No Spare wheel

[Trojax]

So we are off to France for 3 weeks and have a 6.1 Cali with no spare wheel. Looking at the RAC website they are doing Comprehensive Plus breakdown cover for £123 zone 1 which seems very good but what are people doing about tyres ??????

 

[Nick from Bath]

Unless you have 18 inch wheels, the simplest solution is to buy the carrier, bolts and a cheap steel wheel and get a basic tyre fitted locally to you before you go. You might get lucky and find the whole set on eBay or someone selling a spare with tyre already on.

If you do have 18 inch wheels then you need to choose a smaller diameter wheel but deeper sidewall in order for it to fit the carrier. Edited to add: Be mindful of the overall circumference of the spare tyre needs to match the other 3 to within a fairly close tolerance.

 

[sidepod]

No idea why you don’t have a spare but, never leave home without one of these.

At best it’ll be fine for the remainder of your trip, at worst you could limp to the nearest tyre shop.

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[WelshGas]

So we are off to France for 3 weeks and have a 6.1 Cali with no spare wheel. Looking at the RAC website they are doing Comprehensive Plus breakdown cover for £123 zone 1 which seems very good but what are people doing about tyres ??????

Do you not have VW Assistance?

 

[Trojax]

Do you not have VW Assistance?

Hi the van is a 2021 so no, and the price of the extended warranty's from VW are eyewatering and I am not sure you get VW assist with the extended warranty's either

 

[WelshGas]

Hi the van is a 2021 so no, and the price of the extended warranty's from VW are eyewatering and I am not sure you get VW assist with the extended warranty's either

You can buy VW Assistance, which covers Europe etc for £120/Yr.

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[Ch1pbutty]

So we are off to France for 3 weeks and have a 6.1 Cali with no spare wheel. Looking at the RAC website they are doing Comprehensive Plus breakdown cover for £123 zone 1 which seems very good but what are people doing about tyres ??????

You can add full annual UK/euro breakdown cover to your car insurance policy for less than £100; check with your insurer as can probably be added retrospectively.

Spare is essential as will get you back on the road a lot quicker. Does the van have the cradle?

 

[fluff34567]

It always puzzled me why people would pay an extra 90 for a spare wheel. To retro fit it's about 150 for the holder and about 70 for the jack plus cost of the wheel.

 

[fluff34567]

Wouldn't on above post

 

[dspuk]

So we are off to France for 3 weeks and have a 6.1 Cali with no spare wheel. Looking at the RAC website they are doing Comprehensive Plus breakdown cover for £123 zone 1 which seems very good but what are people doing about tyres ??????

Ours did not have one and we were casual about it just carrying a Holts Tyreweld. That was until we had a puncture when up in the lakes.

The Tyreweld worked fine and got us home 300 miles away but decided to sort it out.

Ended up with a hanger and spare from Ebay, cost about 220 all together. We have 18” alloys but if you get the right spare it’s a non issue.

We then got a slow puncture on our last jaunt, so was able to get it sorted on the way at a garage, but happy to have the peace of mind.

Seems, to my eyes, the 18’s are very puncture prone and unlike my other car, not self sealing tyres.

 

[Trojax]

Yes we have 18 one the van, but have only seen 16” spares

 

[fluff34567]

Get 17 also

 

[sidepod]

Puncture is manageable with tyre foam but a blow out and you’re screwed without a spare.

 

[ejmoore]

Tyreweld wouldn't have sorted out this blowout we had in Scotland a few years ago - glad we had a spare wheel.

 

[ejmoore]

Another aspect of our blowout was, we'd have had a job getting the wheel off, especially on the hard shoulder of the motorway. The breakdown rescue guy parked his truck behind and used a bigger jack, and had to whack the wheel off with a sledgehammer. More difficult than on a car, that's for sure.

 

[Trojax]

Tyreweld wouldn't have sorted out this blowout we had in Scotland a few years ago - glad we had a spare wheel.

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