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Originally Posted by aiguy
I didn't want to lug the spare around either -- but:
1. discovered that the summer tires didn't do so well in the snow/ice, so ended up with snow tires
2. discovered that my wife would be much more agreeable about my buying the snows if I put one in the trunk as a spare. (She remembers every flat we've ever had.)
So now it's off to choose a jack.
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Too funny...you'd think my car fights with my wife would center on excessive wear of the rear tires (and the outside edges of the fronts...I love highway cloverleafs!), or the payment, or the premium gas, but no...she thinks it's "irresponsible" not to lug around a spare. Apparently, calling a co-worker to pick me up as soon as the flatbed driver takes off, then picking up the serviceable tire I kept from the last set of tires up from my garage and ferrying it over to the tire change place during lunch or after work "is not a plan". Ruining a TPM sensor with goop in the hope that the tire holds air...then going home to pick up the spare from the garage and going to the tire change place...wait...I actually have to stay there and wait, or get the same ride I'd need under my "non-plan"...or paying for an extra rim and buying an extra $8/month of gas to haul the spare in my trunk...those are "responsible" plans
I could see the desire for a spare on a vacation type drive...but for getting back and forth to work...it just seems that your life is equally disrupted with or without the tire in the trunk.
