What if i have a puncture

ROBBELL · Post by **ROBBELL** » Mon 17 Jul, 2006 15:40

have been thinking for a while where do you put the wheel if you have a puncture it won't go back into the space where the - get you home wheel goes - and i dont think it will go in the boot has anyone experienced this and what did you do ?

Robin

SilverZ3 · Post by **SilverZ3** » Mon 17 Jul, 2006 15:43

had this experience, lucky leaving the girlfriends so no passenger, the wheel has to go in the passenger seat

Gazza · Post by **Gazza** » Mon 17 Jul, 2006 16:22

On the passenger seat.
I use Ultraseal so dont have that problem.

Gazza.

///M_aniac · Post by **///M_aniac** » Mon 17 Jul, 2006 16:41

SilverZ3 wrote:had this experience, lucky leaving the girlfriends so no passenger, the wheel has to go in the passenger seat

Been there too. Must go in passenger seat.

Tartaruga · Post by **Tartaruga** » Mon 17 Jul, 2006 16:59

Me too...........got caught in a torrential downpour with nowhere to put the wheel. I wasn't happy! There was no way I was going to put the filthy wheel on the passenger seat but luckily I was close to home, so I phoned a mate who came in his 4x4 and took the wheel home for me. I've now bought one of those aerosol cans that repair the puncture temporarily and reinflate the tyre....hopefully that would be enough to get me to a tyre place to have it repaired. If not it's the RAC!

estocks · Post by **estocks** » Mon 17 Jul, 2006 17:03

You should have a white bag to put the flat tyre in.

Post by **Robert T** » Mon 17 Jul, 2006 17:32

estocks wrote:You should have a white bag to put the flat tyre in.

I was just going to say "that's what the bags for!".

I haven't experienced the joys of this yet! I assumed the bag was actually to keep the boot clean, NOT the passenger seat! What prevents the flat tyre from going in the boot? Is it height or depth? Or junk?

It amazes me how much you can get in the passenger seat with the roof down. I've transported a loft ladder and an air conditioner that way. Obviously there is more room if you leave the wife behind...

SuzyZ3 · Post by **SuzyZ3** » Tue 18 Jul, 2006 19:00

A dizzy mare question......... from a very intelligent young lady..

'IF' I had a spare wheel... where would it be? I don't even know if I have one??

I did look under the cover thing in the boot where the tools are, but couldn't see it, so gave up looking.. so I carry a canister of Tyreweld in the car just in case I get a puncture...

???

St_G · Post by **St_G** » Tue 18 Jul, 2006 19:05

Check under the car. I believe the Z3's spare hangs there.

SuzyZ3 wrote:
'IF' I had a spare wheel... where would it be? I don't even know if I have one??

Post by **Robert T** » Tue 18 Jul, 2006 19:17

St_G wrote:Check under the car. I believe the Z3's spare hangs there.

AFAIK on all the Z3's bar the ///M, there is a space saver spare in a plastic tray under the rear of the car. You lower it down from inside the boot via a handle in the center and a nut on the right (under the carpet). There is an extension on the valve to allow you to check the pressure of the spare without having to remove it.

Even if you have the space saver spare, there is also the problem of the weight of wheel and tyre. Whilst I could easily change the wheel, I know I'd be risking major damage to my back if I tried to lift the flat into the car, as I have a bad back (seriously bad, not just a few aches and pains!). Anyone who is lightly built would probably also struggle. So my vote is for phoning the AA...

ROBBELL · Post by **ROBBELL** » Tue 18 Jul, 2006 19:33

well thanks for all your responses I think the best thing is to buy some tyre inflator stuff, anyone ever used it ?do you just put it in the tyre and then take it to the garage to repair it later

Robin

SuzyZ3 · Post by **SuzyZ3** » Tue 18 Jul, 2006 19:43

Yes... Tyreweld.. fills the tyre with 'gunge' that when it comes into contact with air.. I.E. finds the hole, the gunge then turns solid, and blocks it. Will get you home/to a garage for it to be repaired

henrycrun · Post by **henrycrun** » Fri 23 May, 2008 08:06

I was just thinking about this 'wheel won't go in the boot' problem last night. It's incomprehensible that BMW designed a spare wheel system that is basically unworkable if you have a passenger.....

bighernan · Post by **bighernan** » Fri 23 May, 2008 09:44

Tyreweld is on promotion at Halfrauds £4 off - standard six quid and the large £7.99. Must remember to pick some up at the weekend.

Good thread this, never considered the wheel wouldn't fit in the boot!

doclip · Post by **doclip** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 18:57

i thought when use tyre weld that it makes the tyre a write off and cant be repaired -so is this ture or not
actually i wasnt aware my car had a space saver -must go and investigate now

Alex L · Post by **Alex L** » Thu 05 Jun, 2008 19:13

You don't have a space saver on the ///M

Desiro · Post by **Desiro** » Fri 15 Aug, 2008 05:38

I had only owned my car 2 days when I got a puncture. A screw was stuck in the tyre and it was so long it was hitting the wheel arch every revolution of the tyre, fortunately not too far from home. Like a true gentleman I let the wife walk home for the other car and the manual because I could not work out how to get the spare from underneath. I kept picking up the white bag and thinking what's this for Doh!

unclemart · Post by **unclemart** » Fri 15 Aug, 2008 07:17

Had the same thought 2 days ago - I checked the spacesaver only to find the valve had failed and it was flat

- A quick trip to ATS resulted in a very nice man who replaced it for Free

...... (think he liked the Z)

Caution note.. dont rely on tyreweld though we have a fleet of VW Tourans at work the 7 seater version does not have any spare wheel at all and after about a dozen punctures reported so far tyreweld has worked succsesfully on only two occasions the rest had to call the RAC for assistance.

BTW - what white bag? - where white bag? - I wanna white bag!!