Questions re NC Not a Spare Wheel

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:16 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:I did not have to wait long for the puncture. Received a phone call from family- large vehicle- bolt thru tyre- problem with jacking - pack the really big jack- wheel changed - full size spare- going again- even got to use my waterproof pants. Hopefully its repairable etc. You would think I just made that up but I didn't.

Mr M,
If you had been in Shitter's Ditch when this occured, ten spares in the boot would not have saved you. I would rather a jacket and tie, Dinner with perfect strangers would be so much more enjoyable than sitting on the side of the road waiting for a family member to turn up with "the really big jack", which incidently negates the purpose of a spare tyre. And as for the waterproof pants, that is just far to much information. :wink:

Greg.
P.S. I have a lovely dinner jacket and circumstance story that I would like to share with you should we ever engage.

PAU61L · Postby **PAU61L** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:29 pm

Short and tell

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=49403&hilit=Spare+wheel+carrier&start=0

7StringSamurai · Postby **7StringSamurai** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:07 am

Mr Morlock wrote:I did not have to wait long for the puncture. Received a phone call from family- large vehicle- bolt thru tyre- problem with jacking - pack the really big jack- wheel changed - full size spare- going again- even got to use my waterproof pants. Hopefully its repairable etc. You would think I just made that up but I didn't.

You've been banging on throughout this thread - and others - about how not having a spare tyre is akin to automotive suicide. And yet, the lesson I'm taking away from your little story there is that even though the driver *had* a spare tyre, your family still had to call you for assistance. How is that adding weight to the argument you were trying to make?

Red Dragon · Postby **Red Dragon** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:39 pm

I don't know how many new cars have no spare wheel but i know falcons don't and commodores had an option of steel spare wheel or goo and pump when i bought mine last year

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:50 pm

Red Dragon wrote:I don't know how many new cars have no spare wheel but i know falcons don't and commodores had an option of steel spare wheel or goo and pump when i bought mine last year

I didn't realise that.

I knew they had the option of space saver / steel / alloy, but didn't realise they had removed the option all together. (granted, last time I looked was about 5 years ago)

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 1:27 pm

7StringSamurai wrote:
Mr Morlock wrote:I did not have to wait long for the puncture. Received a phone call from family- large vehicle- bolt thru tyre- problem with jacking - pack the really big jack- wheel changed - full size spare- going again- even got to use my waterproof pants. Hopefully its repairable etc. You would think I just made that up but I didn't.

You've been banging on throughout this thread - and others - about how not having a spare tyre is akin to automotive suicide. And yet, the lesson I'm taking away from your little story there is that even though the driver *had* a spare tyre, your family still had to call you for assistance. How is that adding weight to the argument you were trying to make?

I guess it means we'll have to pack a really big jack as well as a wheel. I can see the left seat being removed and Mrs JBT going by bus.

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 3:41 pm

Better still JBT

Pack the jack and TWO spares! Then have the car transported to where ever you were going, you take a bus and get a cheap rental on arrival!! Mrs JBT can then have the scenic tour at the back of the bus :roll:

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:24 pm

Now you're being silly zero00.

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:53 pm

It's the weather! You and Mrs JBT OK out there? 25mm here last night and much needed but I think this next one will drop below

Rocky · Postby **Rocky** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:02 pm

It's like everything in life - everybody's different.
I never go out without a hankie but a lot prefer to wipe their nose on their sleeve (or somebody elses sleeve)
Personally I wouldn't go more than a 30 klm radius from my home base without a full-size spare (I have the original set as spares) but that is just me.
I'm a bit anal retentive. I've pulled a lot of people who aren't, out of the 5h1t over the years.

Red Dragon · Postby **Red Dragon** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:20 pm

As the earlier picture shows, there is no room for a spare in a NC

Rocky · Postby **Rocky** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:37 am

Red Dragon wrote:As the earlier picture shows, there is no room for a spare in a NC

No - nor an NB for that matter. As I suggested earlier, you would have to hang it on a removable mount at the back.
Obviously you would only go to all that trouble for travelling.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:53 pm

Rocky you are not the only one who does not go out without a hankie - I laughed at that.

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:22 pm

Rocky wrote:No - nor an NB for that matter.

Really? You can fit a 205/45/16 in the boot of an NA.

OurCognitiveSurplus · Postby **OurCognitiveSurplus** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:52 pm

Jeo wrote:
Rocky wrote:No - nor an NB for that matter.

Really? You can fit a 205/45/16 in the boot of an NA.

I tried to fit my wheel (stock size 15") in the boot of the NB after an oops at the track. I could get it through the opening at all. Ended up loading it on the passanger seat, which was fine.