why is my spare tyre black not silver

[lembasts]

Hi,

I have a 2010 aurion prodigy and I had to change a tyre for the first time yesterday. When I looked at the manual it said to remove the silver cap thingy with the bevelled thingy. That is what I have done with cars in the past. However with my aurion I couldnt remove the silver thingy as it seemed to be a permanent attachment to the whole tyre metal thing. My spare tyre however was black so its looks a bit funny compared to the others. Was I dudded with the spare tyre when I bought the car new in that they should have included a spare which had the same silver metal assembly as the other tyres? Or is it normal for the spare to be different to the four tyres?

Thanks

David

[Andrew357]

The fact that the hows your father is different from the other 4 thingys already on your car suggests you didn't pay extra for a full sized dealy.

If you did pay for the whole.hog spare and you inded don't have the spare; then I would say someone has been half-inching you and I would get my rage on and start busting skulls until the situation is rectified.

[u54mot]

ATX and Prodigy are the only two variants that come with a Steel Wheel as a spare.

ATX - Full Size Steel

Touring - Full Size Alloy

Prodigy - Full Size Steel

SX6 - Full Size Alloy

ZR6 - Full Size Alloy

Presra - Full Size Alloy

[lembasts]

ATX and Prodigy are the only two variants that come with a Steel Wheel as a spare.

ATX - Full Size Steel

Touring - Full Size Alloy

Prodigy - Full Size Steel

SX6 - Full Size Alloy

ZR6 - Full Size Alloy

Presra - Full Size Alloy

Thanks. I take steel means black and alloy means silver. In which case i wasnt dudded. Thats good to know....