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[Webby]

What size spare should a 2000 2.5 Elite Estate have ?

Went to Cornwall for the weekend, whilst there it was pointed out to me that one of my rear tyres was getting near the limit...ok, it was VERY bald on the inside...and had several large cuts in it..   .one hasty wheel change later and the spare is on... :-/

BUT...My spare is 195\65 R15 and has a big yellow sticker on it saying 80km/h limit... :-?

The standard wheels have 235\45 R17's..

Cheers

Phil

[TheBoy]

Yes, they use space savers.

My MV6 runs 234/45ZR17, and spare is 205...

[Jim]

What size spare should a 2000 2.5 Elite Estate have ?

Went to Cornwall for the weekend, whilst there it was pointed out to me that one of my rear tyres was getting near the limit...ok, it was VERY bald on the inside...and had several large cuts in it..   .one hasty wheel change later and the spare is on... :-/

BUT...My spare is 195\65 R15 and has a big yellow sticker on it saying 80km/h limit... :-?

The standard wheels have 235\45 R17's..

Cheers

Phil

I have the same trye size's fitted to my omega and the spare is the same size also but I don't have the sticker advising 80km/h 50mph

[TheBoy]

I don't have the warning, but you should stick to lower speeds when using the space savers...

[Webby]

Thanks guys, at least I know it's the same as others...I was concerned about 3 being 17's and the spare being a 15 - needless to say I drove at less than 50mph and only for the 5 miles or so to Kwik Fit for new boots....

Wasn't allowed to drive 200 miles at less than 50 to go to somewhere cheaper...that'll teach me not to check inside the tyre and not just the outside !

P.

[summat]

that'll teach me not to check inside the tyre and not just the outside !

P.

Been there. Done that.

[Markjay]

It is not a ‘space saver’ as such, it is a normal tyre, just narrower than the other four.

The speed restriction is not due to any inherent weakness in the tyre, but simply because the vehicle's handling characteristics will be affected by the fact that one tyre if of different width to the other three. But the tyre itself can take normal driving speeds.

[Markjay]

What is annoying about this setup is that the spare tyre is brand new but can not be used for tyre rotation and therefore completely wasted, the right thing to do was probably to try and sell it then get a normal wheel from the scrappie with same-size tyre as the rest of the car, assuming it will fit in the space in the boot that is……

Naaa, too much work  

[TheBoy]

Yes, due to the handling the car should be driven carefully. The tyre is capable of 'normal' speeds, but such things as braking will be less predictable and controllable with different size tyres on the axle...

[TheBoy]

I thought all Omegas with 205 or narrower had 'full size' spare. Only Elite with its 225 and MV6 with its 235 (I'm talking prefacelift) had smaller ones due to these tyres not fitting the space available...

[Markjay]

Mine is a facelift CDX and has a narrower 195 spare.

Webby's 2000 though can be either facelift or pre-facelift...

[TheBoy]

markjay, what size are your tyres - I seem to recall they use 225 on facelift CDX, hence requirement for narrower spare...

[Webby]

Mine's a Facelift 2000 Elite...

What was confusing me is that JasonH (who pointed out how bald my tyre was) has a Facelift 2000 CD and his spare appears to be full size he has the 16" wheels and his spare is 16" with no speed restriction - maybe someone swapped it before...

[TheBoy]

your elite will have wider tyres. There is not room for this in the spare wheel bay, hence the smaller one.

[Markjay]

markjay, what size are your tyres - I seem to recall they use 225 on facelift CDX, hence requirement for narrower spare...

225 indeed!