[BorisBulldog]

Originally Posted by Flying Ace

The factory spare kit fits snuggly under the trunk floor if you have a car not optioned with a 3rd row, is a 40e or a X5M. BMW designed their OEM kit to fit precisely in there and even have the cutouts for where the tools go:




I have a 3rd row E70, and even with that limitation, I only carry the spare on road trips in the trunk and there's ample room for it with my stuff:

https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=929982

Hope this helps. I'm not sure why you'll want to carry the spare with you everywhere you go, but then again I live in an urban area and if I run into issues in my urban area (not on a road trip), my plan has always been I'll uber home first and figure the rest out later. Most of the time, I'll have kids in the car, so there's no way I'm subjecting them and myself to the time of installing a compact spare while I'm only 5 miles away from home.