330CDT Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 Hi all.. I currently have a puncture on the rear wheel (255/35 18) and the car is on my driveway. I believe my tyre place up the road can get me a tyre in for Monday at 12-3pm... (Phoned loads locally and no one has one in that size bar a £70 budget which I don't really want.) I have work on Monday - Friday, So my plan was to get the space saver on to allow me to get to work on Monday (Approx 50 miles if I avoid the motorway.) Leave early and get my tyre fitted Monday afternoon. Just googled 'Space savers' and there are literally tons of people stating how awful they are, getting nicked for using them, unsafe for the motorway, messes up your differential and drive, messes up your TCS/ABS, obviously it will be going on the rear. Braking distances will double etc... I've never used one before, and I can imagine they are properly s**t, but are they really that bad? Is my car going to damage itself or instantly combust by using one? Max of 50mph mine is rated.. Cheers guys. (Unless anyone local has a spare wheel I can borrow...!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) good job it was the rear,as they dont fit on the front ,you have to swap back wheel onto front, then put space saver on the rear,sure thats the case anyhow,sure ive read that before.,how quick is your tyre going down,can you not inflate it and drive to work,then inflate it again,ive done that a few times Edited January 24, 2016 by rasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz 330 Cs Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm fairly sure they fit the front as well. I doubt BMW would fit a spare wheel that was good to replace half your wheels As for the use of them, no issues at all. I've had a couple of punctures over the last 5/6 years and never had any problems at all. Of course the grip isn't going to be as good as it's only half the width. As long as you don't drive like an end of bell you'll be fine. momo, Chimp Choker and 330CDT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Daddy Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 hi mate....the spacesavers are 17"......had puncture on both front and rear on both the e46s I owned....its a universal fit,i drove for 4 days on them....they are fine,just try not to go above 50mph.......rasa,my Honda has the "not on the front...have to swap to back" thing going on....longer journerys have to carry full size 18" in the boot for piece of mind...PITFA.... 330CDT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 think i will buy another 3 space savers and put them all on at once,then try a bit of drifting,and the tyres will b cheaper,what a great idea eh,bet yous all be copying it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330CDT Posted January 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Thanks lads.. got it on... should be a crime, my car looks like a cat that has been in a car accident and missing a leg. Only driven back from the garage but I have work tomorrow with 6 miles of the M25, going to be a lorry's bitch. I'll flash them all to let them in though. Pumped up to 60 psi... crazy little things! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330CDT Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Got to work just fine, no fuss. Not sure what all those people were moaning about writing about them online! Cheers Daz, was nothing to worry about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 23 hours ago, rasa said: think i will buy another 3 space savers and put them all on at once,then try a bit of drifting,and the tyres will b cheaper,what a great idea eh,bet yous all be copying it now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPh90yNX-mY 330CDT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 yup,im going for it,be fun going shopping with a car full and loaded with shopping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontpannic Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Heh. Must be the season for it. Mines sitting on the drive on a spacesaver on the rear. Space saver is less than half the width of the MV2 on the back! I've played it safe and used the other car today. New pair of rear tyres booked in for tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330CDT Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Which ones are you going for dontpannic? I need 2 aswell, but the other has around 2.5mm of tread on...so will do a few skids first and get one in a few weeks I've gone for the Goodyear F1 eagle 2's as I have the Goodyear F1 1's on the front. £134 fitted seemed a good deal. Don't realise just how fat a 255 tyre is on the back, same as a C63 AMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontpannic Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Nexen N8000 - it's a midrange tyre my local garage had in stock. £170 for the pair, fitted and balanced. Didn't want a budget tyre for obvious reasons, but can't justify the cost for a 'premium' brand (being disappointed with Pirelli on my Fiesta, and Continental on the BMW). Yeah, the 255's are so wide! First time I've really studied the rear wheel when I took it off, huge! Edited January 25, 2016 by dontpannic 330CDT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, 330CDT said: Which ones are you going for dontpannic? I need 2 aswell, but the other has around 2.5mm of tread on...so will do a few skids first and get one in a few weeks I've gone for the Goodyear F1 eagle 2's as I have the Goodyear F1 1's on the front. £134 fitted seemed a good deal. Don't realise just how fat a 255 tyre is on the back, same as a C63 AMG! you got two eagle as 2 fitted for £134.thats seams very cheap.as the cheapest online are £75 each without fitting for a 225-40-18,was that for 255-35-18,or did you mean per tyre Edited January 25, 2016 by rasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330CDT Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 No rasa mate that's for 1 tyre fitted balanced etc. Also 255/35 R18. The continentals they recommended were £207... EACH ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 14 hours ago, 330CDT said: No rasa mate that's for 1 tyre fitted balanced etc. Also 255/35 R18. The continentals they recommended were £207... EACH ! yeh,thought so,ive got goodyear eagle on the rears,but i just put 225 on as i had two brand new ones spare,and my rear is a 9 j,still look ok ,just a little stretch,i did have nankkang all round and i find them good value and not a ditch finder tyre,busy refurbing a genuine set of mv2,going to put them on here in a few weeks for sale,as i like my after market wheels in gloss black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
