Peter, thank you so much for making such an informative video including the full parts list in the description, a truly excellent video!! My eNiro 4+ was delivered last Monday and I always want a spare wheel in my car so today I had 4x of the Michelin CrossClimate+ fitted (which I had on my Golf GTE and loved them!) and had one of the original Michelin Primacy 3 tyres put on the same Alcar 132200 wheel from Oponeo. When I got home I just removed the two side trays (only 6 screws) and slid the wheel in. Perfect. Took minutes so I’m happy removing 6 screws to get the wheel out in an emergency... Therefore I’ve got 3x best part brand new (120miles) Primacy 3 tyres 215 55 17 as supplied and if anyone else is interested in this project then contact me if you’d like to buy an original tyre off the eNiro for your spare. Thank you again Peter and if you’re ever near Milton Keynes I’d buy you a beer for that!!

Now I have found your parts list it is really helpful. Thank you for all your work on this. It is much appreciated.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, I really should have mentioned the fact there was a parts list in the description, glad you found it and enjoyed the video with over 300 views in 24 hours it has been the fastest take off video of all of mine, not sure if it is because I have 97 subscribers at the time of writing this 23:07 Monday 6th July 2020 or it a subject many people may want to follow me down.

That is a really helpful video of fitting a spare to the well in an e-Niro. Thank you for the effort which is much appreciated.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

I have now fitted my spare wheel, following your instructions Peter and I am very pleased with the result. As it is for emergency use only I bought a budget tyre, a Mazzini ECO670, and I managed to put it in position while leaving the front insert in place. It was difficult because the wheel&tyre is very heavy (about 22kg) and it was gripping the floor and sides. Next time I will put some plastic sheeting underneath to help it slide in. I found removing it rather easier. I realise a Crossclimate may be more difficult because the tolerances are so small. To stop the rocking you mentioned in the video I tilted the wheel forward and put a piece of 38mm thick wood (38mmx70mmx100mm) underneath the back. This also allows space for some tabards etc under the wheel which can be accessed from the rear corners. I used a short piece of 8mm rod, a small metal plate and a wing nut to clamp the wheel securely. I managed to fit all the tools you listed in the front insert (even the jack with the socket adaptor). This leaves a large extra storage volume inside the wheel. Once again thank you Peter for providing so much information to make the job possible for me.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Fred, I’m very glad to hear you found my video useful and have used to provide yourself with the “comfort” of knowing you have a full size spare at hand if you ever need one. The massive number of views this video has had in a relatively short time, I believe shows that this is a concern shared by many owners, who would prefer to have this option, rather than what is the case at the moment, where it is not even offered as an option on the grounds of ‘efficiency’ I have done most of my miles now with four steels and a full size spare and when I charge to 100% the car tells me I have a range of 298 miles, which I am very happy with and exceeds the official range quoted in marketing materials, I know there are some who get even better figures but quite a lot of my driving is on dual carriageways travelling at 70 m.p.h, which brings the mileage down, rather than driving in town at less than 30 m.p.h all day long.

Thanks so much for doing this excellent video Peter! I'm Shopping for an EV and am infuriated that many new cars (and NO EVs) come with a spare. It's great to see proof that at least one model has the ability to carry one (in spite of the manufacturer not recommending it)!

Looks beautiful! I do like the idea of the Cross Climate tyres.

Hi Pete, Thanks for the very informative video and for listing all the items. I'm a London Private Hire driver, own a first edition (June 2019) Kia eNiro. In the past year I've had 4 slow punctures, not having a spare wheel is always on my mind specially if you have a puncture late at night. Had a look at the Oponeo website, that steel wheel did come up, will have to give them a call sometime soon. Keep up the good work, looking forward to the next video.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Manu, Welcome onboard and thank you so much for your kind comments. Keeping mobile is imperative for you and knowing you have a full size spare is really reassuring especially late at night with all the tyre repair shops closed.

I have also gone the Peter Cary route (thanks Peter!). However, I’ve developed the arrangement to make it somewhat easier and better. Firstly I discovered you only need to remove the right side plastic moulding (3 screws not 12!) in order to slide the wheel with standard size tyre into the boot cavity. Then better still if you just cut away a small amount from the inner circle overhang on just the right side moulding, then no need to remove any screws at all. The wheel slides easily in and out without removing anything. I also found the original centre retaining knob can still be used to hold the wheel in place. It’s just long enough to get a few turns of the thread. I place a small strip of wood under the rear of the tyre to stop the rocking looseness. The Halfords orange 1.5 Ton jack and socket adapter and ratchet are wrapped in rags at the rear. The locking wheel nut thingy and wheel chocks are in the right side cubby hole. I tested the whole system by jacking up the car and fitting the spare wheel on my driveway. All good no issues. I got my wheel and tyre from Oponeo total cost £117. Cheapest correct spec tyre on their site. Interestingly, the tyre came from Madrid and the wheel from Poland! Both separately shipped via DPD but arrived the same day. A great solution all round I think. Still loads of room under the floor for more stuff. I already had the Halfords compressor so I’ve removed the Kia one and it’s associated gunk which I utterly refuse to ever use anyway. Some may think cutting the plastic on a brand new car is unacceptable. But what the heck, this spare wheel is a permanent solution and in my opinion enhances the cars value. I used a Dremel tool to cut the plastic but I’m sure you could use a hand pad saw, or jig saw or even an angle grinder. Peter For pics see post #22 here.... www.speakev.com/threads/my-kia-dealer-and-the-spare-wheel.152967/page-2#post-2898269

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, My tyre seems a much tighter fit than yours, but glad to hear you had success in fitting a full size spare and eliminating any worry about being stuck with,a useless can of gunk if the tyre has a slit/tear in it and having to throw it away if it was repairable.

Great work!

Great information! A time saver. .I'm in Canada 🍁and had 16" 215 60R snow tires from my Camry that I wanted to use on the Niro. The steel wheels don't fit because of the brake calipers (even Kia oem steel, 2 trips to tire dealers! ) and had to install 16" alloy wheels. I'll try the winter tire in the wheel well as it is the same diameter. Cheaper than buying a compact spare kit. I suppose your students must have bent a wheel in the past to go to all this effort.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

Hi John, Thanks for your comments and I am truly amazed at how far and wide my viewers are and how well the channel has been received. My cars are working tools of my trade and I teach the more “challenging” pupils who don’t respond well to constantly being told off or having the steering wheel grabbed from their hands, which unfortunately, pupils have told me they have experienced this when learning with other instructors and my relaxed manner was the main reason they had come to me.. However I do my best to stop my pupils hitting the kerb, knowing they are not causing expensive repair bills to the alloys if they do keeps me less tense when teaching..

@JohnRoss1

4 жыл бұрын

@@petercaryspecialistadi1636 I was watching a KZread where he had very low profile tires on his Tesla and cracked the alloy wheel hitting a pothole!

From the looks of it, the spare wheel well was perhaps designed for a space-saver spare. The are invariably more narrow, both the wheel and the tyre. Plus the tyre tends not to have a pronounced squared shoulder, where the sidewall meets the tread. They sometimes also have an overall diameter of 1”/25mm less than the recommended tyre size. Which can play hock with sensors but then they’re only meant to get you to the next garage. A few tens of miles at the most.

Tx again for sharing.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting.

Hi pete Had similar issues with fitting the “space saver “( weight/money saver) in my corolla which involved cutting the surround with a jigsaw and creating a custom bed for the wheel using a black bag and a can of filler foam - I stole the idea from forming a seat around the driver of F1 cars A full size wheel will NOT fit Another great video See you soon

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

Hi John, Personally I don’t think I would have bothered for a space saver, I have had to raise the floor by 4” to fit a proper full size spare into a car in the past, but it is getting more difficult to find cars where one can carry a proper spare. The fact that I have had over 300 views in just over 24 hours I think there is a demand for the security a full size offers, certainly the fastest take up of any of my videos. Stay safe, see you soon.

Great video, although note that the luggage could not longer be stored under the boot floor once this is done.

Many Thanks for video.... Good idea....👍👍🏍🏍🏍🏍🚗🚗🚛🚚🚜🚜🔋🔋🔋🔋🔌🔌🔌⚡⚡⚡😀🖐🖐🖐

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

You must have started viewing almost as soon as it was published, many thanks for your comment. As a driving instructor it is very important to me that a full size spare can be carried in the car, as a “ space saver” is unacceptable on a test and I would not consider a car that I can not fit one, although I have had to raise the floor in the boot to fit a full size spare rather than the skinny space saver fitted and did think For a moment that I might have to concoct a similar solution for my Kia, but as I said in the description. Why would Kia produce a space that can not be used? I HATE the idea of a bottle of Gunk, as if the true could have been repaired using the liquid the tyre HAS to be scrapped, plus if one gets a gash to the tyre it won’t fill the hole so you are snookered. If you do use the Gunk you should limit you journey to no more than 50 miles, which working a rural patch as I do would probably be not enough especially on a Sunday, and one should not be putting an examiner at risk by sending them out on test with a temporary ‘fix’

If you got a puncture in the rain, first take a screwdriver to remove the sidepanels. Change the tire. Because the crossclimate tyre has a direction on it, you have to change two wheels when you’re unlucky. I think I would go for a space saving spare wheel. It will bring you home.

Looks like the floor of the boot is lower in the 2021 models, so a full size wheel won't fit. But you can always put in an alternate false floor seated tyre width above the base of the wheel well.

Several comments and questions. The various models of Nero came with different sizes 16 or 17 inches. Why not just fit a “get you home tyre !!!! 12:05

I have had my Niro 2. 2018. 2.5 years on lease, I bought a KIA parts ltd 16in wheel with plastic trim, put on a part-worn tyre and took out the centre part of the boot trim and it fits fine, turned the wheel upside down and even the screw clamp fits, looking at Niro 4 next time on 18in so don't know what to do next time maybe a space saver but prefer a full size.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi dakm, I would NEVER consider a space saver on an e-Niro.. I hate them on an ‘ordinary’ car and replace with a full size, even if it means raising the boot floor to accommodate it.. Far too heavy to drive on a flimsy space saver..

Nice video Peter. Can you lift the spare straight out now to change a puncture. Are the side and back sections in the way. It looks a very tight fit.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

Hi MMac, It is a very tight fit and unfortunately you have to remove the panels to get the tyre out, but fortunately as you saw in the video it is a matter of just a few seconds when you have learnt to work as quickly as the ATS guys. 😄 In reality it can be done in around 3 minutes, but with my luck it will probably happen at night, in a downpour with a full boot. 😥 I might make a wooden frame, so I can access the wheel easier and build custom made storage areas for my bits and bobs, but don’t hold your breath to see a video of it for quite a while.

Thank you very much for this video and the wheel change one. Very practical advice. I'm planning a tour of the Scottish highlands next April and having a spare wheel on board will be more reassuring. Possible scenarios include getting a puncture outside mobile coverage, or too far from a tyre repairer, repairer does not have correct size of tyre etc. It provides more possibilities. I have two questions I would like your thoughts on please. 1. Oponeo also sell alloy wheels for much the same price. Is there an advantage or not? 2. Draper sell a jack VERY similar to the Halfords but with a rubber top to protect the car's paintwork. Do you think that would be suitable? Looking forward to your next video.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Fred, I think only you can answer your first question, personally I would go for the steel wheel as it would probably much cheaper and would be only used for a short while so you could have your punctured tyre fixed, another alloy might be lighter but I actually suspect not by a great deal and it would not match the original Kia wheels, of course you could get a new centre from Kia, but I have not risked having a heart attack by even asking what the price would be. Regarding the draper jack, again I would say it was a personal choice, having the ‘standard’ jack does not in my experience over the years actually damage the paintwork, it is used so very rarely.. Having a rubber top might not be so strong in my personal opinion and would be possibly prone to perishing over the years, even if stored in the dry and dark of the well of the car, I’m afraid I could not say which was best for you.

@fredgray2376

3 жыл бұрын

@@petercaryspecialistadi1636 Thanks Peter, more good advice. I'm off to Halfords tomorrow to start my shopping expedition.

my Toyota has a "skinny spare" that is about 1/2 the thickness of a normal wheel/tyre and rated for emergency use only /80mkh max. I'd guess the space is designed for one of those.

why is the trunk different for every country ? Here in sweden the trunk is much deeper and without that trim that you took away.

Found your spec list most helpful but you never mentioned which jack was used, ie model of car it came from. With reference to one of the questions you had regarding the weight of the steel V alloy wheels. I think you'll find that there isn't much of a difference as alloys have to be of a heavier density. Cheers

@colinlambert791

6 ай бұрын

Scissor jacks supplied with cars (with spacesavers) are universal or can be bought from Machine Mart etc. A small hydraulic jack is so much easier and not that much more expensive.

Hello, thank you very much for the video. where did you get the steel wheel rims from and what is the specification as I’d like to buy one for a spare wheel for my e-niro.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

2 жыл бұрын

Links are in the video description, if you view it in the smaller display rather than whole screen there is a small ‘down arrow’ just below the picture to the righthand corner click that and you will see lots of links I have given

First EV I've seen that can take a full size spare wheel! Just to be clear: I understand that you have reasons for wanting steel wheels, but am I correct in thinking that an alloy spare wheel would also fit in the wheel well?

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I didn’t try one of the original wheels in the space, but seeing I just moved the tyres onto different centres, I really can not envisage any reason why they would not as the ‘problem’ was the diameter of the tyre not the width of the tyre. But because I am a poor driving instructor, if I was going to fit a full size spare I would still go for the steel centre, as I’m not sure I could cope with the shock of being told the price of a new alloy!!😱😱 There is a definite positive to carrying a full size spare though.... You will have somewhere to put the flat tyre rather than loose on the floor of the boot.😉

Excellent content sir. Kindly could you confirm which version of the eNiro uou have. 1st Edition, 2, 3, 4, 4+?

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sajid, Glad to hear you like my videos the car is a 2020 4

What would you say is the effect on the range from changing to different types of rims, plus adding the weight of a 5th wheel? I imagine steel is heavier than aluminum.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Erik, I really should have weighed the wheels. I should make a video entitled “Things I forgot to include” it would be quite long already.🙂🙂 My personal experience of using the car before changing to steels was very little due to lockdown and I am still not using it too much now because of personal issues.. But when I picked the car up it showed 297 miles in the ‘tank’, I filled it right up a couple of days ago now and it showed 289, there are probably many legitimate reasons why this could be but even if it was purely down to the extra weight and unaerodynamic steel wheels I can live with that in exchange for knowing I have a full size spare on hand if I need one. For a ‘normal’ Kia owner I would suspect the additional weight would not even be noticed on their range.

my guess is that the well was designed for a space saver wheel, not a full sized one

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, I don’t think so, I would say as I mused in the video it’s the outer circumference that’s the problem, a space saver would still be the same diameter, I still feel that Niro’s used to come with smaller diameter wheels and in so doing they fitted nicely into the space provided and the holding “bolt” would then reach to the retaining nut in the bottom of the floor.

I removed the second Layer permanently. Added a wooden floor, therefore gaided 25% more space in the back. I hope I have luck and have never a puncure. or a "Botschn" like we say in Austria.

Hi Peter I have enjoyed your videos. Is it safe to change a wheel on the E-Niro with a normal jack? I would be worried about the extra weight and the chance of damaging the battery.

@peterassheton3154

4 жыл бұрын

Kia say no! Their argument is that there are no jacking points on the e-Niro - only 4 point lifting points - and if you try to use a scissor jack there is a risk of it slipping and damaging the battery beyond repair. However I think it is still worth carrying a spare so that the rescue services can change it immediately and you are not stuck waiting for tyre services to open.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

Wayne, I have filmed the jacking points on my eNiro today and used them to make my next video about the safe way to change a wheel and at the same time took the opportunity to fit genuine Kia mudflats saving myself £60.00. The video should be published tomorrow or maybe Friday depending upon my editing skills and the laptop not complaining too much and crashing. But I would only tell people to attempt it if they were confident I was in a really safe place and knew what they were doing, but as Peter has said having a full size spare readily at hand will ensure you are speedily on your way if you have to wait for the Kia Assist RAC van to change it for you.

As Michelin Cross climates are directional which side did you choose the spare to fit n/s or o/s if you get a puncture?

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

2 жыл бұрын

Richard, I have a nearside option fitted as generally that is where one is going to find nails/screws/thorns resting in the gutter or bottom of the camber of the road, and so far I’ve never experienced an offside flat..

Clearly noticeable how you could only get spare wheel & tyre in after first removing the 3 surrounding pieces of trim. Presumably this means you would need to remove all this trim to get the spare out. So how much extra time would this add to your effort to replace a punctured tyre in the rain? Thought modern theory is that tyres are much less likely to puncture than in the past but have no idea why this should be true! Out of interest, I've also procured a full sized spare for my previous S-Max & current Outlander PHEV. Also thinking of getting an e-Niro...

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Norman, Thank you for your comments, yes indeed you need to remove all the trim to get the wheel out again but actually not too bad a job as it’s only 10 screws and the boot lid offers some form of shelter when accessing the boot. I have been told you are 5 times more likely to have a puncture in the rain than the dry as the thorn/nail or what have you is lubricated as it penetrates the tyre, whilst in the dry, the thorn snaps before it goes in any depth and screw/nail is discarded by centrifugal forces. However I can not find any evidence for these theories but they do sound quite convincing to me..

@nuppard

3 жыл бұрын

@@petercaryspecialistadi1636 A power screwdriver for the 10 screws perhaps + quick change waterproofs!

Very useful although I think your choice of spare tyre, a cross climate, is a poor choice. It’s seems from the video that it is unidirectional which will mean you would only be able to fit it to one side legally. A cheap tyre for the spare is a better choice. You’d have the puncture repaired quickly and replace the original steel wheel.

@keirwilliamson1274

6 ай бұрын

yes i thought that too

Good video, Some questions, what is the weight difference between the steel and alloy wheels, Aluminium is lighter than steel, but aluminium wheels are thicker. And where is the pressure sensor on the wheel. I assume if you get a flat, you are going to try the repair kit first. Thanks in advance.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi William, I’m afraid I didn’t weigh the original alloy centre and tyre, so I can’t tell you.. However I did state I was having an ordinary valve fitted to the spare 6:16 into the video and this is because the car is only looking for 4 sensors, which are the expensive radio emitting valves fitted at the factory, if it finds 5 it can not workout why this is and could give erroneous pressure readings, so to prevent this I had a normal rubber valve fitted, saving approximately £80.00 foot the pressure sensing valve 10:37 in. I have removed the gunk from the car, as if the tyre does get a puncture using the liquid makes any possible repair impossible and writing the tyre off even if a cheap repair was feasible and of course if one get a slit/tear in the tyre you are snookered if you only have the “repair kit”, so I have no intention of ever using it.

@williamcox1176

3 жыл бұрын

@@petercaryspecialistadi1636 Thanks Peter, One last thing, How much was the steel wheels, very tempted to get one for mine.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi William, If you click on the description of the video, found by clicking on the down arrows immediately below the video when viewed not in full page, you will find all the details of where I got things and their price, I keep kicking myself after publishing the videos that I keep forgetting to mention it during the filming.

@williamcox1176

3 жыл бұрын

@@petercaryspecialistadi1636 Many thanks.

Sorry if I missed it but why are you putting steel wheels on your car?

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Naughty, I put steel wheels on as being a driving instructor I did not want to have to worry too much about my pupils rubbing against the kerb.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Naughty, I’m a driving instructor and I did not want to worry too much about my pupils rubbing against the kerb, damaging the alloys..

Did you notice there's no jack in the car? and no jacking points....

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

I think I did note the lack of a jack in my last video, but there are jacking points and I have filmed them today, demonstrating the safe way to change a wheel and at the same time I took the opportunity to fit genuine Kia mudflats and saving myself £60.00, hopefully the video should be published tomorrow or Friday. In the meantime you might like to follow this link to a hybrid Niro.. www.kniro.net/changing_tires-550.html

I thought I’d read/seen somewhere that the car doesn’t have jacking points because of the battery?

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Alan, There definitely are jacking points on my 2020 eNiro but probably a relic of previous models of the Niro, as I have demonstrated it is quite possible to use them to Jack the car up using a scissor jack, however if anything went wrong I would expect I would be on my own, so not recommended by Kia as they could not face the possible injury claims being made against them, but if one is sure of your capabilities it could get you back on the road quickly if one did encounter a flat.

@ThePrawlin

3 жыл бұрын

It obviously must have jacking points else how could the dealerships remove wheels?

@Johnwebster1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@petercaryspecialistadi1636 Very useful video regarding installing a full size spare wheel - this I've now done, your video giving me the confidence to do so and the peace of mind that I now have when out driving. My grateful thanks . John Webster

you could have used a smaller diameter wheel and tyre.It would still be legal

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Keir, It’s legal to use tyres of differing sizes in ‘Exceptional circumstances’.. www.theaa.com/cars/news/ask-edmund/different-sized-spare But I certainly would not e allowed to send a car out on test with a car that would fail an MOT.. PLUS... I would not personally even consider it on a ‘normal’ car due to adverse handling but with the extra weight of a an e-Niro things would be even more “interesting”...

Tape measure would have done it.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Micah, Not that easy to accurately measure the diameter of the tyre or the hole in the boot. As you will have seen the lip of spacer bits of plastic actually go over the edge of the tyre, so even if you could you probably have said there wasn’t enough room.

Why not have a space saver instead

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen, A driving examiner will refuse to go out in a car with a space saver fitted and I have managed to save ‘the day’ on a couple of occasions when I had a puncture just before a test, a pupil is usually stressed out enough before but to lose their test AND fee (which obviously I would refund to them) they would need extra lessons whilst waiting for their new test again I would be obliged to give them free. True it does not happen often but could be very expensive for me and ruin my reputation. Space savers are meant to be a temporary fix, with a limited tread and small surface area in contact with the road, they handle poorly and are restricted to 50 m.p.h, so need to be replaced with a proper tyre as soon as possible. Something I would not want my pupils to have to deal with. www.theaa.com/driving-advice/safety/non-standard-spare-wheels

@fredgray5063

3 жыл бұрын

Kia state that a space saver must not be used on the eNiro. I assume it is because of the extra weight of the 64kWh battery.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Fred, I would expect that to be the reason as well, as I have driven a ‘normal’ car on a skinny space saver and the handling was terrible even at the restricted speeds.

Absolutely no way I would do this, alloys are superior in so many ways. I have not had a puncture in the last 40 years, it is very rare, unless you abuse your tyres. Just get decent breakdown recovery and you are OK, you will need a new tyre regardless, the temporary fix kit destroys the tyre. No-one in their right mind would attempt a wheel change on a motorway or a main road, just call out the rescue guys for that very rare breakdown.

@petercaryspecialistadi1636

3 жыл бұрын

John, if I was not a driving instructor I don't think I would bother to change to steel wheels, but unfortunately learners do misjudge corners and pulling up along kerbs. But as you say if you have to use the bottle of gunk then your tyre has to be scraped. I probably have a puncture on average every three years, but I do a lot of miles along country lanes where the hedges are often trimmed and massive thorns are left in the road/gutter and occasionally pick up the odd nail in trading estates and new builds, if I was to keep to established housing estates and normal town centers I doubt that I would have many punctures. In the 27 years as an ADI I have had two punctures immediately before a test one was actually noticed, in fact heard as we got out of the car, I sent the pupil into the waiting room to await the examiner and had changed the wheel before they came out to conduct the test, the examiner was fantastic and suggested I sat in the back with the wheel whilst he took my pupil past the tyre repair shop, I got out and had the puncture fixed and rolled it back to the Test centre to see my pupil receive their pass certificate. I did warn the viewers not to attempt to change a wheel anywhere that was not safe as some viewers may not appreciate the dangers. Thank you for viewing and your response. Peter

@wayneblackburn9645

3 жыл бұрын

I've had 3 punctures this year only one of which was down to driver error. I walk a lot around my local area in Edinburgh and pick up nails and screws by the road side almost every day any one of which could cause a puncture. Admittedly those are the first punctures I've had for a few years but it doesn't take much and I'd much rather have a spare than a bottle of gunk. The third puncture was probably too big a hole to repair with the gunk so I'd have had to use the AA or garage for that without a spare. Calling out a breakdown service too often will increase your annual cost and you might have a while to wait for them to turn up. Obviously this was an unlucky run of events but it shows what can happen.

@andymurray8007

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you've had such excellent luck these past 40 years John, we haven't all been so lucky, nor do we all have the ability to "just call out the rescue guys". Much of my driving is out of cell service, and more than an hour from the nearest tow truck. That leaves one dependent on a good samaritan to drive on and make a call when they get in range, and then you're sitting there wondering if they really got through. Very little of my driving is done on a motorway. With a spare I can be on my way in 20 mins, the last time I was in a vehicle that had a blow out on the highway (and no spare for some ridiculous reason) we were nearly 4 hrs delayed, and it would have been much longer if it had happened 2 hrs later, after the tire shops were closed, or 50 kms earlier, when we were on a logging road! I consider a spare cheap insurance, and think it should be illegal to sell a car without one.

To long on wheel/ tyre fittings! A waste of valuable viewing time!

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