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spare wheel no of the joy

The joy of no spare wheel....
#1


I'll say nothing more at this point other than, scrap the foam get a spare!

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#2
Oh dear
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#3
Is it a big puncture hole?

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#4
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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#5
How did you not see it? it's big enough
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#6
Hahaha @rusty2009

Were you trying to drift round a roundabout..??


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#7
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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#8
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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#9
I looked on ebay and they're selling an entire kit for £216

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#10
Oh wow that's rather expensive! Well hopefully council compensate you for that nasty pothole! That's shocking!


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#11
@bhalay207 found this one mate
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vie...ID=EBAY-GB


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#12
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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#13
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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#14
It not only done for cost saving it's also done to lose weight.
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#15
Its mad though, something that is so useful they remove for cost and weight saving measures.
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#16
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 :(
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#17
Definitely!

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#18


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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#19
well done for claiming not many do hope it covers the cost
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#20
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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