no spare tire
First thing I checked in my Volvo, and no spare in mine either, like Titus said, MPG requirements :/ And that's the very next thing I bought, looked up the Pitch Circle Diameter (PCD) for my wheel and worked out that it was the same as a lot of Fords, picked up a new Mondeo wheel for £15. I repurposed the jack from my old Ford. I was lucky that the spare fits exactly (to the nearest mm) in the floor space, because they actually made it too short to sit flat, so it's sort of propped up at an angle.
The Volvo pump is really nice, but the goop has an expiry date, so who knows. I added a track pump to the boot, because electric pumps could fail, and now it's there for when I go riding, and a long wheel wrench because I've had issues before with getting a wheel nut released.
I'll add some tire plugs later, I've seen some new screw in types that look easier to install than the rubber strings? none of this fixes a blown sidewall, so a spare is a must.
I had to lose the tailored Volvo storage tray in the boot, but it's just dead weight really
the locking bolt key went in a neon yellow bag, so it doesn't get lost.
next thing is to check that all of this actually works on my car, just in case I missed something.
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