Spare less cars are becoming more common even without run flat tires. To many folks cannot safely change a tire and should call road service. Of course this don't apply to most of us but how many drivers of normal vehicles can change engines.

Dennis

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From: Jason
Sent: 2/26/2012 11:49 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size

I know Mini Cooper's don't have spare tires - they come with factory
run-flats.   Many of the newer SUV's (Touareg, Cayenne, X5) come with
deflated spares that are all collapsed for space.  You have to use the
factory air compressor to inflate it.

Not a big fan not being able to change the tire at the side of the
highway.  The few times I have need my spare tire I have been quite a
distance from home.

Jason

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>  RE:  Spare Tires
> In addition to the spare tire/wheel how many carry a tire repair in their
> Vanagon?  And is it new enough that the glue will even come out of the
> tube?  I ask that because while writing this it dawned on me that the
> repair kit in my rig is over ten years old!  Maybe time to check it/replace
> it?
> Someone mentioned the 'little' spare tires provided on some new cars, good
> to get you 50 miles or so.  Well, according to a news segment on a local TV
> station last week some new cars are coming with NO spare!  They showed one
> new car that had only a small battery powered air compressor and a tire
> repair (plug) kit.