Puncture - Col Lamb may be right

[Rarecolour]

Here you go.......https://www.theaa.com/about-us/newsroom ... -fit-wheel

That's a neat solution, I guess you don't need to be concerned about balancing for short journey to local tyre depot

Max 50 mph for max 50 miles are the limits.

I had no balance problems on the 5 mile journey with one fitted to the N/S/F of our SEAT Leon, fitted OE on 18" alloys, with the AA's steel temporay wheel.

I've never seen that before. Thanks for posting that Steve, that's a smart design.

[Jon A]

So had first puncture on the Macan today, front near side. Was about to leave for London at 11am, OPC couldn’t get a new one until tomorrow
Local tyre guy I use for the other family cars makes a couple of calls and gets one delivered by midday, back on the road for 12.30pm for a grand total of £280.
21” rims so very happy with service and price and same N rated Pzero as was taken off.
Btw - slow puncture didn’t have to do anything except drive to tyre depot

[Bluesnose1812]

Assembly = wheel+tyre+valve.

Well it did in my 40 years of being employed by a tyre manufacturer!

Thanks Surprisingly my employer of 43 years, 6 months and 3 days never required me to learn tyre jargon so it might have included the hub and bearings too. Any idea how many different wheel bolt configurations they need to cater for?

Here you go.......https://www.theaa.com/about-us/newsroom ... -fit-wheel

So now all you need to do is carry a satellite phone in case you have a puncture in a no mobile signal area and you can drive around spare free and "Col Approved"

[Col Lamb]

Having a spare may well be a Nice To Have luxury but in practice it is a pain to use.

Took be about half an hour to get it out of the boot and to inflate it, all in all about 3/4 hour to swap over and be on the road again.

Geyting the flat into the boot does require muscles like Swartzenthingy, its damn heavy.

50mph home via the OPC took an age but at least the car was usable.

[EngineerMK]

Not a Macan, but my Cayman... got 200 metres from my house and TPM warned rear tyre was low on pressure, well no existent pressure. Stepped out of car to find chunk of metal (not the screwdriver in image) had cut a slice in side wall of the tyre, totally flat. I drove the car back on to my drive way and now I'm waiting for the AA to take it away. Caymans don't have spares, just a tub of gloop and a compressor!

Picking up my new Macan this Wednesday, luckily I ticked the collapsible spare wheel & tyre box. Not sure I'd want hassle of fitting a spare but at least I'd be mobile after the AA visit.

To finish the story. The tyre was replaced and the cause was found inside it... someone had lost a brake pad and somehow it ended up damaging my tyre well beyond repair! The offending brake pad was presented to me when I picked up the car.

[SAC1]

Not a Macan, but my Cayman... got 200 metres from my house and TPM warned rear tyre was low on pressure, well no existent pressure. Stepped out of car to find chunk of metal (not the screwdriver in image) had cut a slice in side wall of the tyre, totally flat. I drove the car back on to my drive way and now I'm waiting for the AA to take it away. Caymans don't have spares, just a tub of gloop and a compressor!

Picking up my new Macan this Wednesday, luckily I ticked the collapsible spare wheel & tyre box. Not sure I'd want hassle of fitting a spare but at least I'd be mobile after the AA visit.

To finish the story. The tyre was replaced and the cause was found inside it... someone had lost a brake pad and somehow it ended up damaging my tyre well beyond repair! The offending brake pad was presented to me when I picked up the car.

You'd be mobile without a deflated space saver in your boot, as the AA carry a universal spare wheel.

Also if you use yours it has a VERY limited life as it has a shallow tread depth and a small section width. You therefore may have to buy a new space saver tyre = more cost and no more conviennience.