---- Scott Daniel  - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> many tire shops are  totally unconscious about the spare tire in my
> experience.
> "many' cars are running around with 15 year old original spare tires ..
> yet as far as I know, they almost never think to advise the customer that it
> would be a smart idea to replace such and old tire ....
> and they could easily have a sale on 5 new tires that way, rather than just
> 4.
>
> I suppose they got into this from many cars having temporary use small spare
> tires ..so it's not even an option to rotate 5, or replace an aged-out spare
> tire.

Well, it is an option to replace an old spare, even the temporary use small spare tire.  Replacements are available.  mcneely