Got caught out a few weeks ago by the lack of a spare... Large nail in shoulder of tyre = flat. With great difficulty managed to make sense of the instructions for the tyre mobility system (glue) and fill my tyre with goo in the dark / rain on the side of the A1 - to no avail.
So left stranded 100 miles from home only option was to wait for recovery - who turned up with a pick up that could only tow on the front wheels... so waited a further hour for a flatbed to get me home. THe lesson..... buy a spare.
Rather than buy a spacesaver have opted for an Audi 15" steel rim for the A2 8ZO601027A and put a 175/60/15 T Tyre on it. Ideally would have bought a budget tyre but none available. Advantage of this is that I can drive at 70mph rather than be limited to 50 and vehicle should handle reasonably well with this tyre. (Same overall diameter as 17" Sport wheel with 205/40 tyre +/-3mm)
What I need to know now is whether I could mount this in the boot by using / modifying the kit for the spacesaver.....
Need some measurements please peeps....
1) Length of thread protruding through boot floor.
2) Distance of bolts from seat back / rear of boot floor / near side boot lining
Thanks.
So left stranded 100 miles from home only option was to wait for recovery - who turned up with a pick up that could only tow on the front wheels... so waited a further hour for a flatbed to get me home. THe lesson..... buy a spare.
Rather than buy a spacesaver have opted for an Audi 15" steel rim for the A2 8ZO601027A and put a 175/60/15 T Tyre on it. Ideally would have bought a budget tyre but none available. Advantage of this is that I can drive at 70mph rather than be limited to 50 and vehicle should handle reasonably well with this tyre. (Same overall diameter as 17" Sport wheel with 205/40 tyre +/-3mm)
What I need to know now is whether I could mount this in the boot by using / modifying the kit for the spacesaver.....
Need some measurements please peeps....
1) Length of thread protruding through boot floor.
2) Distance of bolts from seat back / rear of boot floor / near side boot lining
Thanks.