So that's what the compressor is for!!!

[Chattonmill]

In a bit of a hurry yesterday I managed to clip a large stone on the apex of a bend
The front felt heavy so I pulled over....yep punctured tyre.
I pulled out the funny looking space saver only to realise that it is kind of folded flat to save even more space, saw on the side of it 'inflate to 51psi' then realised what the compressor is for in the car.....unfortunately it was not in the car
decided to run on it anyway to the garage 2 miles away. Pumped it up and away I went.
So if your car came with a funny looking spare and a compressor...make sure the compressor is in the car at all times

 

[momomo]

Haha, well now you know! I bet thats the first thing you did when you got home, put the compressor back.

 

[Horrgakx]

These things should have an air compressor in the kit???

 

[6pot]

ahh the choice of having large diameter wheels!

 

[219]

The 'space-saver' spare wheel has always struck me as completely pointless .

If your boot only has space to accomodate this tiny thing - what on earth are you supposed to do with the full-sized wheel you just took off when you had a puncture ??

If you do have a wheel well big enough for a full-size wheel - why bother with the small one ?????

 

[whitenemesis]

Makes more sense if one has a staggered wheel set-up...