Not a lot if room for the wheel on the front seat when it has a suitcase on it.
All Hail RFT's
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Spare wheel in a z3, waste of time.
Here's a thought about vehicle packaging. Years ago I had a 1966 MG Midget. It had a full size spare wheel that just about fitted in the boot. No dramas if you got a puncture, other than having to empty the boot to get to the spare. Now I know it was only a 13" rim with a 155 or 165 section tyre, unlike the rims on a Z3, but then the whole car was only about two thirds the size of a Z3. I really don't think BMW took the concept of a practical spare seriously when they penned the Z3....
That's a fact.
A ford SMax (7seatwr MPV) Hans nonspare at all and not exactly small.
It didn’t have RFT as standard either but I’ve found some Bridgestone RFT that are made for retrofit and put those (it already has TPMS) just in case.
They are 16 inch so have plenty of sidewall but you can tell they are stiffer but as it is fairly compliant already no big deal.
Is this what you have gone for on the Z @Andy McDonnell ?
It didn’t have RFT as standard either but I’ve found some Bridgestone RFT that are made for retrofit and put those (it already has TPMS) just in case.
They are 16 inch so have plenty of sidewall but you can tell they are stiffer but as it is fairly compliant already no big deal.
Is this what you have gone for on the Z @Andy McDonnell ?
The wheels which I brought came with Bridgstone RFT's. Replaced with a 'budget' rear set, name escapes me, but cost £300 the pair
255/35/18's
Most new cars I've had recently don't come with a spare wheel even when not fitted with RFTs, just the inflation sealant kit (and compressor if you're lucky). Spare wheel optional extra on some which don't have RFTs. I think they just assume that anyone with a flat tyre will simply call out the breakdown service anyway. Sensible on a motorway, but what if you're way out in the sticks, could be waiting ages.
all I have is a pump and a bottle of liquid, hopefully will never need it as I ditched my spare ages ago when I found it was rusty and prob dangerous to use.
the last car that I had that which had a full size spare (matching too, cosworth crosshatch 15") was in my first car an XR4I, since then thay have the silly space savers (though not silly if you get a flat).
the last car that I had that which had a full size spare (matching too, cosworth crosshatch 15") was in my first car an XR4I, since then thay have the silly space savers (though not silly if you get a flat).
I once had a caravan that I used for around 5 years for holidays in Devon, I kept it up here and would take it down twice a year, when I came to sell it the buyer asked where the spare was 
omg it never occurred to me that there wasn't one, there was a space for it behind the gas bottle that the buyer pointed out to me. how daft is that, not even giving it a thought
omg it never occurred to me that there wasn't one, there was a space for it behind the gas bottle that the buyer pointed out to me. how daft is that, not even giving it a thought
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Not at all unusual, lost count of the number of times when I was working as a tyre fitter doing outside work that I'd come across people who didn't knowI once had a caravan that I used for around 5 years for holidays in Devon, I kept it up here and would take it down twice a year, when I came to sell it the buyer asked where the spare was
that they had no spare
didn't know where the spare was
didn't know where the locking wheel nut key was
didn't know the spare was flat/bu88ered
expected me to have a locking wheel nut key to suit their nuts
could go on but can't be ar5ed.