New to the Merc world

[waftycrank]

Evening all, just bought and not yet collected a very tidy 2013 C250 CDI estate AMG sport blue efficiency. On inspection I noticed an empty spare wheel well where I imagined and hoped a space saver wheel and jack kit might've once lurked.
Car is on AMG 18's and would like a suitable spare wheel for piece of mind. Nearly all of the second hand space savers I have seen are equivalent 16" jobs, any idea what I should be looking for? A secret code or something?
Here's hoping
Andy

 

[Blobcat]

Hello and welcome,

Most space savers spares are smaller rims with narrow larger aspect ratio tyres - so overall diameter is the same as your alloys.

 

[waftycrank]

Thanks Blobcat

 

[sonic]

My E350 CDI 2011 vintage has a full size spare wheel. The wife's SLC 2016 has a can of goo.
So somewhere between the two they changed.

 

[waftycrank]

I couldn't drive anywhere with just a can of splodge in the boot, need a spare wheel. Boot well looks deep enough to accommodate a full size spare. I don't see the point of continuing with the same body design, having the space for a wheel but not including one!
Do I buy the standard type listed on eBay and drive like a nervous monk to the nearest garage or rely on the goo?

 

[SmartAmg]

 

[00slk]

Hello and welcome

 

[V6Matty]

Last time I had to change to the spare a can of goop wouldn’t have saved me, split in the sidewall after hitting a a chunk of fallen dry stone wall on a blind bend, ok it then took me 5 hours (should take 3) to drive home being a Saturday in the Lake District and no where having my size of tire, so space saver saved my butt and a very unhappy wife and (at the time) three year old

 

[dry run]

Welcome

 

[harrye500]

I'd go for a spare any day of the week but also a bottle of gloop would suffice for something more minor see V6matty' example above. But if gloop is used, it makes repairing anything minor almost impossible so it'd be new tyre time. My 207 has a spare but the 213 has gloop only. Spare also handy if you you want the wheel off for any temporary reason other than a flatty!

 

[sonic]

I couldn't drive anywhere with just a can of splodge in the boot, need a spare wheel. Boot well looks deep enough to accommodate a full size spare. I don't see the point of continuing with the same body design, having the space for a wheel but not including one!
Do I buy the standard type listed on eBay and drive like a nervous monk to the nearest garage or rely on the goo?

Make sure the wheel offset ie the ET figure is the same as your car wheel. MB have loads of variations.

 

[Buck2003]

Hello and welcome, I'll take a picture of my space saver that I've used with my AMG 18" alloys with no issues when my rim cracked again (roads in Blackpool full of potholes etc)
So you can see the size and I'll keep my eyes on fleabay etc

 

[Srdl]

Hello and welcome. I had a spacesaver in my last Mercedes for seven years and never used it. I’ve had a can of gloop in this Mercedes for five years and never needed it (I hope I'm not going to regret saying that!). I believe most of the mainstream recovery services will lend you a spacesaver if your car didn’t have one originally and the gloop won’t solve the problem.

 

[PaulG]

Welcome to the forum. Whatever you finally decide on I hope you don't have to use it.

 

[c15htn]

I couldn't drive anywhere with just a can of splodge in the boot, need a spare wheel. Boot well looks deep enough to accommodate a full size spare. I don't see the point of continuing with the same body design, having the space for a wheel but not including one!
Do I buy the standard type listed on eBay and drive like a nervous monk to the nearest garage or rely on the goo?

Funny you say that, when I bought my non Merc it came with a space saver. After a week of ownership, came back to a flat in the airport carpark..... but the full size 20" 285 wheel doesn't fit in the car anywhere with 4 suitcases and 4 people..... luckily ?? a wheel stud snapped and I had to be recovered home.
Expensive trip that.
J

 

[mioba]

welcome OP - the username has a meaning