[FWH]

The tyre gunk has a best before date of about 4 years after the car was manufactured.

So if you have an 06 or 07 car and no spare wheel, then it is time to change the bottle.

Honda in Sweden are currently doing a promotion of 99 SEK (£10) instead of the RRP of around 600 SEK (£60).

 

[mpn_daedalus]

I didn't know that.....that's annoying. Might just fork out for a space-saver. At least that will last.

 

[FWH]

Yes I agree, at full RRP you would be better off buying a spare tyre.

 

[loud_pedal]

Tyres technically expire as the rubber degraded over time. They are date marked and is recommended they should be replaced at 6 years old.

Not from an iPhone

 

[FWH]

I have understood that space saver spare tyres are made of a different compound that doesn't age as quickly. I could be wrong though.

Either way, you won't drive far or fast on a space saver I suppose, but I would not want old rubber on my normal tyres.

 

[JohnnyBoy]

The tyre gunk is absolutely useless.

Seriously, buy a spare. One and only time I tried to use it, didn't work at all, and I had to limp 5miles home. Luckily the tyre was already ruined, so it didn't really matter.

I now have a spacesaver occupying my magic boot floor. Worth every penny.