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The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 13:th-Jul-2015
I'll say nothing more at this point other than, scrap the foam get a spare!
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RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - Rusty2009 - 13:th-Jul-2015
Oh dear
RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - Nickmagicfingers1981 - 13:th-Jul-2015
Is it a big puncture hole?
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The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 13:th-Jul-2015
Hit a pothole mate and it blew the tyre out! Spoke to the council this morning who will send me a claim for.
This was the bugger!
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RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - Rusty2009 - 13:th-Jul-2015
How did you not see it? it's big enough
The joy of no spare wheel.... - Tonto - 13:th-Jul-2015
Hahaha @rusty2009
Were you trying to drift round a roundabout..??
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RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 13:th-Jul-2015
I genuinely don't know. It was quarter to 11 so that's my excuse.
Haha @tonto don't think the derv is drift material
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The joy of no spare wheel.... - Tonto - 13:th-Jul-2015
Haha nope not really
I'm lucky I have spare wheel! Didn't know it was optional until after I bought car (was 2nd hand of course).
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RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 13:th-Jul-2015
I looked on ebay and they're selling an entire kit for £216
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The joy of no spare wheel.... - Tonto - 13:th-Jul-2015
Oh wow that's rather expensive! Well hopefully council compensate you for that nasty pothole! That's shocking!
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The joy of no spare wheel.... - Lewis6317 - 13:th-Jul-2015
@bhalay207 found this one mate
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=111715698572&globalID=EBAY-GB
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RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 13:th-Jul-2015
That's better priced. Honestly, it frustrates me that some big wigs at Vauxhall thought it was a good idea to take the option of a tyre away... Idiots!
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The joy of no spare wheel.... - Tonto - 13:th-Jul-2015
I think it's disgusting, something as standard as a spare wheel! They don't care about the car industry they only care about lining their own pockets.
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RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - Rusty2009 - 13:th-Jul-2015
It not only done for cost saving it's also done to lose weight.
RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 14:th-Jul-2015
Its mad though, something that is so useful they remove for cost and weight saving measures.
RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - CRNeo - 16:th-Jul-2015
It's also not only VX seems that most manufacturers have followed suit with the ditching of the spare wheel.
It can work out pretty inconvenient at times :(
RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 17:th-Jul-2015
Definitely!
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The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 30:th-Sep-2015
So after this minor issue near on 12 weeks ago, the council have just agreed to compensate me and are sending me a cheque for the costs incurred.
According to their claims management company, it's the longest time he's ever seen a pothole stay unrepaired for. Apparently the council were notified back in 2013 and they gave a repair time of 28 days.... Well done Staffs County Council!
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RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - tucpal - 30:th-Sep-2015
well done for claiming not many do hope it covers the cost
RE: The joy of no spare wheel.... - bhalay207 - 30:th-Sep-2015
Yeah it covered all of the costs. I was apprehensive as to whether it would even be considered but it just goes to show
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