Most recently answered space saver questions

My Freelander 2 was supplied with a foam injection kit instead of a conventional spare. I am considering the purchase of a space saver spare wheel. Would you recommend this?

I have just bought a Kia Venga 3 with 1.6 diesel engine. This car has no spare wheel but has an air pump and a bottle of puncture sealant. This is the first car I have owned which does not have a spare...

I would strongly advise PS, who wrote about space-saver spare wheels, and anyone else who has one, not to venture out on a motorway with one fitted. A few months ago, the AA fitted my space-saver spare...

The space saver-tyre, from new, has never been out of the boot other then for top-up of air. I am considering replacing it with a standard wheel/tyre(matching existing tyres of 185/55R15 82V).
I'm doing...

I can get a spacesaver from a scrap yard from a recent Polo - will it suit my Audi A1?

In Honest John in August a reader mentioned that his Astra space saver spare wheel was two inches smaller in diameter than the road wheels. My BMW Compact has 16-inch wheels, while the space saver has...

A full-size matching road wheel (I paid extra as I tow a caravan) does not fit in the well of the boot of my fantastic new Astra SRi 2.0 CTDI. The ‘spacesaver’ is two inches smaller in diameter and the...

My car has a space-saver spare wheel that is rated to 80km/h. I would like to get a 'proper' tyre for emergencies.
Is it OK to fit a standard 205 55 16 W/V tyre to the steel 'space saver' wheel?
If...

The brochure for my SEAT stated that a space-saver spare was supplied with the car, but it did not come with one. I pursued the matter vigorously with the dealer who relented and supplied me with a new...

While in France recently I clipped a loose kerbstone whilst going through roadworks in my Skoda Octavia 1.4TSi, and got a puncture on my front offside wheel. I didn't have a spare, only a repair kit and...