Dynaudio means no Spare Wheel - Quick Answer Needed! Urgent!

[Mr Savage]

Hi guys,

VW just rang me & told me that the Dynaudio replaces the spare wheel & you get an inflation kit instead. I told them I heard that you keep the spare wheel but they were determined that you don't as they said they had already checked with VW sales queries.

I need to tell them what to do before 4 today, whether to take it off my order or not. Does anyone know or have solid evidence that we get to keep the wheel?

Cheers,

[Bill_the_Bear]

Related... as standard do you get a spare wheel or the inflation kit?  Mr S's post seems to imply you get the wheel, can anyone confirm?

Ford fobbed me off with the kit and I had to buy a wheel for about £100 extra.

[neilgcal]

The price guide notes if you take Dynaudio it is in lieu of the spare wheel on SE and GT models implying you still get the wheel on a GTI or GTD. I have ordered Dynaudio and the salesman told me I will get an inflation kit though!

[Bill_the_Bear]

Sounds like it could e an error on the price guide where they've "omitted" the GTI/GTD by mistake?

[scottyvw]

I tweeted VW UK asking this question and they replied saying you still get an 18" spare with dynaudio. So hopefully that is the case!

[Sootchucker]

Yes, I specifically asked at order time from VW UK customer services. I asked them not to guess but to find out properly and they took 4 days to get back to me and were adamant that for the GTI / GTD, the Dynaudio package DOES come with a space saver spare wheel. I ordered my Dynaudio on that basis.

TBH, if it doesn't, It's not the end of the world as I'll just kick off with VW (as I have this in writing) and they can supply me with a space saver as I know for certain the sub fits perfectly into the 18" Space saver (as it's the same sub Audi use on the new A3, and that definitely comes with one).

[monkeyhanger]

Yes, I specifically asked at order time from VW UK customer services. I asked them not to guess but to find out properly and they took 4 days to get back to me and were adamant that for the GTI / GTD, the Dynaudio package DOES come with a space saver spare wheel. I ordered my Dynaudio on that basis.

TBH, if it doesn't, It's not the end of the world as I'll just kick off with VW (as I have this in writing) and they can supply me with a space saver as I know for certain the sub fits perfectly into the 18" Space saver (as it's the same sub Audi use on the new A3, and that definitely comes with one).

So the sub fits into an 18" spacesaver? There is probably the reason you don't get a spare on the lesser modesl like SE/GT - a 16" or 17" wheel probably won't accomodate the sub.

[Sootchucker]

It does indeed. He's a pic I took of the boot of a new Audi A3 which uses exactly the same sub, fitted into the 18" spare wheel. You could also be right that only the GTI and GTD models come as standard with an 18" spare so "lesser" models space savers (i.e. smaller ones) wouldn't fit ?



sub by Sootchucker, on Flickr

[JohnP]

The GTI demo car I tried on Saturday had Dynaudio and the sub was definitely in the space-saver spare wheel

[Mr Savage]

Well my dealership have now forwarded the question on to the main factory in Wolfburg in Germany for an answer. Told them I want a definite answer before I say either way.

I'm pretty sure it will be included but ill update this post when I find out.

Do many dealers have GTI Demo's in at the moment then?