Its not that fine! I had a very small bulge in my tyre wall and it was failed by the MOT inspection, I wanted to pick the car up and sort the tyre at the weekend so I said I would collect it and fit the spare, I was told I could not as it is a different size from the other tyres!
Theres no need to shout. Yes its not perfect and only temporary, thats why they have a speed limit attached to them. But the garage was wrong to say you couldnt use your spare as you said you were taking it away to sort the tyre.
I'm sure I read in the owners manual that the spare tyre has the same rolling circumference as the 17 inch tyres and should make no difference, also as its not a space saver it's not a get you home tyre and limited to 50mph.
I think this thread has muddled up two separate issues, being what will pass a MOT and what is actually fine to have as a spare for an emergency situation.
MOT wise, if you do anything other than same wheel sizes on same axle, then you are heading towards failing your MOT. http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_410.htm
Personally, I'm on 18 inch alloys and have a full size 18 matching alloy as the spare. This lets me swap it over and give me a little bit of additional time to get the other tyre fixed. Also got a couple of cans of tyre weld and a digital inflator in the back for the missus as changing tyres by the side of the road ain't her thing.
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