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re: Does your car have a spare tire?
Posted on 7/31/23 at 3:35 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 7/31/23 at 3:35 pm to Jim Rockford
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My truck has a spare but you have to be a mechanical engineer/acrobat/Rubik's Cube solver to access it.
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Posted on 7/31/23 at 3:42 pm to Tortious
quote:Have run flats and absolutely hate them. They do not last long and both times I have gotten flats, the tire was too badly damaged to drive on (thanks LA streets). My next vehicle purchase will not have run flats.
No - run flats
Posted on 7/31/23 at 3:56 pm to Gaston
My car doesn't but I bought a donut. The car came with some air compressor kit.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 4:00 pm to SloaneRanger
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Is it just to reduce weight and game the mpg requirements?
losing 60 lbs is not going to change much. it's a cost thing that I'm sure manufacturers don't want to deal with. they probably sold the mindset of "hey if you're on a spare, you need to get a new tire anyway, so why bother putting one in?"
When I worked at Enterprise, we got a lot of complaints about cars not having spares inside them. Instead, they would come with an inflator kit. You fill the tire and it includes that liquid sealant that's supposed to work. I didn't like it, but we had no choice in whether or not cars came with spares. It feels incredibly lazy.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 4:14 pm to H2O Tiger
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My truck has a full size spare while my car has the little donut tire.
Same for me. My Silverado has a full size spare but with a basic steel rim----but it's at least a full size tire.
The Camry has the donut spare.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 4:34 pm to HenryParsons
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My truck does (2023), Wife's Audi(2019) does not.
The special run flat tires (don't work well when she runs into the curb) are expensive af to replace...
this no spare tire shite is news to me, the camry we bought was a 2017 and it had the little spare tire and jack in it.
i would imagine trucks are exempt from deleting spares because they go off roading
this reminds me of that year they stopped putting rear bumpers on trucks yet sold them at dealers as an option. at least back then it hurt sales enough for them to forget that idea
This post was edited on 7/31/23 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 7/31/23 at 4:36 pm to Gaston
I have 2, one for my truck and 1 for my boat trailer.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 4:39 pm to toofache
Boy can you top that?
Posted on 7/31/23 at 4:42 pm to Gaston
We now live in a world where vehicles don't have spare tires and way too many grown arse men think it is odd to carry a pocket knife.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 5:15 pm to SloaneRanger
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Is it just to reduce weight and game the mpg requirements?
it's just to save car manufacturers tons of money!
Posted on 7/31/23 at 5:44 pm to ob1pimpbobi
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Don't have a spare or a jack.
Same for me.
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Car has self sealing tires.
I speak from experience. shite don't work if you get a nail in the sidewall.
It's chicken shite the way these manufacturers do this now. It's not to save weight. It's not to give better gas mileage. It's to add to the bottom line of car manufacturers.
This post was edited on 7/31/23 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 7/31/23 at 5:50 pm to Gaston
Yes.
I also have runflats
I also have runflats
Posted on 7/31/23 at 5:51 pm to Gaston
Some makes/models still do
Posted on 7/31/23 at 5:54 pm to Gaston
Mine has a spare and I would not be comfortable if it didn’t. However, most people never have a flat in their whole life, and wouldn’t change their own tire even if they did.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 5:55 pm to Gaston
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Does your car have a spare tire?
My pickup has a full size tire under the bed. Suck it, donuts.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 5:56 pm to Gaston
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Does your car have a spare tire?
No. I have AAA for that.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 6:05 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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I have 2, one for my truck and 1 for my boat trailer.
My boat trailer doesn't have one which is one thing I need to get fixed. Tandem axle yet the manufacturer/my dealer didn't think to add a spare tire mount.
Debating whether to take it to a trailer shop and have one welded on or just throw a spare in the bed for the few times a year we take long trips.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 6:17 pm to dbeck
Being a masochist living in New Orleans, I’m blessed to have 10 flats a year. I can’t imagine not having a spare.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 6:18 pm to Gaston
My F250 does but my Tesla and BMW do not.
Posted on 7/31/23 at 6:19 pm to H2O Tiger
You can get a bolt on spare tire mount. I actually have one but still keep installing in back the truck. I need to get some bolts for it to mount it back on my trailer.
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