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On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:35:19 -0500, Ralph Mowery
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In article ,
says...

I have not seen it, but heard that some new cars do not even have a
spare tire now,but come with a can of Fix a Flat. Might be fine for a
nail hole, but if there is a large cut in the tire,itwill be useless.
Yes. I had to buy a real spare wheel for my car because it didn't come
with one. I take it with me on long journeys and have needed it several
times. Around town, I leave the wheel at home because a friend can bring
it to me if required. It is a nuisance that there is no storage space
for the wheel other than the luggage space. There seems to be a well for
a "space saver" wheel, that they used for storing the bottle of goop and
air compressor, but I bought a real full-size wheel so that won't fit.

I've read that the goop that they supply instead of a spare wheel will
ruin the tyre every time, and that seemed an unacceptable waste to me.
Also as you point out, the goop won't fix a really big hole.

I hated it when they went to the small tire. If you are very far away
from home you either have to poke along or find a place that is open to
fix or replace the flat tire.

Some cases not too big of a deal unless it is at night or maybe a
weekend. If like the tires I bought I have a guarntee with them, but
have to go to the chain store I bought them from. There may not be one
for many miles and if out of town hard to find one.

I did see a small car driving around town and I am sure they had 4 of
the 'small spaires' on it.
It's a real bugger if you blow a rear tire on a RWD vehicle with
Limited Slip too. You have to take off a front tire and put the spare
on there, then take off the flat rear and replace with the front - and
from the same side if you have directional tires.
Can't carry a "matching" tire for a spare that way either and leave it
on....Which is part of the reason they went the "no spare" route.

I know guys who's cars have sat at the dealers or the tire shop for a
WEEK waiting for the right tire to be couriered in from Kentucky or
Florida to Ontario because there was none closer (one was a Mercedes)