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Originally Posted by LordWorm
sure about that dude? I mean most new cars these days come with space saver spares, with rubber rated to 80kph - these are CERTAINLY different to the tires on the non-spare wheels... I know space savers are just there to "get you home" but if it was truely illegal to have different rubber on the same axle you'd could add a defect to your already bad day having blown a tire..
Even if the compound is identical, it limits tire selection to whatever the manufacturer decided you getting when you bought the car....
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straight from the ADR rule book:
Tyre construction
(e.g. radial) and size must be the same on the same
axle. Although it is recommended that the tyres are
identical (e.g. same brand and tread pattern), this is
not mandatory.
assuming they take width as being a size aspect of the tyre, driving with a spacesaver is a defect. somehow i doubt that there'd be any cop out there with the balls to defect you for it though