1998/99 Spider V6

[stevelc]

Hi

Looking at a 1998 built spider V6, The only thing that concerns me is the lack of a spare. Is this normal on these models? The dealer advises that you just have a can of the foam / gel to get you to a tyre place if you get a flat..

My question is this correct, and will this stuff the tyre or can they clean it out during tyre repair? Rang alfa re a space saver spare, they advised you can get a 15" not a 16" and this "should" be ok, priced at 965.00

I would really like to have some boot room so if the tyre foam / gel some is ok and does not stuff the tyre, then I am cool re this.. if not the will prob be a deal killer..

Any advice or experiances will be great..

Thanks
Steve

[spieret]

Hi Steve,

I have the GTV model you are talking about and they came with a space saver wheel. From what i have heard, if you use the foam/gel, you need to replace the entire tyre. So i guess you have to weight up the option of 965.00 for a space saver which to me seems a bit expensive, surely there would be one in a wreckers or cheaper on the net, or on the rare occurance of a flat tyre and you need to replace it $200 per tyre and new can of of foam/gel.

If you want more boot room then i guess you can go the can of foam, or alternatively, use the back seat/parcel shelf, since in mine there is barely any room anyway as the front seats pretty much sit against the back.

[Victor Lee]

Try Hugh Harrison at Alfpa Repairs/Monza Motors  (03) 9729 9946.

He's got one space saver there right now!  Price: $450.00