Your Next Car May Not Have a Spare Tire - Consumer Reports News - http://www.consumerreports.org/cro...
Jan 11, 2015
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"Most car buyers aren’t in the habit of checking for a spare while they’re kicking tires. But if you’re in the market for a new car, it might be worth a peek in the trunk."
- Amit Patel
I noticed this when I went to the auto show recently and was very surprised by the lack of spare tires.
- Amit Patel
messed up.
- Big Joe Silenced
The RAV4 doesn't have one. The erasing I've heard is with the just it time repair services and puncture safe tires there's no reason to have the overhead.
- Todd Hoff
Unless you are (on your way to Las Vegas) In a small town in Colorado that doesn't have a tire in stock and it takes 3 days from Denver to get your replacement tire.... #actualstory
- WarLord
Yeah, we went in to get tires Friday... have to go back Monday...
- Alix May
I often drive out in the wilderness and not just on major highways so this is something I need to look at when buying a car.
- Amit Patel
That's why it wouldn't work for us either.
- Todd Hoff
Yeah, this is topic sparks spirited office debate from time to time. But with most of our buyers generally coming from urban markets, the availability of roadside assistance, and the fact that most people *don't know how to even change a tire*, I think the spare tire will fade from existence. Though I have no clue of the glide path.
- MoTO Boychick Devil
Yeah, I think spare tires probably are unnecessary for most people. Run-flats might be ideal once they can achieve comfort and efficiency.
- Amit Patel
It won't matter soon because we'll have hovercars in Oct 2015. I saw it on the documentary "Back to the Future". Where we're going we don't need tires.
- Amit Patel
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- Big Joe Silenced
The Volt I leased in June doesn't have a spare. It has a complicated 'tire inflation device' that includes 'green slime' puncture filler, and if that doesn't work it has OnStar 24/7. All that is fine for urban life, but I was a tad bit nervous this summer driving thru Nevada to get to Zion... Even the OnStar signal coverage was hard to come by out there.
- Ken Gidley