I've been searching for a decent secondhand diesel Qubo for months on end now without much luck, but I refuse to throw in the towel. But I know there's one out there with my name on it.

However, having perused hundreds of used Qubo adverts over the last half-year, I still don't get what the spare wheel situation is. In every advert for a used Qubo on the AutoTrader website, it says under the heading 'Exterior Features' that Qubos have a 'Spare wheel (full size)' as standard - so I've always assumed this to be gospel.

And yet a very reputable used car dealer (when I asked whether the Qubo he's selling had a full-size or space-saver wheel with it) told me that the 'car comes with a pump-up kit from new', as opposed to having any sort of spare wheel. For reference, the vehicle is a 2012 1.3 Multijet (75 bhp).

So what's the truth of the matter? Is he talking cobblers? Or is the AutoTrader website endlessly perpetuating a data-inputter's mistake?

And is there even a bay for a spare wheel on the Qubo?

Many thanks for your advice, innit.

No spare wheel unless ordered from new.

Spare wheel if provided, hides in a cage under the rear floor area

Ken

Quick thing to remember as well, if using qubo as main car with rear seat passengers, then make sure the air conditioning is working (and fitted of cause) as rear windows are next to useless for ventilation.

My 2009 came with a full size alloy wheel to match the rest on the car. Think a few years down the line it changed to space saver, then repair can....unless indeed you spec a spare and pay extra.
Cheers Qube O.

Hi all. My 59 plate had no spare wheel. Came with inflator/compressor ( which can also be used to inflate tyres as well as puncture repair) in a bag with toe hook and spare fuses. A tyre under the car as you can imagine takes some stick, just try to get at it when you need it, especially in bad weather, or for that matter in good weather.
I've never been a fan of not having a proper spare wheel, but I found it a real pain to change the wheel on a car I had some years ago with an under car spare.
For someone now less able it would be impossible. I would need to call out the AA man.
In conclusion, a spare in the boot yes. A spare under the car no.
If you have to buy a spare you will also need to buy a jack and something to undo the wheel nuts.

Many thanks for the preceding posts, people. And there I was, chuffed to bits that Qubos came with full-size spare wheels. Too good to be true, then. Personally I simply don't get why car manufacturers think they can fob buyers off without a proper spare. When space-savers were introduced, everyone thought they were a bad joke - yet today's idea of just giving car-owners a can of squirty muck instead of any sort of a wheel is downright insulting.

Driving to Edinburgh and back in a car with no spare wheel would be entirely unthinkable for me, so I need to ask Qube O and Ken just where exactly an optional spare wheel is mounted. Is it in a bay under the rear load space, accessed through the floor? Or is it actually underneath the vehicle, accessed by grovelling around on one's back with a spanner in the pouring rain?

If things don't look too encouraging, I may even have to go for the Skoda Roomster option, albeit with a very bad grace. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Thanks.

Mad one said:

No spare wheel unless ordered from new.

Spare wheel if provided, hides in a cage under the rear floor area

Ken

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Cage under rear floor means groveling on floor , but you will be doing that anyway to change wheel.

Yept, under the floor at the rear. Controlled by a 'hex' (wheel nut size) nut, set inside the rear tailgate, down at floor level. Look on Qubo Breaking on Ebay, a few on there, they may have just what you need............
I have a factory supplied spare wheel cover on mine, so its all protected from road muck, salt & whatever........just a drawstring closure.
So all you need do is crank the hex nut anti clockwise, and the wheel is lowered from under the car floor to the road surface, then unclip the wheel from the retainer..........to reverse, attach wheel to retainer, and crank clockwise, the wheel will rise and disappear, keep cranking until the mech' just clicks. Job done.
Cheers Qube O.

If you read the thread on here it has pics and write up from me re getting a spare wheel carrier, and a virtually identical size Nemo wheel, with the mounting points, and pics from Qboffin re one retro fit unit in place

my 58 plate came from the dealer with a full size alloy, I keep it in the boot, plenty of room in there still,can't be arsed with faffin around with that soddin winch thing, that and the wheel cover use to get pulled off by lakes for puddles.....

I put a draw string around the top of the cover on mine, pull it tight and the cover never moves....................need all the boot space for wifes shopping....lol.
Cheers Qube O.

My 2012 trekking has a full size steel wheel (alloys on the rest of the car). I like the under the floor system, much better than having a space saver in the boot.

Hi
Ours (2011 Trecking) came with full sized steel rim, hung under boot floor. I think an alloy is an optional extra?
G