Was there no opportunity no finesse the deal to include up grading the goo to a spare? I got that with my subsequently written off Roomster.
In the dim/distant 20+ years ago after buying a Pug 205 with what was, for some reason, an odd sized spare I had to get a wheel. Peugeot dealer sold me the steel wheel (as were the other 4, it was only an XD) and I then had a fast fit outfit supply and fit a tyre.
Not sure if your comment was directed at me or Concrete, but in terms of what I was relaying, my gen-1 Mazda3 (same with the gen-2, perhaps sans certain top spec models with ICE [CD changer?] in the space) has a space-saver spare wheel and tyre fitted in the underboot area as standard.
The gen-3 does have a space for a space-saver, but the area is not just a circle, it's an odd-shaped cutout and isn't deep enough to accommodate the space saver tyre/wheel that Mazda says to use - hence why the boot 'floor' has to be raised or it has a 'hump' where the tyre is. Mazda does sell the polystyrene cut out, wheel, tyre and tool kit (to go in the centre) but it costs a whopping £395 on the gen-3 car.
It could be the same is the case for the latest gen-4 car - I can't remember. It's a daft situation, given the newer cars are a bit (not much) larger, so you'd think there would be room for the space-saver spare, etc. Mazda dealers (at least in non-pandemic times) might sweeten a deal by adding one for free, but peobably on new cars.
I suspect the same is for most makes in terms of when buying, but not the space issue. I'd certainly push a dealer to include an OEM space-saver spare in any deal if it didn't have one fitted, and I would only buy a car that has a spare and the boot (physical) space isn't compromised to the extent that it can't be used to put the required holiday stuff in there.
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