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re: Cars being sold without spare tires
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:20 pm to fightin tigers
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:20 pm to fightin tigers
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Take and uber? Use your other car?
You must not drive very far from home. I may be 150 miles from home a couple times a week.
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Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:20 pm to Jon Ham
Full time AWD?
Full time AWD is finicky with flats. It screws with the torque vectoring. That’s why on these cars when you have a flat that needs replacing you replace both tires in either the front or rear.
Full time AWD is finicky with flats. It screws with the torque vectoring. That’s why on these cars when you have a flat that needs replacing you replace both tires in either the front or rear.
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:21 pm to fightin tigers
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You can go without runflats if you want. The ride will be better as well.
That’s what I would do but I would still want a spare and there is no spare tire compartment. You could throw one in the trunk but obviously that takes up trunk space and the third row seat it’s sitting behind can’t fold down flat anymore.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:22 pm to LSUfan20005
quote:I changed my last flat in a parking lot at a local college campus. My husband was in a meeting so I couldn't reach him, my son was an hour away, and I wasn't waiting on roadside assistance. The part that pissed me off: freaking campus police watched me and offered zero assistance.
I can't imagine waiting for help for 5hrs for a flat tire.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:23 pm to ELLSSUU
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Full time AWD?
Part time.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:23 pm to McVick
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That and not as many people know how to change a tire (really a wheel) or have the proper equipment to change a tire.
If you don't know how to change a tire/wheel, you don't need to even be behind the steering wheel. It's not exactly rocket science. I mean the owner's manual breaks it down barney-style for you.
And my 2015 Audi came with a donut and all the equipment to change it out. And that's with it being a full time AWD (Quattro) vehicle.
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:24 pm to Jon Ham
They charge extra. Same for floor mats. Surprised they don't charge for a bumper or two.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:25 pm to weadjust
quote:
You must not drive very far from home. I may be 150 miles from home a couple times a week.
NOLA to BR a few times a week.
I've never had a problem though, might just be good luck.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:26 pm to ELLSSUU
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Likely it cannot come with a spare due to the full time AWD system.
Honda Ridgeline AWD and CRV AWD comes with a spare tire
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:26 pm to Jon Ham
AWD is AWD. Just make sure you read your manual about potential damage you will do with a spare of the wrong size
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:27 pm to weadjust
Yup. Same with my Audi and my wife's Toyota Highlander, both full time AWD.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:28 pm to Jon Ham
quote:
Part time.
The odd thing is for Acura’s, at least the MDX, the 2WD doesn’t come with a spare BUT the SH-AWD does.
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:30 pm to Jon Ham
I am on my 3rd Jeep Wrangler, so full size matching spare is a given. Hell I got a 37" spare now 
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:34 pm to DarthRebel
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I am on my 3rd Jeep Wrangler, so full size matching spare is a given. Hell I got a 37" spare now
Oddly the only vehicle I have a spare for, and the only one I would never change on the side of the road.
Hi lift jack scares the shite out of me.
What's everyone's plan if yall get two flats?
This post was edited on 9/28/20 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:36 pm to Jon Ham
My new car has neither a spare nor run-flats.
I have AAA
I don't like run-flats TBH. They make the ride much more harsh.
I have AAA
I don't like run-flats TBH. They make the ride much more harsh.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:38 pm to Jon Ham
I bought a 2020 Sierra in January, it has a full size spare. My Wife has a 2013 Santa Fe, it also has a full size spare.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:40 pm to fallguy_1978
I drive an accord as well and i dont know what the hell the deal is but ive have 7 flats, 4 that had to be replaced...prior to this vehicle never ever once had a flat. its ridiculous.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:41 pm to MikeBRLA
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Are useless if you have a blowout
I have had two blowouts (from sidewall damage) on run flats. Yeah, you can't drive after one, but I was able to safely stop from 80 mph on 1-10.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:44 pm to Jon Ham
My wife's BMW didn't have a spare, it had run flats. It stressed my wife out. She made sure to ask about a spare tire when we purchased her new car.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 3:48 pm to Tigerdawg57
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I drive an accord as well and i dont know what the hell the deal is but ive have 7 flats, 4 that had to be replaced...prior to this vehicle never ever once had a flat. its ridiculous.
I've had plenty of flats before in 27 years of driving but not like my wife. Hers are generally operator error. She's a curb hitter.
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