As per the title; all comments would be very welcome...
I was staring into space - that is, the boot-space of my 2014 Panda yesterday (as you do), and I noticed that the space-saving wheel is all wrong... It doesn't save any space at all. On the contrary, it actually takes up space!
With the spare wheel held in by it's screw-down clamp (that has an unnecessarly long thread!) I noticed there is a lot of wasted space below the wheel. There's not much space in the boot of a Panda anyway so I had an idea...
:idea:
Why not turn the wheel over? That way it could then be filled with a whole load of stuff - tools, spares, and other bits and bobs etc
(Yes I realise the screw-down clamp would now no longer do anything, but it wouldn't be difficult to make up a suitable spacer in order to keep it utilised.
What beggars the question however, is why did FIAT design the spare wheel to fit in this way?
Does fitting it in like that create some extra strength to the boot floor or am I missing something? It just seems so (obviously) wrong!
I was staring into space - that is, the boot-space of my 2014 Panda yesterday (as you do), and I noticed that the space-saving wheel is all wrong... It doesn't save any space at all. On the contrary, it actually takes up space!
With the spare wheel held in by it's screw-down clamp (that has an unnecessarly long thread!) I noticed there is a lot of wasted space below the wheel. There's not much space in the boot of a Panda anyway so I had an idea...
:idea:
Why not turn the wheel over? That way it could then be filled with a whole load of stuff - tools, spares, and other bits and bobs etc
(Yes I realise the screw-down clamp would now no longer do anything, but it wouldn't be difficult to make up a suitable spacer in order to keep it utilised.
What beggars the question however, is why did FIAT design the spare wheel to fit in this way?
Does fitting it in like that create some extra strength to the boot floor or am I missing something? It just seems so (obviously) wrong!