that. I threw away the evil goop and bought a
apare tyre instead. Only trouble was that the buggers had only
provided a big enough space for a 'space-saver' tyre.

WTF do they think you are going to do with the flat tyre you took off?

Andy
you put it in the boot, loose


If you have room in the boot. If not, beware...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8600833.stm

Obviously this isn't going to happen with a flat tyre but if the car had
had a full size spare (and room to store it) it wouldn't have happened.

Tim
I've learnt something from the story. If you have to carry tyres in the
passenger compartment (especially perhaps ones with sidewall bulges)
then deflate them first. I must say I might not have thought of that
otherwise, but it makes sense. There is quite a lot of energy stored in
an inflated tyre.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" Wrote in message:
In article ,
Jimk wrote:
That hasn't been recommended for many a year. Front and rear tyres develop
a different wear pattern. Swap them over when part worn and you could get
less than ideal handling until they scrub themselves in.

Sounds dubious. Rear tyres wear evenly across, fronts lose their
shoulders from scrub. Swap em around & you get "new" shoulders on
the front pair, no real detriment to the rears...

Surely an expert on everything like you knows that just how the rear tyres
wear depends on the type of suspension? And the same applies to the fronts
too?

On maintained road cars?

Sounds like your old bangers need some suspension work...


But perhaps in Glasgow you're more used to cart springs all round.

Glasgow Duhve?
?

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In article , Vir Campestris
writes
On 15/08/2020 22:37, Dave W wrote:
My Seat Ibiza is like that. I threw away the evil goop and bought a
apare tyre instead. Only trouble was that the buggers had only
provided a big enough space for a 'space-saver' tyre.

WTF do they think you are going to do with the flat tyre you took off?

Andy
I'd hang it on the back door -previous models it would have been mounted
on the bonnet - lifting it gives you your own d-i-y gym workout.
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bert

In article , Jethro_uk
writes
On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:17:54 +0100, Pancho wrote:

I was told the reason they got rid of the spare wheel was partially due
to being able to quote better fuel efficiency.

Well it's incontestable that removing 15-20 Kg of weight that has to be
lugged around for every mile of a cars life cannot do anything but reduce
fuel consumption.

It would interesting to speculate on how much it saves the motorist over
the life of the car. I could easily see it straying into hundreds if not
thousands of pounds.

Against that you need to weigh the chances of having a puncture together
with the inconvenience of not having a spare. Which while the end of the
world for that person at that time doesn't really happen often enough to
justify the permanent carrying of a spare.

last time I fitted a spare wheel, it went flat 400 yards later (****ing
cowboy tyre fitters) and I was still stuck. That was 1988.
Accountants will do anything to knock a few pence, never mind pounds off
the production cost per unit of cars.
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bert