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Originally Posted by geneatals
So just took delivery of my 550e, popped the trunk open and holy crap, BMW decided to just throw a spare tire back (no run flat tires for me) there completely nullifying the little trunk space we already have with this hybrid. Anyone find a trunk shelf of some sort to address this? Might just have to go spareless....
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On my 540iX, I had ordered the spare tire ($150) So it came with a Styrofoam trunk insert that raised the floor level to be even with the trunk opening. it has a lid with the same carpeting as the trunk. It had the spare tire, jack and tools, and 2 storage compartments. If you lift the insert, there is a 48VDC battery for the mild hybrid. The 12V Battery is under the hood on the right side right up against the firewall.
It seems to me like someone just grabbed an extra Spare tire and threw it in there for some reason. Maybe there is someone out there that ordered the spare tire and got the insert and tools, but they forgot to put the tire in there, Then they saw it laying around, and got rid of it before some inspector gigged them on it.