Deadhead
Active Member
Just bought a one-year old W205 C200 estate. It comes with a pump and a tube of gunk and Yokohamas of two different sizes. Last week while parking I hit a hidden curbstone which had been pushed a long way out of alignment by tree roots. Ripped a big hole in a front tyre. Gunk was going to be no use, obviously. So I had the car shipped off to my local friendly dealership and waited a couple of days for them to order and fit a, slightly but not ever so, over-priced replacement.
In this circumstance, if I had a spacesaver, or even better a full-size, spare I could have changed the wheel and been off to my local discount tyre emporium tout suite. Of course they’d still have had to order a tyre in - it being a Yokohama in 225/45 18. Would have saved me a day though and I could have used the vehicle, slowly, in the mean time.
Question is though, in case this happens again should I stump up for a new spare, jack and so on? And will it fit in my existing boot does anybody know?
In this circumstance, if I had a spacesaver, or even better a full-size, spare I could have changed the wheel and been off to my local discount tyre emporium tout suite. Of course they’d still have had to order a tyre in - it being a Yokohama in 225/45 18. Would have saved me a day though and I could have used the vehicle, slowly, in the mean time.
Question is though, in case this happens again should I stump up for a new spare, jack and so on? And will it fit in my existing boot does anybody know?