This is to put the car’s wheel and tyre into in the event of a puncture. Often these are dirty. The cover supplied stops you from having to make a mess in your boot. By Vehicle Audi BMW Citroen Fiat Ford Honda Hyundai Jaguar Land Rover Mazda Mercedes Mini (BMW) Nissan Peugeot Porsche Renault Seat Skoda Tesla Toyota Vauxhall Volkswagen View All Road Hero is guaranteed to fit the vehicle, but the size of wheel wells can differ; we therefore recommend that customers measure the available space. Road Hero dimensions are published for each application. Please note that the size of the spare wheel itself may be different to the size of the wheels that are on your vehicle. This is not important - the crucial measurement is the combined diameter of the wheel and tyre, as shown in the diagram. We call this the "rolling radius", and it has to be within 10% of the size of your original wheels and tyres.

If you are looking to just change the tyres then Tyremen have various offerings depending on your budget. One common problem with a space-saver spare wheel is that if you ever need to use it, the original full-size wheel and flat tyre won’t fit in the spare wheel well, so you have to carry it in the boot – which, of course, is no good if you already have a bootful of luggage or a very small boot.By Category Electronic Fan Controllers Electronic Fan Cooling Kits Electronic Fans Engine Paint and Enamel

The BMW 1 Series. It’s been with us for a few years now, long enough to have a facelift! So with our partner Tyremen, let’s look at the winter wheel and tyre options for the baby of the BMW range.

Compact space-saver spare wheels emerged in the 1980s as manufacturers looked to start saving money and weight in their cars. The recommended tyre pressure for this wheel kit is 60 psi (4.14 bar) - your wheel and tyre will be supplied inflated to the correct pressure, ready for use.

Also, most drivers don’t bother replacigg the spare tyre when replacing the other four tyres, so it is often a different tyre to the other four anyway, which is not ideal from a safety perspective. More and more manufacturers are supplying vehicles with repair kits instead of a proper spare wheel and tyre. They say that this is because it saves on weight, but the reality is that it's just another way for them to cut costs. Many drivers would prefer a spare wheel and tyre to get them home safely - that's where Road Hero comes in! The default spare wheel offering until the 1990s and now virtually non-existent. Until recent years, it was considered standard practice for all cars to come with five identical wheels and tyres – four on the road and one in the boot.

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Lots on bmws also have different sized front and rear so it could only be a space saver not a fully sized wheel......Wrong! Pros: cheaper, lighter and smaller than a full-size spare tyre; can be used for almost any tyre problem

Some automobiles, like the Renault 14, the first-generation Fiat Panda, and early Subaru models like the Subaru Leone, kept their spare tire in the engine compartment.

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This option means that any tyre can be immediately replaced with the spare on the spot, and there are no limitations to speed and distance when the spare wheel is in place. Run-flat tires are therefore a requirement on almost every BMW vehicle produced in America. The automaker’s BMW I electric vehicle line and BMW M motorsport division are the sole exceptions. If I have a flat tire and no spare, what should I do? Please note that the maximum legal speed limit for a vehicle fitted with a space saver wheel and tyre is 50mph (80km/h). It was also becoming more common for cars to come with different-sized front and rear tyres and/or directional tyres, meaning that it was possible that a car could have four different tyres on four wheels! This meant that one full-size spare wheel had a 75% chance of being the wrong wheel for the job.