I'm a 'Happy Chappy' today - I finally have a spare wheel in my 370Z boot!
I've never been content to drive around without a spare wheel especially considering that my tyres are huge (275/35/19) , expensive and probably not available 'off the shelf' from 'Joe Bloggs' tyre fitters.
I've done 50k in my 370Z so far and have picked up the odd screw but been lucky not to get a cut tyre. My daughter (lives in Yorkshire) had a tyre cut on her Mazda 6 just before Christmas and was able to get her husband to fit the full size spare wheel that I had bought for her from London a while back (Steve Burns collected it for me). All she had previously was a big piece of polystyrene - madness when there is lots of space for a wheel! Her husband who also has a Mazda 6 has had to use her spare once too!!
Anyway consider this scenario - I'm in the middle of Wales late one evening and I run over a piece of metal and cut my tyre. I'm helpless so call my breakdown service - what can they do, what happens now? Hotel? Recovery? Emergency tyre fitter arrives 3 hours later with an unmatched tyre at top price? etc etc
I thought that because I have a bass-speaker I couldn't carry a spare but I can and the speaker is designed to fit in the Nissan 4" wide alloy spoked space-saver. I bought the wheel off ebay complete with polystyrene mouldings and jack.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=3...zak-lm-25-w-tpms-w-pics-ak370z-4.html;650;488
I may never need it but what a relief to know I shouldn't be at the mercy of the recovery service.
Incidentally my rear wheel/tyre would fit in the back of the car (just - but not with lots of luggage) if I had to use the spare.
I've never been content to drive around without a spare wheel especially considering that my tyres are huge (275/35/19) , expensive and probably not available 'off the shelf' from 'Joe Bloggs' tyre fitters.
I've done 50k in my 370Z so far and have picked up the odd screw but been lucky not to get a cut tyre. My daughter (lives in Yorkshire) had a tyre cut on her Mazda 6 just before Christmas and was able to get her husband to fit the full size spare wheel that I had bought for her from London a while back (Steve Burns collected it for me). All she had previously was a big piece of polystyrene - madness when there is lots of space for a wheel! Her husband who also has a Mazda 6 has had to use her spare once too!!
Anyway consider this scenario - I'm in the middle of Wales late one evening and I run over a piece of metal and cut my tyre. I'm helpless so call my breakdown service - what can they do, what happens now? Hotel? Recovery? Emergency tyre fitter arrives 3 hours later with an unmatched tyre at top price? etc etc
I thought that because I have a bass-speaker I couldn't carry a spare but I can and the speaker is designed to fit in the Nissan 4" wide alloy spoked space-saver. I bought the wheel off ebay complete with polystyrene mouldings and jack.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=3...zak-lm-25-w-tpms-w-pics-ak370z-4.html;650;488
I may never need it but what a relief to know I shouldn't be at the mercy of the recovery service.
Incidentally my rear wheel/tyre would fit in the back of the car (just - but not with lots of luggage) if I had to use the spare.
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