Well, you’ll be breathing cleaner air while you wait for a tow truck ..Of course, that does nothing if you are stranded on the road with no spare.
Well, you’ll be breathing cleaner air while you wait for a tow truck ..
Seems kind of silly to me. I’ve had multiple flat tires over the past 10 years and the thought of no spare would trouble me.
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What are they thinking? Really! I must be getting old, shakes fist.
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Haha. I owned a few with run flats. They really should be called sometimes run flats. If the side wall goes out, you are stranded. It happened to me.
And wait til you have to buy new ones $$. Blow the dough.
I think the no spare idea is one way car companies try to meet clean air requirements. No spare tire, lighter load so better gas mileage. Of course, that does nothing if you are stranded on the road with no spare.
Not only new cars, but I tried to find a replacement tire for my donut that was showing some ware and had to get one from a junk yard. None of the tire dealers I contacted carries them any longer.
Umm, you do realize that you are only supposed to use the donut to get to the nearest tire replacement center right? It's not meant to stay on the car and you just keep driving for however long you feel like it. How long has the duct tape been on your rear passenger window?
Even if never used, tires dry rot. My new car and it's donut are now 18 years old...
Mine just came with a can of foaming goo and a dinky inflator.
I bought a donut tire, better pump, and jack. Also a tire wrench.
It works. Have not had a flat or needed that stuff in 4 1/2 years I have had the car.
I suspect a lot of people would just call for help. I'm looking at you can't use a stick shift drivers. If you have a spare and a jack and all but can't use it, how great is that?
This is exactly what I’ve heard… what a ridiculous approach! It smells more like big corporations pinching pennies!
Even if never used, tires dry rot. My new car and it's donut are now 18 years old...