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Most drivers want a spare wheel when buying new cars - but 97% don't have one

A 投票 of 12,000 UK 運転者s 設立する that 82% would prefer a spare wheel
Over a third don't feel comfortable using tyre インフレーション道具s, which often fail
Just 3% of new cars in showrooms today have a spare - we explain the 推論する／理由s why 製造業者s are steering away from them

Updated: 08:58 BST, 5 February 2024

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Britain's 運転者s are calling for car 製造業者s to bring 支援する spare wheels after a 投票明らかにする／漏らすd that few have 約束 in tyre 修理道具s in the 大多数 of new models 存在 able to 直す／買収する，八百長をする a 穴をあける.

Over four in five drivers say they would prefer to have a spare wheel in their boot rather than a tyre インフレーション道具, a 調査する of 11,959 AA members 明らかにする／漏らすd.

However, a 最近の熟考する／考慮する exposed that only 3 per cent of new 乗り物s sold in British showrooms today have a spare as 基準. Here's the 推論する／理由 why...?

More than four in five drivers want car 製造業者s to 溝へはまらせる／不時着する tyre インフレーション道具s and bring 支援する the 伝統的な spare wheel, a new AA 熟考する／考慮する has 明らかにする／漏らすd?

With pothole-関係のある出来事/事件s on Britain’s roads at a five-year high, the 事例／患者 for having a spare wheel in the boot of your car has rarely been stronger, the AA says.

Last year, pothole-関係のある損失 accounted for almost half a billion 続けざまに猛撃するs in 乗り物修理法案s, with a large 部分 of that spend going on tyres.

But the モーターing group 警告するs that many drivers are blissfully unaware that their car doesn't have a spare wheel tucked away under the boot 床に打ち倒す.

によれば the 調査する, one in five (20 per cent) of 18-to-24-year-olds wouldn’t think to check if the car they were buying had a spare.?

Often, many only realise they don't have either a 十分な-size or space-saver spare in the 支援する when they get a 穴をあける and want to get 支援する on the road again.

Instead, almost all new cars on sale in showrooms today come as 基準 with a 穴をあけるインフレーション道具 - usually consisting of a can of sealant to pump into the tyr e and a small compressor to blow it 支援する up.

Why are car 製造者s steering away from spare wheels??

Many 製造業者s have stopped 含むing them as 基準 to 減ずる the 負わせる of their cars by up to 20kg.

This makes the 乗り物s more 燃料 efficient but also helps car 製造者s to 会合，会う tougher 放出／発行s 法律制定.

Tyre 修理道具s are also far cheaper to 申し込む／申し出 as 基準器具／備品 in cars, meaning 製造業者s can save money on each model they sell by not 申し込む／申し出ing it with a spare in the boot or under the chassis.

The RAC said spare wheels are 始める，決める to 転換 from an 危うくするd 種類 to the extinct 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） because of the arrival of electric 乗り物s.

In many 事例／患者s, their large 殴打／砲列 packs （問題を）取り上げる the space where a spare would 伝統的に be 任命する／導入するd, meaning ergonomically there isn't room to have one.

What is a car tyre 修理/インフレーション道具 and how do they work??

A 修理道具 consists of a can of sealant that's sprayed into the tyre 経由で the 弁 and a compressor that can be connected to a 12-volt socket in the car and used to reinflate the 損失d tyre.?

The car needs to be driven soon after the tyre has been filled with sealant so that the liquid can spread around the inside and plug any 穴を開けるs in the rubber.

The biggest 利益 of these 道具s - in theory - is that they're designed to enable 運転者s to continue a 旅行 without the hassle of changing a wheel.?

Once the tyre has been reinflated, most 示唆する you can 運動 with it fitted for around 300 miles.

However, 研究 shows?the sealant won’t work for one in every five 穴をあけるs, if the 穴を開ける is more than 5mm in 直径 or in the tyre’s sidewall.

Also, the 修理d tyre will deflate a day or so after the sealant has been?used if it doesn’t plug the 穴を開ける完全に. And even in any 事例／患者, it’s still only a 一時的な直す／買収する，八百長をする.

Sealant can also 妨げる the tyre from 存在適切に修理d. This could 押し進める up the cost of 解決するing a 穴をあける from いっそう少なく than ￡20 for a tyre 修理 and wheel balancing to hundreds of 続けざまに猛撃するs for a new 交替／補充 tyre.

To 避ける this expens e, use only water-based sealant, because this can be rinsed out of the tyre later.

Spending ￡200 on an optional spare wheel is 価値（がある） it

The AA says more drivers could have spare tyres fitted to their new cars if they 追加するd them as an 選択 when ordering in showrooms.

While a salesman might not always make （疑いを）晴らす one is 利用できる, 顧客s should always ask the 売買業者 if they can have a spare 追加するd.?

This usually costs in the 地域 of ￡100 to ￡200.?

For a new VW ゴルフ, for instance, the 新規加入 of a space saver costs ￡110, while Ford 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s 顧客s ￡200 to have on in its?best-selling Puma.

Did you know? The AA and RAC patrols can 貸付金 you a spare wheel?

The RAC's 全世界の／万国共通の spare wheel design

The AA's Multi-Fit spare wheel design

Both the RAC and its biggest 競争相手, the AA, have their own 解答s for drivers who get a 穴をあける but don't have a spare wheel.

Patrol 乗り物s for both 会社／堅いs carry their own '全世界の／万国共通の' or?'multi-fit' spare wheels それぞれ.

These have the 柔軟性 of 変化させるing wheel sizes, designs and fitments so they can be fitted to the 広大な大多数 of models sold in Britain today.??

This spare wheel can be fitted to a car with a 穴をあける at the 道端, 許すing the driver to continue their 旅行 while visiting a garage en 大勝する to have their tyre 直す／買収する，八百長をするd or 取って代わるd.

The multi-fit space saver can be left at the garage and collected by a passing patrol at a later date.?

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