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[nemo]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

[nemo]

Forgot to say PFL 1997 car

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I would.

All my old cars were run on remoulds when I was a lad.

[BazaJT]

Strange you should say that!I too always used remoulds when I was younger.Still have Alloy wheel for a Senator B in the shed with a damn good tyre on it.Don't know how safe that'd be mind.

[Vamps]

Strange you should say that!I too always used remoulds when I was younger.Still have Alloy wheel for a Senator B in the shed with a damn good tyre on it.Don't know how safe that'd be mind.

Didn't we all, they were cheaper........ Thinking about it, are remoulds still available?

[BazaJT]

Colway remoulds were always my favoured choice.whether remoulds are still available I don't know not been offered the option of any for years now.

[minifreek]

You can still get hold of remoulds but after having bad experience with them trying to kill me I wouldn't ever consider using them again, good tread or not...

I would use the spare if the side walls wasn't cracked and it was still holding air...

[TheBoy]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

As an emergency use spare, as long as no signs of cracking, it will probably be OK.  But be wary, as its way beyond its life that the tyre manufacturer says (5 years from manufacture). Therefore, I certainly wouldn't use it regularly (plus it will likely have a low speed rating)

[Andy H]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

As an emergency use spare, as long as no signs of cracking, it will probably be OK.  But be wary, as its way beyond its life that the tyre manufacturer says (5 years from manufacture). Therefore, I certainly wouldn't use it regularly (plus it will likely have a low speed rating)

Grip in the wet will probably be on a par with a dog on wet lino - entertaining but likely to end in something getting broken.

[TheBoy]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

As an emergency use spare, as long as no signs of cracking, it will probably be OK.  But be wary, as its way beyond its life that the tyre manufacturer says (5 years from manufacture). Therefore, I certainly wouldn't use it regularly (plus it will likely have a low speed rating)

Grip in the wet will probably be on a par with a dog on wet lino - entertaining but likely to end in something getting broken.

I'd still happily, though cautiously) use the spare in my 1998 MV6 if I had a puncture.

[Andy H]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

As an emergency use spare, as long as no signs of cracking, it will probably be OK.  But be wary, as its way beyond its life that the tyre manufacturer says (5 years from manufacture). Therefore, I certainly wouldn't use it regularly (plus it will likely have a low speed rating)

Grip in the wet will probably be on a par with a dog on wet lino - entertaining but likely to end in something getting broken.

I'd still happily, though cautiously) use the spare in my 1998 MV6 if I had a puncture.

Agreed - 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

As an emergency use spare, as long as no signs of cracking, it will probably be OK. But be wary, as its way beyond its life that the tyre manufacturer says (5 years from manufacture). Therefore, I certainly wouldn't use it regularly (plus it will likely have a low speed rating)

Our Corsa is still on it's original rears from 2003.

No mention of age come MOT time.

[Nick W]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

As an emergency use spare, as long as no signs of cracking, it will probably be OK.  But be wary, as its way beyond its life that the tyre manufacturer says (5 years from manufacture). Therefore, I certainly wouldn't use it regularly (plus it will likely have a low speed rating)

I would agree with all of that. It's going to be far better than the wornout, rotten tyres on rusty wheels that I regularly drag out from under cars.


Consider it as a temporary fix and, as it is almost certainly a different size to the fitted wheels/tyres, equivalent to a space-saver with all that entails.

[05omegav6]

Hence the bloody great yellow sticker with 50mph stuck to the outside face

Besides, at least the Omega has a spare...

[Varche]

Spare wheel of soon to be baked bean cans elite never been out of boot and still has 'brand new' tyre on. Question is is it still usable or not?

As an emergency use spare, as long as no signs of cracking, it will probably be OK. But be wary, as its way beyond its life that the tyre manufacturer says (5 years from manufacture). Therefore, I certainly wouldn't use it regularly (plus it will likely have a low speed rating)

Our Corsa is still on it's original rears from 2003.

No mention of age come MOT time.

There no doubt will come a time when MOT includes age of tyres!