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[interele]

Can you MOT a car with the spare on if it's one of those silly space saver things.

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[diggerman]

Yes will pass with space saver tyre and will also pass if you have no spare tyre

[interele]

I was thinking - if the spare is actually on the car

[Toureman]

I will fail, have a look at the link below............

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_410.htm

[TWR]

The space saver is there to get you to a garage when the original tyre has a puncture, it has not got to be used as a normaly run on road tyre.

[interele]

I guessed that but then I thought. "If they are considered safe then how can they fail". The fact that they won't pass it suggests that deep down the DVLA or whoever really don't think they are safe ( I know I don't - I drove mine on one and the handling could be best described as 'exciting' )

[TWR]

You are limited to Speed due the spec of the tyre, Eg/ 30mph 30mph.

[Toureman]

They are safe if used as directed but not for normal driving, as TWR has already stated their only to get you home, or to get to a garage and they are limited on speed. That's why they will fail the MOT.

[dm1982]

it would only pass if it was the same size as the rest, different size = fail

[dm1982]

speed rating of a tyre is not tested in class 4 mots

[colin6789]

Sorry dm, but my partner's car failed the MOT a couple of years ago with two nearly new front tyres being only one speed rating too low, it was a main dealers. The car had been bought 6 month previously from part of the same garage group