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glendmc Member Since: 10 Mar 2024 Location: 44 Posts: 33 |
Hey all, after searching the entire web to find the spare tyre location in my 2015 rrs autobiography, i saw on a news cast that maybe my vehicle did not come with a spare. I checked the boot area and saw a inflated tyre kit, what in the wide world of sport is going on, can someone tell me is it so? |
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Thu Mar 21 2024 5:24pm |
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glendmc Member Since: 10 Mar 2024 Location: 44 Posts: 33 |
Thank you for your quick reply, i appreciate it. |
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Thu Mar 21 2024 8:46pm |
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SpiderPig Member Since: 13 Mar 2024 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 121 |
Cars don't often come with spares these days - the majority of drivers don't know how to change a wheel or don't feel they can do it safely and would prefer it done by a professional.
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Fri Mar 22 2024 10:05am |
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Lindab Member Since: 20 Nov 2017 Location: Dundee Posts: 890 |
Try not to use that gunge they supply with the inflator as when you get to the tyre place they will not clean it out & will get you to buy a new tyre. Better trying to blow it up if possible then take it to a tyre shop.
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Fri Mar 22 2024 10:34am |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8958 |
I know why they don't supply a spare with the RRS - cost (=profit for JLR), and weight(=better emissions results), but for a company whose USP is the go anywhere capability of their vehicles, the lack of spare puts paid to their USP lie - you can't go anywhere you like with the vehicle because you're at very real risk of getting stranded without a spare.
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Fri Mar 22 2024 11:36am |
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glendmc Member Since: 10 Mar 2024 Location: 44 Posts: 33 |
all of you make sense in your knowledge, how comes JLR don't see what you see what makes sense.
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Fri Mar 22 2024 4:31pm |
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Grimble Member Since: 21 Aug 2020 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 256 |
Had a puncture recently (my fault, clipped a sharp kerb). Made it to a local supermarket carpark where I had a flat surface and space to change the wheel.
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Mon Mar 25 2024 9:50am |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8958 |
The sheer size and weight of the big wheels now so popular (inexplicably so, in my opinion) means that many simply physically won't be able to change one on the side of the road. There's even a winch/strap system for lifting the spare out of the boot floor space on some models these days. Silly, really. Even the space saver options are handful to manhandle. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Mon Mar 25 2024 10:42am |
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glendmc Member Since: 10 Mar 2024 Location: 44 Posts: 33 |
one would think, for the amount of money we pay for these vehicles, at least throw in a spare, let the owner decide to leave it in or take it out, instead of charging us for that option include it in the price and let us have that option |
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Mon Mar 25 2024 2:47pm |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8958 |
Taking this further, the new RRS SV has different width tyres front and rear - a first for a RR, apparently.
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Tue Mar 26 2024 4:05pm |
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