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Old 02-04-2008   #16
 
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

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My m-jet nearly weighs the same as a t-jet

Are you sure

Is that with a full tank?
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

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Are you sure

Is that with a full tank?
The weighbridge tells me so...

mind you, none of you have seen my car properly for a while
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Do the AA recover cars IIRC in the small print of the policy book you must carry a serviceable spare wheel and you'll loose your no call out discount....
So i'll loose all of what £2 for them doing what they are supposed to do when i pay for there recovery service? lol
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

They can come out to you but to be fair if they haven't got a spare wheel to put on the car there's fat lot they can do except call a full on tow truck out which will be mega dollar!!!
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

nah, my breakdown tows me to a garage of my choice within 10miles. Or i get a mobile tyre company to come out and fit one on the side of the road.
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I'd rather have the spare than have to be towed back when I am a 100+km from the city.

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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

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Why would you want to carry an extra wheel around? Think of the weight!!!!
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No i wont. Its called you call the AA. I would much prefer to be on the truck than to have another 12kgs of weight in the boot.
Are you being serious, your telling me that you would much rather sit at the side of the road looking like a total **** waiting for the AA, than just carry a spare wheel. You'll look like a complete when the AA bloke asks you what the problem is and you say "i've got a flat tyre".
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

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You'll look like a complete when the AA bloke asks you what the problem is and you say "i've got a flat tyre".
Just wait until you get a flat tyre, you are miles away from home and all you have is that foam in your boot.
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lol yeah but i now have a spare tyre all be it only a 15" wheel
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

Do you have a jack and carry a brace?

I have a new steely for mine with new tyre.

I like keeping the weight down but I stick it in for long journeys
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

Yeah i got a kit the other week, in a nice fancy box too. I only carry mine for long journeys too, no point if i'm just going 2 miles to work.
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

Rather save the weight Plus free AA cover if anything does happen....although I don't knwow hat it includes
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

I would only carry mine for long journeys too but I do so many more of them than short journeys that I really can't be arsed to keep pullin it out and putting it back in...and to be fair if i pulled it out I'd forget to put it back and then i'd be one of those sitting at the side of the road for hours with no spare!!
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

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Rather save the weight Plus free AA cover if anything does happen....although I don't knwow hat it includes
Save the weight. I've took out the full package, including a ride home (or selected destination for myself and up to seven people) anywhere in the uk.
It also counts for cars that i'm a passenger in aswell!

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I would only carry mine for long journeys too but I do so many more of them than short journeys that I really can't be arsed to keep pullin it out and putting it back in...and to be fair if i pulled it out I'd forget to put it back and then i'd be one of those sitting at the side of the road for hours with no spare!!
Weight reduction is free bhp. Remember that...
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Re: GPS Full Size Spare Wheel =]]

Hmmmmm i must just have standard cover? How much you pay for that? Seven passangers is ridic. If you are going somewhere far away and possibly thinking of renting a mini bus....pretend your car is fooked and get a lift lol
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