The space-saver in the boot is a get-you-somewhere, and its limits are printed on it in large letters that people read once and then forget. Typically fifty miles per hour maximum and a fairly short distance, on one axle only, with the car's stability and braking systems working outside the conditions they were tuned for. It is a genuinely useful thing to have and it is not a repair, and driving on one for a fortnight because it seems fine is a habit worth breaking.
There is also the question of whether yours is any good. Space-savers spend a decade under the boot floor at whatever pressure they were left at, and they age exactly like any other tyre. A great many of the ones we see are soft, out of date or both. If a proper tyre can be brought to the car instead, the space-saver stays where it is and the car goes back to being a car rather than a compromise.
Some tyres are past the point of discussion: shredded, split, or worn below the legal limit with a journey due. We carry stock on the van, so a call in West Molesey turns into a fitted, balanced tyre rather than an appointment. Nothing is towed out of Bridge Road or West Molesey; the work finishes there. Pressures set before we leave East Molesey, and the same on the A308.
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The approaches to Hampton Court Bridge and the A309 clog readily, and a space-saver limited to fifty miles per hour is a poor companion in that traffic even before you think about grip. Having the correct tyre brought to the car means the spare stays in the boot for the day you genuinely need it, and the car leaves on four proper tyres.
Reduced grip, reduced braking and a car that behaves differently at one corner. It was designed to get you to a fitter, not to be a fitter.
Very common. It has sat for years losing a little air each season and nobody has ever checked it, which is discovered at precisely the wrong moment.
Increasingly normal on newer cars, which come with a can of sealant instead. That leaves bringing a tyre to the car as the only real option.
Follow what is printed on it, usually fifty miles per hour and a limited distance. It is a temporary measure rather than a solution.
Yes, and almost nobody does. Pressure and date code both matter, and a spare that has been under the floor for a decade may not be usable when you need it.
Yes, that is the whole service. Common car, SUV and 4x4 sizes travel on the van, fitted, balanced and torqued wherever the car is standing.
Ring and we come to the vehicle. That is precisely the situation this exists for, and it saves the tow that would otherwise be the only alternative.
Typically 30 to 60 minutes across West Molesey, day or night, including the roads towards the river crossings.
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