182 what do do if you have a puncture?

[adam248]

As the car i brought has no tyre foam i was wondering what others did in this situation?

Is it best to buy a wheel and put it in my boot, or is it best to buy the foam?

This is beggining to get worrying to me now just incase.

 

[Revels]

The foam is useless anyway.

Depends how far you're normally going if you want carry a spare the whole time. I'd take one I was doing a longer trip but around town/to a mates/to work, I'd probably just risk it and leave it at home.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Buy a can or two from Halfords/Tesco.

The foam only works if you've a small puncture - if the tyre is shredded, it's as useless for obvious reasons. Make sure your RAC/AA/GreenFlag payment is up to date !

Don't carry a spare in your boot. It'll fill it up completely as Clio boots are hopeless, and be a missile in the event of an accident. Would you want ~20kgs of wheel/tyre applied to the back of the head at 60mph ?

No. Me either.

 

[Cupman29]

I used the foam once and when I went to get the puncture repaired the tyre place said they couldn't fix a puncture after the foam had been used.

 

[FAST_aD13]

Instead of using the foam, why not buy a small 12v compressor from halfords (or even Asda).

They're not that big, take up the same amount of space as two cans of foam and you can keep pumping your tyre if you get a puncture.. unlike the foam which is, er, single use.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

^ Hole in tyre + pumping more air in = infinite wait for inflation.....

:S

Am I missing something here ?

 

[Fletcher]

^ Hole in tyre + pumping more air in = infinite wait for inflation.....

:S

Am I missing something here ?

I was thinking the same?

....Or to the OP just buy a 172 and have a full sized spare in the boot

 

[Kelv]

Or strip it, cage it, and have a spare wheel frame mounted in the boot so you can carry one at all times

 

[adam248]

thanks for the ideas any others?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Don't worry about it !? Even my Grandad's Honda Jazz has no spare.

OEMs are cost cutting and weight saving, and fuel saving too... whats the point of carrying around 20kgs of steel which costs the OEM profit around for the life of the car... (rhetorical).

 

[Cupman29]

Instead of using the foam, why not buy a small 12v compressor from halfords (or even Asda).

They're not that big, take up the same amount of space as two cans of foam and you can keep pumping your tyre if you get a puncture.. unlike the foam which is, er, single use.

:S

 

[LowLife.]

I have no spare wheel or foam.

Weight saving dude!

 

[Tigger]

I have a 172 with no spare.
I've been driving almost 10 years and needed a spare wheel ONCE, and that was in a Mk1 Clio. Dam wheel had welded itself tight under the car at 4am so needed the AA anyway :rasp:

No room in my boot now for a spare lol

 

[jenic]

My plan was always to ring the AA

 

[sideways danny]

i have a spare, and a wheelbrace.....but no jack LOL. really should sort that out

 

[Tigger]

The Renault jack is awesome!

 

[LowLife.]

The Renault jack is awesome!

I used mine at a Fondue party.

True story bro.

 

[Tigger]

I'm not going to ask! lol

Spoiler

But tell us anyway

 

[adam248]

Just got my can of foam and put it in the boot. Also i forgot I have RAC cover if the worst happens.

Cheers

 

[Soot1e]

You could buy a spacesaver and fit a mount on the boot floor. Personally I wouldn't go anywhere without a spare wheel, too much hassle if things go wrong.

 

[sidey]

Holts tyre foam and RAC card covers it pretty well.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

i had a spare and jack but i couldnt get the jack under my car as its too low and my wheel nuts are smaller than the renault tool so i just took it all out. Risk it. Breakdown cover ftw

 

[Adamm.]

i dont even have the tow bar thing in my boot but i do have a can of tyre weld lol. need to put the tow bar back in tbh id be pretty screwed if i broke down