This is what a trunk is really used for...

Throw in these items as well...an old 40 lb bumper jack & a tire cross-iron. You'll be all set to go.

 

Ah, the good 'ol days, when a bumper could actually, well ah, bump things.
Today you can't let them touch anything, or its $$$ repair bill.

 

That's a 70s or later jack also, after auto makers started putting slots in the bumpers instead of using those huge-*** hooks that went under the bumper.

 

My last 3 new cars have not had a spare tyre and my wife's current car (Range Rover Evoque) doesn't have one either. I was apprehensive initially about not having a physical spare wheel but I got used to it. Now it doesn't concern me much. If the tyre is so damaged that the spray stuff won't fix it, it's roadside rescue for me. As you say, more and more new cars come without a spare wheel, so I guess we all will have to get used to the idea one day. For me, for now, I appreciate the extra space I have liberated by not using my skinny spare.

 

Couple of considerations:
Its also a spare wheel, which in the case of these delicate babies is entirely a different form of insurance.

Many havent figured how to carry a full size wheel back home, the boot may not have enough space due to other things.
One of the most important things you can carry with you is a roll of cling wrap, so you can wrap that filthy wheel, even place it in the back seat if you have to.
The cling wrap can also make a bungee cord when in a pinch.

 

Good point. I was on a club driving event earlier this year and the XKR in front of me got a flat. I pulled over to help and after the wheel swap, we realized he had some travel related items in the boot, and his young daughter in the back seat (yes, very inhumane of him!! haha) It was somewhat of a challenge getting the boot to close with that huge wheel back there. Made me think about keeping the boot area clear whenever possible.

 

More reason for AAA and a flat bed.

 

Sean in the middle of the Texas Desert on way to Big Bend National Park gets flat. Puts on spare tire. Loudly gloats that he replaced those worthless POS lug nuts with Toyota ones AND remembered the put the correct size lug wrench in with the spare.

"Well, I got to get this tire to a shop. Saw a town 100 miles back. It will take a few days for them to get a replacement tire."

Wife replies - "Where are you going to put it genius? There's no room. I knew we should have taken my car"

"You mean the one with no spare?", he quips.
Sean removes carry on from trunk and opens it. Pulls one of wife's dresses out of carry on.

"What are you doing? She asks.

"Watch this." he says Sean carefully tears the dress along the seems and proceeds to wrap it around the tire.

"Are you out of your damn mind?" she screams.

"Honey, it will be ok. I can replace the dress."
Sean proceeds to place the tire in the passenger seat, taking care not to mar the headliner.

Where am I supposed to sit idiot? his wife barks...
Sean gets in the drivers seat and hands his wife a bottle of water. "I should be back in about 5 hours. I'll leave the carry on with you. Stay near the road and don't wander into the desert. It'll be dark soon."

Three weeks have passed and the police still have no leads. Foul play is suspected but Sean's body hasn't been located. Only a blood stained crow bar with "Toyota" stamped on it's side. Possibly a road rage incident.

Sean's grieving wife is in a bit of a fog. Looking to pass time, she gets in the Jaguar and heads to Nordstoms. "Maybe a new dress will help" she mutters to herself.

After her new purchase, she opens the trunk and then lifts the spare wheel compartment. There she finds a dusty spare wheel and a shiny new lug wrench. She smiles softly.
"That was a great road trip"

 

hahaha. Nice Sean.

 

My 911 came with a skinny spare but I took it out and stored it in the garage. Thing was, there was no way you could get one of the back wheels into the car after you'd removed it. Front wheels maybe. But I figured if I could manage without a skinny for the rear wheels, I could manage without one for the front wheels too.

 

Well well well, the cat is out of the bag.
Now we know why your signature is of the car and a female... there isn't a Sean anymore.
The signature of 'Sean W', really stands for "Sean's Wife".
You really had me fooled, especially those videos where you've altered your voice, and the use of 'man hands' really completed the illusion.

 

Sean not to throw salt on a partially healed wound....


If you had cling warp with you, you could have wrapped it in place on the rear hatch window. The wrap is strong enough to hold that and more, as is the rear hatch. Roof I dont know.
With a spare on, you would not be going above 45 anyway.

 

Those closest to Sean have heard whispers that he made a quick recovery but feared for his safety

Then quickly disappeared to find a new life

 

Na. I would put it in the boot and bungee the hatch. I like the cling wrap idea though.

 

LOL, this reminds me of a funny stretch wrap story. I had 10 full sheets of plywood on top of my Taurus Station Wagon company car 18 years back (all that was allowed during hurricane rations). Dummy me back in the day didn't think about what to use to hold them, thought they would fit in the back which they did not. The Home Depot guys were loading them on to people's cars and using stretch wrap, the industrial version of the wrap you reference. They wrapped the hell out of it to my roof rack, through the windows and around and around and around. Nice and tight, was holding great.

On the way home some ******* pulled out in front of me and I had to hit the brakes from about 40 or so a bit hard, tried like hell not to had no choice. It was like a waterfall of wood, the top one broke free and the rest came down in waves, freakin' hood looked like somebody beat it with a jack hammer. Poor car only had 8,000 miles, my friends all had a good laugh as did I about that one. Fortunately a kind soul took pity on me and helped me retrieve the wood from the road and had extra ratchet straps in his pickup.

I would love to see how well it holds a tire under an unexpected hard stop!

 

But of course you can get one of the back wheels into the car - Another great reason to get the CONVERTIBLE.
Reminds me of my bicycles I used to carry in the back of my old trusty Spitfire 40 years ago

 

Don't move to Northeast of the US, that's all I can advise................