Get rid of that useless, dangerous standard emergency mini spare tire. Now!

[ldavidal]

Yesterday I got confirmation on the wisdom of a full size spare. My son has a BMW with no spare. He had a blowout coming down from a trip to the snow with a 2 year old and a 10 year old. He had to be towed 20 miles to a tire shop and wait 2 days for a tire to be ordered. He had wanted me to bring my spare to him, but Genesis and BMW bolt patterns do not match. Asked whether he was going to get a full size spare, he said he was selling his BMW.

(He also had the joy of a screaming 2 year old.)

 

[ldavidal]

I'm knocking on wood as hard as I can, almost pounding. But I've never gotten a flat, neither a blow out nor a nail/leak. My wife once had a nail in her tire about 3 weeks into owning it, extremely slow leak, maybe losing 1.5 psi a day. The dealership replaced it under some warranty package.

 

[mlb007]

Yesterday I got confirmation on the wisdom of a full size spare. My son has a BMW with no spare. He had a blowout coming down from a trip to the snow with a 2 year old and a 10 year old. He had to be towed 20 miles to a tire shop and wait 2 days for a tire to be ordered. He had wanted me to bring my spare to him, but Genesis and BMW bolt patterns do not match. Asked whether he was going to get a full size spare, he said he was selling his BMW.

(He also had the joy of a screaming 2 year old.)

how does no spare equate to the wisdom of a full sized spare.
Pretty sure that a mini spare would have worked just fine and been perfectly safe like they have been being for the past 30 years.

 

[mlb007]

Yesterday I got confirmation on the wisdom of a full size spare. My son has a BMW with no spare. He had a blowout coming down from a trip to the snow with a 2 year old and a 10 year old. He had to be towed 20 miles to a tire shop and wait 2 days for a tire to be ordered. He had wanted me to bring my spare to him, but Genesis and BMW bolt patterns do not match. Asked whether he was going to get a full size spare, he said he was selling his BMW.

(He also had the joy of a screaming 2 year old.)

There's a lot of those people in this thread.

 

[pa-g80-ownr]

My wife was interested in purchasing a new 2023 Subaru Outback, since she owned one back in 1996, and really liked it. As I began to research the newest model, I discovered several problems, one of which involves the use of the temporary spare when changing a front flat tire. According to the Subaru owner’s manual, to change front tire flat, the first thing to do is remove the temporary spare from the vehicle. Next jack up the rear of the vehicle and remove a wheel that isn’t flat. Install the temporary spare on the rear, then jack up the front of the vehicle and replace the wheel with the flat tire with the wheel that was just removed from the rear. How ridiculous is this? A full-size spare would eliminate this problem. At least the Genesis temporary spare can be used for a flat on any location.

 

[EdP]

My wife was interested in purchasing a new 2023 Subaru Outback, since she owned one back in 1996, and really liked it. As I began to research the newest model, I discovered several problems, one of which involves the use of the temporary spare when changing a front flat tire. According to the Subaru owner’s manual, to change front tire flat, the first thing to do is remove the temporary spare from the vehicle. Next jack up the rear of the vehicle and remove a wheel that isn’t flat. Install the temporary spare on the rear, then jack up the front of the vehicle and replace the wheel with the flat tire with the wheel that was just removed from the rear. How ridiculous is this? A full-size spare would eliminate this problem. At least the Genesis temporary spare can be used for a flat on any location.

There is actually some logic to that. Probably would not matter for a few miles.
Given EPA regulations we;ll never see full size spare again. I want a spare I can drive on, not an air pump and piece of duct tape.