will h
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I have always wondered this,i wish to buy some alloys but can only afford a set of 4.Wot do u guys do when u brake down,u cant put ur lil 13inchy back on next to a set of 17s,what do u do?
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wezjax
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carry a can of tyre weld and keep your fingers crossed 
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SonOfSatan
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Registered: 30th Jan 03
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call the AA out duh
its a bit obvious mate, ud well fuck the car up tryin to get home on 3 17s and a 13
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will h
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yeah well obviously,i was being sarcastic,but i was just wondering hence me saying "inchy" not inch
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c0r5a_gsi
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what about putting one 14" on with 15"s on the other corners, could you get away with that ??
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ainsley_brader
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you could limp home with the one 13 inch on.
No different to running a space saver and the rolling radius probably wouldnt be all that different depending on what profile tyres you go for.
Ains
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jc-sxi
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yeah man wot else do i pay AA for every year. However i've always wondered this. THose space saver's r used on punto's and saab's wot do they do 
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bobothebear
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Aren't the space savers just thinner in width than the standard tyres.Hence they save space where ever stored in the car.
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Frankee_B
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my mate had this problem. he sez 2 look in the paper or here in classified section for some mug whose smashed his car up and only got 2 alloys left etc. therefore hell be glad 2 sell em cheap and u can stick it on if u have a problem. Thats wat he dun and it worked wen he got a nail through his tyre on the M1!
if its the right size, dont matter wat it looks like as long as it gets u home!!!!!
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Daimo B
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Lol i remember a certain Dave hardwood limping home from southend on 1 13" steely and 3x 18" alloys
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Stu_22
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Why not get a bigger steel wheel off of an Astra
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wainey
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its actually illegal to carry a smaller spare wheel to the size wheels that u have on your car, i.e 17's with 14'' spare wuld be deemed illegal in the eyes of the law! 
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sxi_welshy_boy
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quote:
Originally posted by wainey
its actually illegal to carry a smaller spare wheel to the size wheels that u have on your car, i.e 17's with 14'' spare wuld be deemed illegal in the eyes of the law!
u sure bout that cos my corsa b sxi came with 14 inch alloys and 13 steel as standard.
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RickV6
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as long as the tyre size/profile gives the same or very similar overall rolling diameter there shud be no probs
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corsa120
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if u get a 14" rim with say a 165/85/14 tyre stands it up against a 16" with a 195/45 16 tyre and they will be at the same height give or take few mm's
this is because the bigger the rim the smaller the tyre hence smaller the rim bigger the tyre this is not neccessarily true but in my case above it is as ive held them up 2gether so really should be ok ive driven round loads with 1 14" steelie and three 16's, nevver felt no fifferent and i dont belive there is much difference on 17" either
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ainsley_brader
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It wouldnt be illegal to carry an odd size spare only to use it.
but no copper is going to do you for it unless your driving like a complete arsehole on it.
Ainsley
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