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re: Cars being sold without spare tires
Posted on 9/28/20 at 4:42 pm to fightin tigers
Posted on 9/28/20 at 4:42 pm to fightin tigers
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Being he is looking at an AWD there is a good chance a different tire could cause issues on the AWD and/or traction control.
It’s not like it has a locked diff
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Posted on 9/28/20 at 4:43 pm to madamsquirrel
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freaking campus police watched me and offered zero assistance.
I would definitely soak up watching a squirrel change a tire.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 4:45 pm to fightin tigers
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Hi lift jack scares the shite out of me.
True statement. Looking death in the face
Posted on 9/28/20 at 4:48 pm to EA6B
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I taught my wife and kids to never change a flat tire, always use some type of road service. Your life is too valuable to risk getting killed changing tires on the side of the road a couple of feet from moving traffic.
I don't get this, even if they're sitting in the car just waiting for roadside to appear, it is still dangerous as a car can come crash into you at any moment.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 4:50 pm to alphaandomega
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And then there are people like me. Added winch and bumper, toolbox in bed with a bunch of stuff from tools to jumper cables to 7-800 round of ammo.
Several firarms in truck. All together its 1000# easy. Winch/bumper is probably at least 400#...
Yeah, the auto manufacturers don't care what mods you do the vehicle they built once you buy it. Nor do they really care to sell you a fuel efficient vehicle, especially in times like this where gasoline prices are low and demand for fuel efficient vehicles remains lower. They care about meeting CAFE requirements and avoid paying penalties.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 4:50 pm to EA6B
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Let me help you then, you would rather your wife or child change a tire on the roadside with cars and semis driven by distracted drivers on cell phones passing only a couple of feet from them than get road service that cost very little, has warning lights, and other safety equipment allowing your wife or kid to avoid getting killed?
QJenk already summed it up. And I'd rather my wife and kids be able to help themselves than rely on someone else and live in fear.
The chance of the hypothetical you're scared of is miniscule.
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:03 pm to Keltic Tiger
Smaller with high air pressure .....
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:04 pm to Jon Ham
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Cars being sold without spare tires
Can you meet me at a bank like an hour away so I can take a look at it?
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:12 pm to Centinel
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The chance of the hypothetical you're scared of is miniscule.
Google “ killed while changing tire” and tell me again how hypothetical it is.
There were dozens killed in 2019 and 2020, and unfortunately this just happed
“3 hours ago - A 55-year-old woman is dead after she and her husband were hit by a pickup truck while changing a flat tire along I-94.“
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:12 pm to fallguy_1978
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My wife's Accord has a donut. I've changed so many damn tires on that vehicle that I probably need to check the tread on the donut.
Just buy 4 donuts and put them on. When one goes flat you already have the right size.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:12 pm to Jon Ham
I haven't seen a full size spare in years, but I thought everything came with a donut spare these days.
Even if you call AAA, the only thing they can do is tow you to a tire shop? So stupid.
Fix a flat jacks with the TPMS.
Even if you call AAA, the only thing they can do is tow you to a tire shop? So stupid.
Fix a flat jacks with the TPMS.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:13 pm to LSUFanHouston
My truck has a full sized spare. I think most do.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:16 pm to Jon Ham
My car didn’t come with a spare because a donut couldn’t fit over the Brembos. 
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:16 pm to fallguy_1978
My brother called me a couple weeks ago to go put spare on his wife’s vehicle because he was out of town. I told him I don’t even put my own spare on, I call road side assistance and let them do it 
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:17 pm to MardiGrasCajun
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Sienna's can have a spare. It's located in the middle of the vehicle.
Only FWD Sienna can, not AWD.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:20 pm to SG_Geaux
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My new car has neither a spare nor run-flats.
I have AAA
What if you don’t have cell service?
And if you do have cell service, what if your assistance is 30 miles away and then they have to tow you to a shop that’s another 30 miles away? All that when you could have taken care of it yourself in 15 minutes?
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:20 pm to Jon Ham
Where do you not have cell service?
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:26 pm to Jon Ham
I only buy vehicles with a full size spare, let alone not even having a little donut
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:27 pm to yellowfin
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My brother called me a couple weeks ago to go put spare on his wife’s vehicle because he was out of town. I told him I don’t even put my own spare on, I call road side assistance and let them do it
We have roadside assistance because I got tired of having to leave work to change a tire for my wife. I've never used it myself.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:27 pm to Jon Ham
I’ve changed two tires in the last ten years or so. I’m a nice sized guy in my 30s and it took an hour to get the lug nuts off both times. There is no way a woman or someone a little older could have changed it. It’s almost easier to just call someone.
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