I went Car shopping with my Partner last week she was really interested in the Fiesta but when she lifted the boot and asked the salsmen where the spare was he showed her a type of puncture repair kit and an air pump she just turned around and walked out The idiot salsmen told me that whe weight of a spare wheel would increase the fuel economy what does he take me for an idiot ??? The big problem is most cars have these space saver spares and being in her 70s and doing long miles the first thing she checkes is for a full size spare . She brought a Yarris
The panel beater doing my bug asked me for help on taking the fane belt of one of these type of Euro buzz boxes.
There is no adjustment, you cut the old belt off and the new one is flicked on with a tool supplied with the belt.
My Hilux work ute has no spare, the space for the spare is filled up with the LPG tank, I have done 50,000+ and have only had one puncture, not a big deal when you have a compressor on board.
yeah stupid car makers . making in tank fuel filters,
run flat tyres that cost $400 bucks ,
no adjusters on drive belts, no bloody throttle cable 🙅 ,
plastic manifolds and even no dip stick to check engine oil 🤪
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
I believe many Porsches, Ferraris, lambos, etc don't have a spare wheel
as they are huge and very wide they would have to have them on the bonnet like old land rovers... lol
or on the roof... lol
Talking about land rovers...
they were designed a long long time ago.....
and there was never any roof for the spare wheel...
so, they stuck it on the aluminium bonnet...
now that bonnet was very light until You stick a large steel wheel with a heavy duty tyre on it...
how anyone ever checked the oil...??
and even NOW.. an australian number plate will not fit under the number plate light under the left hand tail lamp...
on a 110 defender... the rear door is too wide...
so, the edges are usually cut off... lol
The Australian Armed forces Land rovers 110 ute types
had added extra body at the rear so a spare could sit behind the rear axle... these were especially made...
LEE
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You are right about headlight aim, Lee. Nearly getting blinded by some zillion watt quartz xenon beam, aimed too high, aint much fun.👎
On the spare wheel thing - a lot of cars don't have them now. Most interstate trucks don't either - they can carry that extra weight as payload, and think of the interest they can earn on the money they save. There are tyre service depots close to the main trucking routes, with fully equipped vehicles, ready to get them going quickly.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
HappyDaze wrote:You are right about headlight aim, Lee. Nearly getting blinded by some zillion watt quartz xenon beam, aimed too high, aint much fun.👎
On the spare wheel thing - a lot of cars don't have them now. Most interstate trucks don't either - they can carry that extra weight as payload, and think of the interest they can earn on the money they save. There are tyre service depots close to the main trucking routes, with fully equipped vehicles, ready to get them going quickly.
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I realise that in cities You don't really need a spare tyre..
but out in the country where there is also NO Mobile phone coverage... You do need a spare...
although wondering about this fix a puncture bottled stuff..
Is it OK to fix a punture ??
then again I carried a flat spare tyre for about 4 years.. lol
as the tyre was too big to fit into the beetle..
I now have another brand of tyre... same size...
as fits in easily.... ?? even when pumped up... lol
LEE
LEE
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amazeer wrote:Ford falcon has full sized spare but you cant use it. The "wheel brace" turns into a round pipe when you need to use it.
Oh that's gold !!!
I remember years ago guy I knew got a new EA Falcon... the dealer told him he was only allowed to touch things under the bonnet that were yellow otherwise he'd void the warranty. Washer cap was yellow, battery caps were yellow, radiator cap was yellow and trans dipstick handle was yellow. Engine dip stick handle tho was black, so he never checked it !!!
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I've got a 2009 Suzuki Swift Sport. It doesn't come with a spare wheel. Like ArtyP mentioned, it comes with a tyre puncture repair kit. I asked what I'm supposed to do if the tyre is torn and can't be repaired, he told me to call NRMA 😂
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Pollywaffle wrote:I've got a 2009 Suzuki Swift Sport. It doesn't come with a spare wheel. Like ArtyP mentioned, it comes with a tyre puncture repair kit. I asked what I'm supposed to do if the tyre is torn and can't be repaired, he told me to call NRMA 😂
I have a 2009 Suzuki swift and it has a space saver spare...
the wheels on Your sport must be larger than the normal swift.
LEE
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Pollywaffle wrote:I've got a 2009 Suzuki Swift Sport. It doesn't come with a spare wheel. Like ArtyP mentioned, it comes with a tyre puncture repair kit. I asked what I'm supposed to do if the tyre is torn and can't be repaired, he told me to call NRMA 😂
I have a 2009 Suzuki swift and it has a space saver spare...
the wheels on Your sport must be larger than the normal swift.
yeah I am in the mood for a new car. I am thinking of getting a dark colored (blue or black) VR berlina with excellent paint. See an few on ebay in remarkable condition. mm hhmm yes! IRS rear end 👍
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
vlad01 wrote:yeah I am in the mood for a new car. I am thinking of getting a dark colored (blue or black) VR berlina with excellent paint. See an few on ebay in remarkable condition. mm hhmm yes! IRS rear end 👍
the early irs was a bit crap and wears inside edges of tyres. I reckon the SV6 is pretty good value. If only I could go back a few years.
amazeer wrote:Ford falcon has full sized spare but you cant use it. The "wheel brace" turns into a round pipe when you need to use it.
The wheel brace also doesn't have the correct 90 degree angle so when when you try to undo a nut the wheel brace is trying to break the nut off the stud, someone could die in because of this stupidity from car makers.
vlad01 wrote:yeah I am in the mood for a new car. I am thinking of getting a dark colored (blue or black) VR berlina with excellent paint. See an few on ebay in remarkable condition. mm hhmm yes! IRS rear end 👍
the early irs was a bit crap and wears inside edges of tyres. I reckon the SV6 is pretty good value. If only I could go back a few years.
yes the sv6 is nice but hard to find one that hasn't been trashed. hence the berlina as they are the luxury model that richer people tend to buy and keep in better condition.
If I get one latter on, its out with the engine, auto, diff, tailshaft, exhaust and all suspension and steering/brake components. Then replace everything. SRE engine(fully balanced) with low boost single turbo, new/reco T5 tranny, new/reco isr LSD diff, rebuild tailshaft, new PS rack, new superpro rubbers and joints all round, new rotors, new good exhaust blah blah.
Basically rebuild the car mechanically ground up plus the performance mods. I did this exact thing to my vp minus the turbo of course😂 oh and I could not do the diff on my vp as it seems very hard to find anyone who can rebuild them or even replacement centers/C&P but the irs diffs are everywhere ❓❗ Also I just don't want to deal with live axle anymore🙅 handles like crap, the paint on the vp is appalling, all plastic/rubber parts are failing and non replaceable. eg outer window scrapers are 250 buks for a set of 4 🙅🤪
A external rubber/seal kit (not including the scrapers is............ 1500 buks yep I gave up right there. better to just buy that nice VR and concentrate the running gear, suspension/brakes.
this one is nice 🙂 dam the paint looks great. Mine looks and feels like 80 grit sand paper.
Pollywaffle wrote:I've got a 2009 Suzuki Swift Sport. It doesn't come with a spare wheel. Like ArtyP mentioned, it comes with a tyre puncture repair kit. I asked what I'm supposed to do if the tyre is torn and can't be repaired, he told me to call NRMA 😂
I have a 2009 Suzuki swift and it has a space saver spare...
the wheels on Your sport must be larger than the normal swift.
LEE
Yeah, I'm rollin' on 16's, brah.
My Wife has got a Swift Sport, it got a slow puncture and we took it in for repair. The tyre shop took the tyre off and said they couldnt repair it coz it was punctured too near to the sidewall. They didn`t have any tyres in stock and refused to patch up the tyre until they got them in so we ended up getting stranded for over 24 hours at Kmar tyre and Auto!!!
Turns out theres a big bloody muffler where the spare normally goes!!
Maybe a Volkswagen would be a better idea. Here's a Golf VR6 for $4,000 - a much better car than an old Commodore and it's got the right badge on the front. IRS. German paint. And it has a spare tyre. 128 kW, 0-100 in 7.1 sec and 224 km/h top speed. 12 L/100 km city, 9.9 highway.
And there are many, many souping up/customising options available too.
Lee - time to trade your Suzuki in on a VW Polo. They start under $20K and now the GTI is available at under $28K for the 3-door (132 kW, 0-100 in 6.9 sec, 6.1 L/100 km (!))
there is nothing wrong with a good old crumpledore. I only like type 3, KG and 914 in the vw family and I wouldn't normally make em a daily.
My commy isn't even driven that much as I try to drive little as possible. on average I do only 5000km
besides my old bomb does 0-100 in 7 sec 6.5L/100 on highway and 9-10L/100 in town. 750km per 55L tank average
car has 198k diff also, T5 has 395k, engine somewhere between 30-80k(barn find lol) rest of the brakes, suspension, steering and clutch has 6K on it so far.
whats that point of getting anything new? I just want a VR coz i recon they were the best looking holden ever made and I can't stand the shit paint and plastic this drought caused on my vp.
Probably do this next year when (if) I get a job.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
