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Title: What Spare?
Post by: bulldog180 on October 05, 2009, 20:44:54: What sort of spare do you have in your I30? I'm sure that when i went down and test drove one and looked it had a get me home wheel (you know the narrow one just to get you home), but today i looked at mine (6 days after getting the car :-[) and to my surprise it is a full snowflake alloy.
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: Lorian on October 05, 2009, 20:45:50: I asked when I ordered and was promised it would be a snowflake.

Kind of usefull if you (or another family member :mad:) kerbs one.
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: bulldog180 on October 05, 2009, 20:50:41: Quote from: Lorian on October 05, 2009, 20:45:50
I asked when I ordered and was promised it would be a snowflake.

Kind of usefull if you (or another family member :mad:) kerbs one.

Don't say that cuz that is a fate worse than death :wink:
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: Dazzler on October 05, 2009, 20:55:37: I got a matching alloy spare too .. think most in Aus get alloy spare on SLX and SR .... :cool:
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: Lorian on October 05, 2009, 20:56:07: Bulldog, did you get a cargo net? usb stick? Breakdown triangle? anything else in the boot?

I'm not sure all of these are supplied....
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: bulldog180 on October 05, 2009, 21:03:46: Quote from: Lorian on October 05, 2009, 20:56:07
Bulldog, did you get a cargo net? usb stick? Breakdown triangle? anything else in the boot?

I'm not sure all of these are supplied....

Just a cargo net
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: MRH130 on October 05, 2009, 23:02:01: Quote from: Dazz on October 05, 2009, 20:55:37
I got a matching alloy spare too .. think most in Aus get alloy spare on SLX and SR .... :cool:

You're right Dazz, in Oz we all get 5 matching road wheels. Can't speak for our continental friends though. :wink:
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: Loft on October 05, 2009, 23:35:11: I guess they saw me coming.. My slx has a full size spare but it is steel not alloy :( only 1 key fob and i reckon i paid through the nose for it heheh. mind you, mine was the 2nd i30 registered in Perth (according to the salesman) and at that time they wern't doing any "deals" (so they say).
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: bez10y on October 06, 2009, 00:11:33: Quote from: Loft on October 05, 2009, 23:35:11
I guess they saw me coming.. My slx has a full size spare but it is steel not alloy :( only 1 key fob and i reckon i paid through the nose for it heheh. mind you, mine was the 2nd i30 registered in Perth (according to the salesman) and at that time they wern't doing any "deals" (so they say).

My SR only has a steel spare and only one key fob. I questioned them about it and they said virtually the same thing. I picked up my i30 in Feb 08. I'm not particularly worried though, the car is still great with or without an alloy spare.
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: magicRob on October 06, 2009, 05:59:19: The matching alloy makes all the difference...
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: spanishmike on October 06, 2009, 06:15:08: I was promised a matching alloy spare on my Style Sport here in Spain but it came with "a get you home" narrow spare. Moral don't trust the salesman!!
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: magicRob on October 06, 2009, 06:24:42: I would have refused delivery...

I made sure that I told my salesman that I would reject delivery if things weren't up to my liking. Tough shit for them if they can't deliver what has been promised.
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: Blue on October 06, 2009, 08:19:02: Quote from: spanishmike on October 06, 2009, 06:15:08
I was promised a matching alloy spare on my Style Sport here in Spain but it came with "a get you home" narrow spare. Moral don't trust the salesman!!

Did he write it in the contract, or just promise it to you verbally???
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: 2i30s on October 06, 2009, 09:13:01: Quote from: Lorian on October 05, 2009, 20:45:50
I asked when I ordered and was promised it would be a snowflake.

Kind of usefull if you (or another family member :mad:) kerbs one.
youll do more damage to your suspension than the wheel :rolleyes: oh and my spare is a full size one
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: spanishmike on October 06, 2009, 10:04:02: The salesman only told me verbally about the spare but he did forget to include fitting costs in the contract for my cruise control, navigator and mud flaps so I suppose I won in the end!!
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: Blue on October 06, 2009, 10:46:15: Quote from: spanishmike on October 06, 2009, 10:04:02
The salesman only told me verbally about the spare but he did forget to include fitting costs in the contract for my cruise control, navigator and mud flaps so I suppose I won in the end!!

Yup, Id call that a win.
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: eye30 on October 06, 2009, 17:18:15: Quote from: bulldog180 on October 05, 2009, 20:44:54
What sort of spare do you have in your I30? I'm sure that when i went down and test drove one and looked it had a get me home wheel (you know the narrow one just to get you home), but today i looked at mine (6 days after getting the car :-[) and to my surprise it is a full snowflake alloy.

Steel space saver.

It may be worth setting up a thread under the Polls/surveys heading?
Title: Re: What Spare?
Post by: Shambles on October 06, 2009, 17:49:22: Quote from: eye30 on October 06, 2009, 17:18:15

It may be worth setting up a thread under the Polls/surveys heading?

There's already one there

https://i30ownersclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,2980.0.html