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>> and comes with a full size spare I am curious, how often do you need a spare tire, full size or otherwise?

• frosted-flakes 7y ago
  Have you never gotten a flat tire? With a full size spare, it takes ten minutes to change, and you're on your way like nothing happened. With a doughnut or run-flats, you have to limp to a tire shop to repair the tire or get a new one, and if you don't have a spare at all, it's a serious inconvenience at best, and a crisis at worst.
  • carterehsmith 7y ago
    >>Have you never gotten a flat tire? That's the thing: I do get a punctured tire... sometimes. Maybe every 2-3 years. Not critical, just losing pressure. Not urgent. Last time, local shop fixed it for $28. They gave me a little freezer bag with the nail that they pulled out of the tire. Now, did I ever have a flat tire that needs a replacement like right now, with the spare tire? Well, I don't remember having that. In several decades of driving. For the record, I do go to service to get regular maintenance, so every like 3-4 years or so I change tires. I guess that helps.
    • NorthOf33rd 7y ago
      I'm completely happy hauling around a full size spare for a once in a decade blowout. Having that could easily save me 8 hours of frustration. Possibly more depending on where I am and what time it is. I'm not carrying it for if I get a slow leak on my work commute, I'm carrying it for when I'm taking forest roads in durango, or driving across nebraska at 2am. I carry a blanket and chains in winter for the same reasons.