Hi All

In my view no SUV in Australia should have a temporary spare. These things are VERY inconvenient and on Australian highways just plain dangerous. You are limited to 80 km/hr, you can't tow and the flat doesn't fit back in the vehicle if the boot is full.

Imagine you have gone away for the weekend, car is loaded up with camping gear, you are a few hours from home and you get a flat tyre. I hadn't had a flat in Sydney for years but now that I spend more time in the country Ive had 2 this past year, and I look after my tyres.

Now you unload everything in the back to change the tyre, now what do you do with the full size flat ?? It doesn't fit in the wheel well and you have all you other gear. Finally you squeeze everything into the Tiguan (it was tight for space before this problem) and off you go at 80 with B-Doubles bearing down on you at 110. ALL FOR A FLAT TYRE !!

Finally I should say this is the only problem with my Tiguan which has now done 115,000. I would buy another in a flash; but for this issue. I will NOT buy another till Volkswagen come up with an optional full size spare. Over to Maxda CX5 I go.