Would You Use A Tyre Inflator Kit

knockavacca | 10:50 Sun 15th May 2016 | Motoring

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new cars now supplied with tyre inflator kits, have /would you use one thanks

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knockavacca
Check if your car came with the option to have a spacesaver as an extra - if it did kick yourself that you didn't order one. If there is no well for a spare you can either forget it or lug a wheel around in the boot. If there is a well I'm afraid the dealer will want an arm and a leg for the spacesaver, jack, brace etc. - much more than the option price. The safest option of finding one is from a breaker from a car with identical wheels to yours.

MantaRay

I don't think "inferior brand" is quite the right terminology For example, Dacia's come with a spare wheel, Rolls Royce don't even have a space saver but you wouldn't call them an inferior brand. But it does make a Duster superior to a Wraith!

EDDIE51

A 'spare'of any kind is an extra cost option now. But as said many cars do not even have space for even a 'space saver' spare.
We have a motability car with just a can of 'gunge' but we are told never to try to use it , just phone for roadside assistance.

Old_Geezer

I understand what folk are saying re brand; but as a comparison, if you were a dessert seller and one day deliberately decided to replace the currants in your plum duff with cockroaches IMO your brand name would slip down the list.

Old_Geezer

For most cars calling the Noddy wheel a 'spacesaver' seems a misnomer. Design the boot with a deeper well for the wheel and your boot space stays the same. I suspect it's simply cheaper to fob buyers off with a lesser product and hope they won't notice; or even convince themselves it's some kind of benefit.

bhg481

It's not just a case of making the wheel-well deeper OG, in some cases it has to have the diameter increased as well. That's the problem when you have a puncture - there's no way to get the real wheel into the boot.