I'm betting your spare tyre wasn't in the way.
It was a test of patience with the spare tyre still in, with a jack, deck chair and other crap sitting on top.
And as if that wasn't enough same car had the decklid latch locked and the key key lost.
It had a fresh new paint job that was a 1 off custom mixed colour that I didn't want to scratch either.
Many a swear word was yelled that day....