New Toads without a factory Spare Tire!
Need to beware more new cars do not have a spare tire. Some of the new models of Ford, our C-Max Hybrid being one of them, does not come with a spare tire. Ford supplies a plug kit, small 12v air co...
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willald wrote:
Our '13 Ford Fusion is like this, has no spare tire. In order to keep weight down, where the 'donut' spare tire normally would be, they put a tire repair kit, and inflator.
When we first got the car, I was about to order a donut tire and rim for it to put in there in place of the kit. Then, I started thinking about it: In the last 25 years, living, driving in in sooo many different states, probably several hundred thousand miles of driving, total over the years....I can count on ONE HAND, the number of times I've ever needed a spare tire. And, in those (very rare) instances, help from roadside service was only a phone call and less than an hour away.
Given that, I basically decided that for us it didn't make much sense to sink over $100 into a spare 'donut' tire and rim that will most likely just sit and rot back there and never be used. In many cases I wouldn't want to trust one of those donut tires anyway, and will try to find another solution if at all possible. Thats what we have emergency roadside service for.
Sooo, we chose not to get a spare tire with the Fusion.
Yes, this is basically an extension of the ever ongoing debate, about whether or not to carry a spare tire on a Motorhome. We don't have a spare on our Motorhome, either, for similar reasons.
Yea, but when you need it-YOU NEED IT!
