Space saver spare wheel

Have you asked Honda on their option of towing with the space saver? Mercedes says I can tow with mine. Let's  face it, most of us have the sense to replace a skinny space saver or one like mine, ASAP 

I asked Honda Customer Service who were about as useful as a chocolate teapot. I spoke to a female with a heavily foreign accent who did not know to whom she should direct my query! So I spoke to two Honda dealers both of whom told me about a real tyre not fitting in the boot well and both said get roadside assistance.

I suppose it would be your choice if your puncture was at 3 in the morning, either wait for a tyre the same as the puntured one or fit your space saver. 😉

I e-mailed Mercedes when I made my query 😊

With some space saver wheels being clearly marked that they are good for 50 miles travelling at 50 mph I would half these values if one was required to use one while towing.  Sufficient to get to a motorway services from the hard shoulder but nothing more.

Is it true most are manufactured by The Chocolate Fireguard Co.?

Hi.  I town with a honda crv 13 plate I have a full size spare wheel in the wheel well raised the floor about 1 1/2 inch and packed it underneath gives me no problem just a slight slope. 

Your spacesaver is safe to tow with but make sure you have the towing pressure for the vehicle in the spare. The spacesaver will have the load rating and max pressure on it and this should be good enough for all operation of the vehicle.

But, restrict your speed to the 80km/h (personally this would be 50km/h)

Also it is thought to be good practice to only have it on the front axle to improve stability when towing, this is a pain as most punctures are rear axle.

The dealer advice to get roadside assistance is tosh, so you wait on the hard shoulder for them to go and get a new tyre fitted!!! They dont carry spare wheels! or you wait for a transporter.

I would wait for them to fit the spare though and then get to safe area.

Personally I carried a full size tied town in the boot, loses luggage space but peace of mind.

50 miles is not that useful when you are over a hundred miles from destination at 6pm on a Sunday and wish to match existing tyres. At the end of the day the space saver is ready for replacement as well as the original tyre.

As my car is rear wheel drive I would only ever fit a space saver to the front axle.  Even this is likely to upset the steering which is why this weight saving alternative to a 'proper spare' is restricted to 80 kph.  I have fitted a full size steel wheel with a part worn tyre from my own car into the well of my Mercedes C class.  A perfect fit.  Of course it has never been needed, so far!

Not sure why it would make difference which axle you fitted a skinny spare to ..... 

There are loads of Mercs that have different sized tyres &/or rims front and rear ..... would you carry two spares?

The space saver is too narrow to transmit the torque onto the road which is why I would not use it on any drive axle.  Front or rear.  On a front wheel drive car I would only fit to rear axle.