On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:28:13 -0800, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

In article ,
TimR wrote:

I've changed one tire since 1986 (it may be longer than that).


does that mean you had no flats or that you had someone else change the
tire?


I think the advantage of a spare tire is overrated.

YMMV, if you drive a lot of miles over bad roads.

It was 1987 when I last changed a tire. But my wife called Saturday
evening that a tire was flat when shopping with my son.
Spare was flat too, even though it was checked in the spring.
Son bought a foot pump and left it in the trunk.
Went to nearby Midas and had the tire plugged. Picked up a nail.
I don't tolerate old tires or leakers. When one loses pressure I take
it to the shop and have it remounted.
I replace them with new tire every few years too.
But then you have the luck factor. Can't see the nail/screw you pick
up.