The Adelaide Advertiser today has an article about "space-saver" spares. Shows a photo of a Monaro with a "motorbike tyre" as a spare.
The article says this can meet ADR's, but is illegal in SA and Vic, at least. Could invalidate insurance if an accident is attributed to use of the spare!
For those who optioned 4 alloys without the spare. You have been sold a new car which, if used according to the manufacturer's recommendations, could be both illegal in SA, Vic and possibly elsewhere and could invalidate insurance.
If I use the steel spare in Mrs Zeke's car (I've ordered the optional mag spare in mine - once bitten, twice shy) in an emergency and I drive carefully at less than 80 kph, I'm following Ford's recommendations. Say a car comes out of nowhere and an accident results and the insurance co attributes it to the compromised braking due to the illegal narrower spare and the car is a write-off - where does that leave me?
Any legal experts out there have a view? Should we all be demanding spares that at least are the same width, (even if not alloy) as the other 4 wheels/tyres so that we can drive our new cars legally after a flat?
The article says this can meet ADR's, but is illegal in SA and Vic, at least. Could invalidate insurance if an accident is attributed to use of the spare!
For those who optioned 4 alloys without the spare. You have been sold a new car which, if used according to the manufacturer's recommendations, could be both illegal in SA, Vic and possibly elsewhere and could invalidate insurance.
If I use the steel spare in Mrs Zeke's car (I've ordered the optional mag spare in mine - once bitten, twice shy) in an emergency and I drive carefully at less than 80 kph, I'm following Ford's recommendations. Say a car comes out of nowhere and an accident results and the insurance co attributes it to the compromised braking due to the illegal narrower spare and the car is a write-off - where does that leave me?
Any legal experts out there have a view? Should we all be demanding spares that at least are the same width, (even if not alloy) as the other 4 wheels/tyres so that we can drive our new cars legally after a flat?