Jacking up the car.

[Diesel sam]

Hi recently bought a 2013 insignia diesel, this came with a compressor and puncture goo, but no spare. This I was not keen on so I bought a space saver wheel. So today I thought I would make sure the wheel would fit. I had also purchased the handbook as this was not in the car. The car in question has 19" wheels. The ground clearance under the sills is 4 1/2" front and 6 1/2" rear. I could not get a scissor jack to fit under the gap at the front and locate with the jacking points, the arms hit the sills before it located the jacking points. Also no trolley jack I have will also go under. This is with a tyre that is not punctured. I had to make a small wooden ramp to drive onto so I could get a trolly jack under. If I encounter a puncture on the road I recon the car would only be 2 1/2" above the ground. What does everybody else do to jack up their car?

 

 

[Joe woodall]

On 2/21/2025 at 5:23 PM, Diesel sam said:

Hi recently bought a 2013 insignia diesel, this came with a compressor and puncture goo, but no spare. This I was not keen on so I bought a space saver wheel. So today I thought I would make sure the wheel would fit. I had also purchased the handbook as this was not in the car. The car in question has 19" wheels. The ground clearance under the sills is 4 1/2" front and 6 1/2" rear. I could not get a scissor jack to fit under the gap at the front and locate with the jacking points, the arms hit the sills before it located the jacking points. Also no trolley jack I have will also go under. This is with a tyre that is not punctured. I had to make a small wooden ramp to drive onto so I could get a trolly jack under. If I encounter a puncture on the road I recon the car would only be 2 1/2" above the ground. What does everybody else do to jack up their car?

 

 

 

[Joe woodall]

Just now, Joe woodall said:

 

Hi I have a low profile 2 ton jack...but I wouldn't like to keep it in the car I'm thinking of getting 2 small caravan ramps to keep in the car for emergency so I can drive onto slightly to ket scissor jack underneath on the road side I recently had 4 new tyres fitted and that's what the tyre centre did...just a idea hope this helps