Full-sized spare in Golf mark VI

[sbowden]

Great thread.

And glad to read Ian had fitted a 17" wheel into that wheel well. (my 118TSI has the sports pack)

I'm about to be driving 220+klm per day and would like the peace of mind of a full size spare. My understanding is the space saver is good for 80klm/hour max speed and 80kilometres distance?

sometimes you can't get to a tyre repairer the same day you get the flat...or get the repair done while you wait. So the full size makes sense for my circumstances.

Recently my wife shredded one of her XR5 tyres on the M1, south of Brisbane...put the space saver on and limped the rest of the way to Brisbane for a busy day's work. But because it was 220k home, had to buy a new tyre. Had no time to shop around, and was charged absolute top dollar for the tyre and labour (like +$150 over what we paid when we put the full set on). That extra money would have paid for a lot of litres of fuel if she'd been carrying the full size spare.

any way, thanks for the creative way to solve my problem and still retain my cozy boot-space.

[Mountainman]

Exactly. There are reasons why you would want one, however when you don't really need one, why carry around all that extra weight.

My brother removed his roof bars (they were supposedly aerodynamic ones) because it gave him an extra few fractions of a litre per 100 km, yet he had lugged around a full sized spare wheel for years without ever having had to use it.

You can be looking at 10-15 kg or more in weight saving and that would translate into fuel saving.

The spacesaver in my mk7 weighs 14kg and the 205/55 16 tyre and Toronto ally combination from the mk7 Golf Comfortline weighs 18.5kg new and 18.2kg with 32,000km wear on the tyre. So 4.5kg max is not much of a weight saving and I guess there is a good reason it is called a spacesaver and not a weightsaver.

[brad]

I don't think the 16" rim would fit over the brakes

Sorry for the thread necro. Just happened to be looking & noticed this.

16" rim & 312mm GTI barkes go together just fine. There's about 10-15mm clearance. Possibly you could even fit 15" depending on the rim

Look like this: