Winter tyres

[Guzzle]

If you are unfortunate enough to have a blow out, the tyre gunk is useless, a space saver will get you home.

[Yusee]

The last time that happened to me- from memory- was 1994, and i do at least 15k miles a year.
Fred’s suggestion is worth considering.
manufacturers seem to be doing a variety of things- run flats, self sealing, spacesaver, some just a can of gunk.
Presumably if you buy a mk8, VW are suggesting a can of sealant?

[Dave1rs]

The last time that happened to me- from memory- was 1994, and i do at least 15k miles a year.
Fred’s suggestion is worth considering.
manufacturers seem to be doing a variety of things- run flats, self sealing, spacesaver, some just a can of gunk.
Presumably if you buy a mk8, VW are suggesting a can of sealant?

Vw provide the sealant and a pump

[fredgroves]

Yes "emergency mobility kit"

Hardly any cars come with even space savers these days, a lot don't even have the space for one. Space savers weigh and weight equals co2. The mk8 has space.

[SRGTD]

Yes "emergency mobility kit"

Hardly any cars come with even space savers these days, a lot don't even have the space for one. Space savers weigh and weight equals co2. The mk8 has space.

VW have also dropped the space spare from the standard spec of most - if not all - of the the other models of car they build. It’s now an extra cost option; around £100 for most models. It may be a typo in the price list but with the Tiguan, you can have either a steel space saver or full size alloy spare for the same cost; £215